About community resources

The work of the team relates to the voluntary sector in a number of ways, including:

Community development work

The Community resource team develops and implements, policies, initiatives and corporate procedures to support the borough's voluntary sector and to enhance the ability of the community to generally define and meet its needs.

Financial support

Through mainstream grant aid, service level agreements, contracts, and various regeneration programmes

Capacity building

Through officer support, information, knowledge and skills development, empowering groups and assisting them in their development

Joint work / partnerships

Through joint planning, joint projects, membership of partnership boards and consultative forums

Health & regeneration

Contributing to a range of health and regeneration initiatives through the facilitation of interdisciplinary and interagency working in a community context. The programmes include the Health Action Zone, New Deal for Communities and Sure Start

Advice review

Implementing the Tower Hamlets Community Legal Service Partnership in conjunction with its steering group. This work involves coordinating regular meetings of the Community Advocacy Advice & Legal Services Providers Network, overseeing implementation of quality standards and developing training and support programmes for community advocates. The work includes the development of a local response to the government's community legal service proposals

Black & Ethnic Minority Organisations Development Fund

Provision of capacity building and training and support programmes for Black & Minority Ethnic-run organisations