To our members: By the end of February, www.vibrantcommunities.ca and www.deepeningcommunity.ca will be integrated into the Tamarack website at www.tamarackcommunity.ca. This is a more accessible platform, where you will easily find more engaging content and resources on poverty reduction and community change.
Questions? Send us a note at tamarack@tamarackcommunity.ca.
Governments can’t do policy without communities and communities can’t do policy without governments. Policy helps shape the context of the community as well as the content of what it offers.
Building community involves designing the context and spaces that enable community members to spend time together and participate as active members. It is guided by principles related to clean and green places, mixed use, accessibility and engagement.
Governments can introduce public policies that:
The second component of building community involves caring about each other. Governments currently support wide-ranging services focused on formal supports. This paper talks about building community through equally important informal supports. These include personal communities, circles of support, long dinner tables and community celebration.
Governments can introduce public policies that:
Through public policy, governments enable us to design for well-being and care about each other.
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