Step 9: Sustaining Community Relationships
Projects should consider how community benefit can be maximised through the project life from project conception, ensuring community needs are reflected at all stages. Long-term and lasting relationships should be developed with the community, making use of trusted, existing structures.
Longevity and lasting community relationships
Projects should consider how community benefit can be maximised through the project life from project conception, ensuring community needs are reflected at all stages.
Long-term and lasting relationships should be developed with the community, making use of trusted, existing structures. Projects and communities should share knowledge and learning regularly to ensure alignment between needs and priorities. Projects should be transparent regarding outputs, outcomes and expected timelines, both short-term and long-term, hyper-local and widespread.
Questions for Projects:
- How will community needs be prioritised throughout the project?
- What outputs can the community expect in the short-term?
- What outputs can the community expect in the long-term?
- How will learning be shared between stakeholder groups?
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