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take part pathfinder

National Pathfinder information

The Take Part Pathfinder programme supports improvement against National Indicators 3 (civic participation in the local area – narrowing gaps between groups in order to raise involvement of disadvantaged sections of society) and 4 (people feeling that they can influence decisions in their locality).

The aims of the Take Part local pathfinder programme are:

· To build the skills and confidence of local people so that they can pursue civic activism, community leadership and lay governance roles (including those of local councillors)
· To support people and organisations in developing an understanding of barriers to participation, and how to overcome those barriers
· To raise awareness of routes into lay governance roles, especially those involving LSP partners, and to support people in their progression through those routes

The outcomes are based around:

· An increase in levels of participation in civic activism, consultation and civic participation; and in community leadership roles.
· Increased skills and confidence among citizens, particularly those from more disadvantaged communities, to support participation
· An increase in the numbers of people equipped to press for change in support of community leadership

Take Part has been developed following a two year pilot, Active Learning for Active Citizenship, funded by the Home Office. The regional hub organisations who took part in the pilot have formed the Take Part network and created the Take Part framework to share their good practice and guidance for other learning providers. Find out more here

Take Part learning framework

The national framework for active learning for active citizenship, including principles, case studies, good practice advice and guidance on how to run citizenship learning programmes for adults.

You can read the national learning framework here