examplesofwork

3Ps worked with Peanut at Northumbria
University to train groups of residents on
estates in South Tyneside from 2006 to 2009.
The aim of the project is to engage with and
involve local communities in the development
of a series of community appraisals. The
approach is based upon Participatory Learning
and Action, enabling local people to identify a
set of solutions to issues currently facing the
community and provide a mechanism to
establish positive relationships with key
service providers and remain actively involved
in the planning, delivery and monitoring of the
actions.

In 2007 South Tyneside Council were awarded
Beacon Status for community engagement.
The project has also been used as a case
study of good practice by IDEA (Improvement
and Development Agency for Local
Government).

Joseph Rowntree Foundation to consult local
communities on 'making ends meet' to feed
into a local anti-poverty strategy in York in
2014/15.

Training young people to carry out a
participatory evaluation of a Youth Café in
Bingley in 2014/15.

Big Local in Doncaster, Selby and Chatham
and to help develop their visions and plans in
2014/15.

Tang Hall in York, training residents in
community research and helping with asset
transfer of the local community centre in 2014.

Creating a vision for New Wortley in Leeds as
part of the 'Our Place' initiative in 2014/15.

3Ps have been encouraging participation in
decision making in three market towns in North
Yorkshire. We trained a group of young people
and members of a 'town team' using
participatory approaches to find out the needs
of young people in the towns and to design
projects to benefit them. In Skipton we ran a
community research project using Participatory
Appraisal techniques and in Selby we used
Participatory Video techniques.

3Ps has a long track record in devising and
running training Participatory Appraisal
training courses ranging from introductory
to advanced. We also run Participatory
Video training workshops. Roger is an
Associate of the Community Development
Foundation and Lectures in community
based participatopry research at Leeds
Beckett University.

3Ps has worked with voluntary and community
groups, local authorities, universities, regeneration
partnerships, government agencies, heritage
consultants and architects. Specific organisations
include: The Joseph Rowntree Foundation and
Housing Trust, Northumbria University, Leeds
Beckett University, Kent University, PLB
Consulting, Big Local, Nottingham County Council,
Cambridgeshire NHS Trust, Oldham and Rochdale
Housing Market Renewal, Leeds Visual Arts Forum,
Leeds Voice, The North East London Mental Health
Trust, The St Giles Trust, Yorkshire Forward and
Wiles Maguire Architects.

3Ps have worked with the Joseph Rowntree
Foundation and Housing Trust as part of their
Neighbourhood Approaches to Loneliness
Programme. We recruited and trained local people
in 4 areas (two in Bradford and two in York) in
Participatory Learning and Action and supported
the residents through the analysis of data,
community feedback events and action planning
with stakeholder organisations over an 18 month
period from April 2011. For more information go
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