Presentation by Ellie Brodie, Researcher, Pathways through Participation Project at NCVO Annual Conference1st March 2011. Turning the Big Society vision into reality: the role of local communities (workshop) See the presentation in context here: http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/networking-discussions/blogs/20591/11/01/31/turning-big-society-vision-reality-role-local-communitie

1. Participating in the Big Society Ellie Brodie NCVO Annual Conference 1 st March 2011

4. We want every adult to be a member of an active neighbourhood group. I know some people argue that there isn't the appetite for this sort of widespread community participation. I don't agree.

5. An untapped social energy exists in our villages, towns and cities that if unleashed could help us build a bigger, better and happier country

7. Who are these people? Why do they get involved in the first place? Why haven’t they already got involved? What is holding them back?

9. How and why do people get involved and stay involved in different forms of participation over the course of their lives?

10. Partners: Funder: Length: April 2009 – Sept 2011

11. Formative Years Middle Years Later Years Approach: Broad view of participation over time

12. Approach: qualitative

13. LEEDS SUFFOLK ENFIELD Approach: case study areas

15. Findings: a complex picture