In this short paper, the Bevan Foundation’s Director, Dr Victoria Winckler, sets out the Bevan Foundation’s latest thinking on the future of Communities First in Wales.
The paper recommends that a new programme should be established for a limited number of disadvantaged communities which has a relentless focus on reducing poverty experienced by individuals and households. It should draw on evidence of ‘what works’ to create a good fit with community circumstances, and be based on the following principles:
• A clear theory of change that builds on people’s and community’s assets not their deficits.
• Enterprise, employment and employability.
• Community hubs.
• Community anchors.
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