{"id":634,"date":"2022-08-26T10:43:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T09:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/lacnetwork\/our-august-newsletter-is-out-5\/"},"modified":"2024-07-26T13:38:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T12:38:04","slug":"our-august-newsletter-is-out-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/lacnetwork\/our-august-newsletter-is-out-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Our August Newsletter is out!","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month\u2019s edition includes:<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-blog-post-meta\">\n<article class=\"l-section for_blogpost preview_basic post-5506 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-newsletter\">\n<div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\">\n<div class=\"w-blog\">\n<div class=\"w-blog-post-body\">\n<section class=\"l-section\">\n<div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/lacnetwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/07\/NEWS-300x300.png\" alt=\"News Icon\" width=\"154\" height=\"154\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New Beginnings<\/li>\n<li>Principles in practice \u2013 a new Locality report<\/li>\n<li>Job vacancies<\/li>\n<li>And much more\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/dc500093cab1\/members-update-9408847\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read all about it<\/a><\/p>\n<h1><strong>A note from Nick<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Hello to you and thank you for reading this month\u2019s newsletter.\u00a0 As always thanks to Rachel Tait for putting it together so beautifully.\u00a0 Sadly, that\u2019s the last time I\u2019ll say that as we\u2019ll be saying goodbye to Rachel next month as she moves into an exciting new role with a local council.\u00a0 I would like to thank Rachel for everything she\u2019s done for Local Area Coordination during her time with us.\u00a0 She has been a real rock for the Network, kept us all going and brought her abundance of creative talents into our work too.\u00a0 Good luck Rachel in your next steps, I am sure you will do brilliantly.<\/p>\n<p>This month I\u2019ve been with the Surrey Local Area Coordination team supporting in the community recruitment of their fourth Local Area Coordinator. Nine candidates joined a host of community members in an area of Camberley for \u201cspeed conversations\u201d. This was followed by group community deliberation as to who goes forward for final interviews next week. It was wonderful to be in community with local people as they determined the qualities, skills and behaviours they sought in their Local Area Coordinator. I find this type of co-recruitment so rare in community facing roles, but it\u2019s fundamental in my opinion as the perspectives and opinions of local people are so unique and important. Such a process offers an opportunity for collaboration and co-producing a decision together that would otherwise happen behind closed doors, made by a handful of people with more limited perspectives. The most powerful aspect for me though is when the successful Local Area Coordinator does eventually start, they already have a relationship with several members of that local community who feel a sense of ownership and connection with Local Area Coordination and its purpose. It\u2019s all about doing\u00a0<em>with<\/em>\u00a0people not doing\u00a0<em>to<\/em>\u00a0people.<\/p>\n<p>The day after the Surrey visit, I went to visit Shaheen, Luton\u2019s first Local Area Coordinator, in the Leagrave area of the town. Shaheen introduced me to many of the people she\u2019s alongside who kindly welcomed me into their homes and shared their stories and reflections on life and Local Area Coordination. With Shaheen alongside them, it was evident the people I met were moving closer towards their own vision of a good life whilst also reigniting and building relationships in their local area too, sharing their abundance of talents, gifts, and ideas with others and building community. 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