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Making the Case for Community Development
In light of changing circumstances in public administration, finances and policy, CDF undertook work to build the case for community development.
Making the case for community development
CDF's advocacy tool, Making the case for community development, is available here. It offers guidance on the best ways to keep community development alive where it is threatened by spending cuts and the recession.
Social Return on Investment
CDF commissioned the new economics foundation (nef) to work with us and four local authority partners to produce evidence of a social return on investment (SROI) in community development activity.
There are two reports available: Catalysts for Community Action and Investment (the full length report prepared by nef), and our summary report Community Action and Investment: A Social Return on Investment analysis of community development work based on a common outcomes framework.