Stakeholder Mapping 

Using the template below create your stakeholder map for your community. This straightforward exercise will start you on a journey of being organised in how you complete your resident engagement project. 

Engagement Team 

This tool is best used in discussion with colleagues, these maybe within your organisation or acorss the partnership around your community. Resident engagement will benefit all partners so there is value in engaging colleagues to support your endeavours. 

Methods of Knowledge Collation

The toolkit has lots of different activities that you can complete with individuals or groups which helps creative or exploratory thinking with residents. In essence you will be engaging with residents in three different ways: 

Questionnaires or surveys - either residents completing these with you or self-completing 

Individual interviews - online or in person

Focus Groups - online or in person

The below give you a checklist for each approach which have been adapted from the work of Martyn Denscombe. 

Identifying Community Assets

This tool is best co-produced with community stakeholders. Identifying these assets can come from the experience of the community.

Problem Statements & Goals

This toolkit supports you through the steps of identifying a problem and the plans for resolution. Other activities such as 'Digging Deeper' can support you in understand the root causes of issues.

Theory of Change

This toolkit supports you to identify how you expect change to be created.