Resilient communities: meeting the challenge of being at the margins

Join Building Communities Trust (BCT) as we publish ‘Resilient communities: meeting the challenge of being at the margins’, a set of revolutionary research that provides brand-new forensic detail of community infrastructure within Wales, and combines this with the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD) in order to uncover 102 previously unidentified ‘Less Resilient Areas’ across the nation. This pioneering data, two years in the making, offers a distinct perspective on deprivation and the targeted interventions that are needed in order to provide communities with the resources required to become more resilient in the future.

Join us for this free, online event on Monday 25 September at 10:30am to learn more about the implications of this new insight and to hear case studies presented by members of communities which have been identified as less resilient having been ranked against the BCT Welsh Community Assets Index (WCAI) and Welsh Community Resilience Index (WCRI).

We’ll outline the methodology behind our research as well as our six key recommendations for Welsh Government, local government and funders to help tackle the specific challenges facing communities across Wales. The findings of this research will require policymakers to fundamentally reshape the way that funding and services are distributed within Wales, particularly in relation to communities living on the margins of towns and cities.

Register your interest on Eventbrite – joining instructions will be sent on Friday 22 September. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-launch-wales-community-assets-index-tickets-686549376667?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=wsa&aff=ebdsshwebmobile

After the event, research papers will be available on our website in both Welsh and English. Visit www.bct.wales for more information.

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