Community Learning and Engagement Teams

Community Learning and Engagement Teams - LETs

Connecting People – Empowering Communities

What We Do

We work in partnership to inspire and support citizens of Swindon to fulfil personal potential and to collectively advance the well-being of their communities.

We Do This By:

• Engaging with citizens, communities and neighbourhoods to establish priorities and build capacity to tackle the issues.
• Communicating the priorities that emerge from local consultations, local and central government policy
• Encouraging a culture of participation in the democratic life of the community.
• Empowering communities to play a central role in the transformation of Swindon
• Providing and supporting community facilities that respond to the priorities of the community
• Delivering and promoting learning that inspires individuals and communities to fulfil their potential
• Supporting people and organisations to deliver sustainable and quality services that address the priorities of Swindon
• Taking an Integral approach to our thinking, practice and relationships. Integral means more balanced, comprehensive, interconnected and whole

Our Values Are:

We will be:

• Polite and respectful
• Open
• Transparent and accountable for our decisions

We are a service that:

• Listens
• Is responsive to community issues
• Is proactive in finding flexible and creative solutions that improve delivery
• Values feedback on performance
• Embraces quality improvement for all our services
• Values diversity
• Seeks unity of purpose where equality underpins all our relationships
• Works to develop sustainable and integrated solutions to personal and community well-being
• Takes PRIDE in our work and in the work of our partners

Lastly, we undertake, with our partners, to lay down a legacy of achievement on which future generations of Swindon’s citizens can build.

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