DK1535 Community Learning and Development: Capacity Building

This is the Tutor’s Support Pack for this unit. The unit (Capacity Building DK15 35) is designed to enable students to recognise community development approaches to capacity building, and to enable them to effect positive change. As well as understanding the founding principles of capacity building and community development, the student will gain an understanding of the focus of government policy affecting community development. The student will require to take an active part in a specific community group project and should be able to analyse results so that further/future community development activity can be planned and built on effectively. However this aspect is not covered within these materials. Unit Outcomes There are four Outcomes in the unit Capacity Building DK15 35. This pack covers Outcomes 1 and 2: 1. Describe the principles and practice of capacity building. 2. Analyse the social context in which capacity building occurs. This will give students a basis to continue with the rest of the requirements for the Capacity Building Unit which are: 3. Contribute to the development of a community group. 4. Evaluate the development of a community group