Community Engagement Strategy

The Community Engagement Strategy for Salford will help to encourage discussion, new ideas and a sense of partnership between the agencies, organisations, and the people and communities of Salford. The following pages summarise the strategy's key points which can also be downloaded in poster format.

If you would like information on how to deliver the Community Engagement Strategy for Salford the toolkit will offer you practical advice on how to do this.

Our Aims

By improving the quality of community engagement we will support Salford's Community Plan's key objectives:

To bring about rapid change for the better in the most deprived neighbourhoods and communities in the city
To enable and support all individuals to play a full role in their community
To build cohesion by enabling communities, especially excluded communities, to influence decision-making in the city
To ensure that all children and young people have the opportunity to take part in and influence decision making

Why is community engagement essential?

Community engagement is essential for all partner organisations and the community in order to contribute to:

Empowering local citizens to have control over their lives
Reducing inequalities and closing the gap between the most and least deprived areas of the city
Ensuring that services genuinely meet the needs of service users and that available resources are used both efficiently and along agreed priorities
Fulfilling our commitment to local democracy
Meeting statutory duties including those laid down by central Government such as the community cohesion agenda