Community Empowerment

Community empowerment refers to the process of enabling communities to increase control over their lives. 

These short videos will give you an introduction to Community Asset Transfer and Participation Requests. More detailed information can be found in the following links.

Participation requests are a new way for communities to get involved in how the Council and other public sector services are planned and delivered. They are focussed on extending and improving both community participation and outcomes for communities.

They do not replace existing forms of involvement and engagement, where they function well, but create new opportunities to influence public service provision.