Promoting Social Inclusion by Enabling Individuals and Developing Communities
How do we work?
The way we work, or our values, are as important to us as what we actually
do. Indeed for a social inclusion and development agency, the two are inextricably
linked. We aim to work in the following ways:
- As part of an inclusive culture, which works in partnership with others to identify the most appropriate ways of responding to need and challenging social exclusion
- By emphasising the value of individuals and the importance of developing their potential
- By supporting the development of independent projects and initiatives where possible
- By promoting Equal Opportunities and challenging discrimination
- Through respecting the importance of ecology and the environment to personal social well-being
- With a professional approach involving the provision of quality services and organisational practice
- Through a recognition of the importance of proper research, and the need for regular monitoring and evaluation of our work
- Through an acknowledgement of our Christian roots as part of the recognition of the wider spiritual dimension in all our work.
Who do we work with to achieve our aims?
ECI works with a wide range of partners including local people, local faith
communities, community groups and organisations, the Council for Voluntary
Service and other voluntary sector bodies, statutory agencies, business and
local partnership bodies including Exeter Social Health and Inclusion Partnership
and the Community Safety Partnership. These partners are represented on the
various project committees and steering groups that oversee different aspects
of our work.
What are our overall priorities for future work?
ECI will seek to achieve its aims through focusing on the following overall
priorities:
1. Support local communities and groups to help them engage
in a community development process to tackle social exclusion.
2. Promote and enable a community development approach to
tackling social exclusion at a strategic level within Exeter.
3. Manage and develop existing projects to respond to the
changing needs of the local community.
4. Identify, develop and implement new community projects
in response to needs identified (or contribute to their identification, development
and implementation).
5. Ensure the continued improvement of our internal systems
and procedures to enable the highest standards of service delivery possible
within the constraints of the resources available to us.
In order to implement these overall priorities, we have developed a set of
specific priorities for the three year period from April 2005
– see our [ Three Year Strategy ] for more details.
