Urban Ministry & Theology Project Newcastle East Deanery

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Local Community

Community Engagement Key Principles

• Start where we are - not where anyone else would want us to start from.
• Get away from the 'goldfish bowl'.
• Hold the tension between the parish and the project.
• Hold the tension between the local and the global.

Community Engagement Objectives

• To coordinate the church's involvement in regeneration initiatives across the Byker/Walker basin in Newcastle upon Tyne.
• To establish partnerships with local agencies and projects.
• To establish partnerships with community groups.
• To increase the capacity of local residents for participation in the development of the local area.
• To draw local people into the project's processes of action and reflection.
• To reflect theologically on community engagement.
• To share the project's methodology and outcomes with the wider community and church.