Supporting Community Development in Exeter (SCDE)

SCDE is a project of Exeter Community Initiatives that aims to support people in the more disadvantaged areas of Exeter. Through a community development approach Community Development Foundation, a range of practices can be used to enable local people to take greater control over their circumstances, within their communities.

The Planet Rainbow Project has joined ECI and now sits under SCDE.

Previous projects under the umbrella of SCDE were the Ujima Project providing a dedicated worker to support Black and Minority Ethnic Communities and a partnership project “My Neighbourhood” that aimed at giving more power to people at a Neighbourhood level through setting up partnerships to tackle local issues.

Click here to download SCDE leaflet

Community Development at a Strategic Level

SCDE is also concerned with promoting and enabling a community development approach at a more strategic level in Exeter. This is being done through:

• Forming networks of groups or organisations to share information about their work and to share examples of good practice.
• Working with partner organisations and promoting Community development and the voluntary sector.

For more information, please contact Carole Pilley Community Development Manager on carole@eci.org.uk