From matthew at voscur.org  Tue Jan 23 16:57:46 2007
From: matthew at voscur.org (Matthew Symonds)
Date: Tue Jan 23 19:08:15 2007
Subject: [Neighbourhood] Citizen governance
Message-ID: <5807E0524CD8464092C11EB7ED6C8AA75C283A@server.voscur.org>

A Department for Communities and Local Government Report suggests that "citizen governance" roles, such as acting as a school governor, are seen as potentially cutting people off from their communities rather than creating neighbourhod champions. Read the report at 

http://www.communities.gov.uk/pub/472/MotivationsandBarrierstoCitizenshipGovernance_id1505472.pdf

What do you think. What has your expierience of involving local people in citizen governance? Are there lessons to learn as Bristol introduces Neighbourhood Management?

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Matthew Symonds
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