RBWM
The Community Development Unit is composed of:
- Youth & Community Services
- Community Development Projects
- Training and Development
- Duke of Edinburgh's Award
The Community Development Unit aims to enable people to become actively involved in the issues which affect their lives through the sharing of power, skills, knowledge and experience and based on the core values of equality, participation, partnership and sustainability.
The Community Development Unit works with geographical communities , e.g. neighbourhood, villages and parishes and communities of interest, e.g. women, ethnic groups, the elderly and young people.
The Community Development Unit works with communities by:
- Researching community needs, finding out what provision exists and sharing information
- Supporting existing groups and programmes and starting new groups which respond to needs identified by the communities themselves
- Facilitating communication between community groups, agencies and the Royal Borough to improve services for local communities
- Acting as a resource and advisor for community groups and other agencies adopting a community development approach to their work.
The Community Development Unit works with young people by:
- Offering a place to meet and the sense of belonging to a group or organisation
- Offering opportunities for achievement in a variety of educational, recreational, sporting, artistic and community service spheres
- Offering opportunities to gain autonomy and responsibility for themselves and others and to understand and respect differences
- Developing Youth Consultation and participation in decision making and evaluation.
The Royal Borough Community Development Unit helps young people to:
- Find a place to meet friends
- Develop as individuals
- Understand others and the world around them
- Take part in interesting and challenging activities
- Enjoy new experiences and adventure
- Find information, support and advice when needed
- Discover ways of helping others in the community
- Have a say in what is happening.
The Community Development Unit offers community groups:
- Access to facilities including school premises
- Sound professional advice on youth issues and on educational aspects of their work
- Help and advice on running their own groups
Work with young people is delivered through 11 full-time Youth and Community Centres and Projects:
- Castle Hill Youth and Community Centre
- Charters Youth and Community Centre
- Clewer Youth and Community Centre (in partnership with BAYP)
- Community Development Projects
- Cox Green Community Centre
(in partnership with Cox Green Community Association and Diocese of Oxford) - Manor Youth and Community Centre
- Millennium Volunteers Project
(in partnership with Windsor and Maidenhead Volunteers Centre) - Outdoor Education Project
- Pinkneys Green Youth and Community Centre
- Streetwork and Mentoring Project
- Windsor Youth and Community Centre.
The Community Centre has facilities for the disabled.
The Victory Hall and Pastoral Room have an audio and loop system for hearing aid users.