Community Development Toolkit

This publication includes:

• introductory notes for facilitators
• how to get started and decide what the community development session is about
• attendees and benefits to them
• invitations and session location
• housekeeping
• the Appreciative Inquiry approach, a facilitator’s role with this approach and terminology
• what support might be needed, and defining the session objectives
• resources to help facilitators
• community development session notes, references and resources; plus how to make a session plan.

Gina King, In the End..Care, and Claire Henry MBE.

We would like to thank our partners for their vital contributions to the development of this toolkit:

• Alice Spearing – St Richard’s Hospice
• Amanda Wilkins – St Magaret’s Hospice
• The Rev Andrew Goodhead – St Christopher’s Hospice
• Gemma Allen – Mary Stevens Hospice
• Gina Starnes – Cornwall Hospice
• Ian Leech – St Giles Hospice
• Louise Clapton – Dorothy House Hospice
• Mark Jones – John Taylor Hospice
• Sharon Hudson – Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice

Published by Hospice UK in July 2019.