Community Visioning

What is Community Visioning?

Community visioning involves a series of exercises conducted with groups, from a specific community or with another common interest or bond, to build a shared vision of the future. From this shared vision it is then possible to work backwards to establish what steps need to be taken to achieve this vision. It can also be used as the benchmark against which policy-makers, planners, architects, etc. can test their work. It applies particularly well to activities centred on rebuilding and regenerating communities.

What does Community Visioning achieve?

Community visioning brings interested parties or a community together to explore the past, the present and focus on the future. It acts as a way of setting out a clear, shared vision around a set of ground rules that can inform future decision-making.

When will we use Community Visioning?

We will use community visioning when we are:

seeking to involve a specific community in decision-making about their future
setting goals establishing shared experiences and a common understanding in order to create a set of rules that will define future decision-making
helping people to view the future realistically and positively
as one of the tools in community development work

Community Visioning

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