Brendan McDonnell Director CENI Mapping Community Resilience Neighbourhood Renewal Pilot

Mapping Community Resilience 1. Define: What is Community Resilience:  The possession of Social Assets can determine community resilience 2. Measure: How Resilient is a Community  Stakeholder Panels convert ‘knowledge into numbers’  Produce local area baselines of Social Assets 3. Change: How to make Communities more Resilient  map diversity - inform interventions  baseline data to measure change

Define Community Resilience Those Social Assets that contribute to development potential and build the resilience of communities Organisation capital : Level and effectiveness of local organisations Social capital : Relationships conducive to the development process Human capital : Volunteer involvement, paid community workers, Physical capital : Access to facilities and community safety Financial capital : Access to financial services

Establish Baseline against each outcome then estimate Progress over time  Multiple Perspectives: Bring key stakeholders together (NR Team, Statutory Agencies, V&C reps) into an ‘Expert Panel’.  Facilitation: Draw on Panel members knowledge and expertise about the area. CENI evaluator ‘critical friend’ role to challenge and test evidence.  Measurement: Convert this knowledge into an agreed estimate of the baseline position using Rickter numerical scale (0 - 10). Measure: ’Nominal Group Technique’ LowHigh  Narrative: complement estimates providing rationale and context

 Effective way of converting knowledge into numbers  Applied systematically across Neighbourhood Renewal Areas  Produces robust data in a standardised format. Inform Interventions  map local areas - identify diversity  inform design of localised interventions Inform Measurement of Change  provide baseline to evaluate change in Assets  Complement existing data on needs Inform Change