Community-led Development is working together to create and achieve locally-owned visions and goals. It’s a place-based development approach that’s built around five core practice principles.
Building visions and priorities with those who live, work, care, play, and invest in that place – the principle of ahi kaa*.
Tailor-making solutions from the ‘ground up’ and reflecting local aspirations, needs and conditions.
Growing a shared sense of optimism and collective caring for people, place and the future ahead.
*Ahi Kaa is a fundamental traditional Māori cultural concept meaning ‘site of burning fires’. In contemporary times, Ahi Kaa is used to refer to people who uphold a particular purpose within the community. That is, they are the ‘keepers of the home fires’ be that at home, on the marae or within a particular organisation or movement.
Involving all those who have a stake in creating visions and aspirations, plans and activities and working/doing together.
Fostering new connections between diverse people, organisations and sectors to unlock resources and enable new thinking.
Creating strong local relationships and linkages – at street/neighbourhood level, between local groups, agencies, businesses and also with organisations based outside the local area.
