Good practices
Social inclusion is demonstrated when all members of a community are able to participate as active citizens in the occupations or daily activities of the community. These include work, leisure, social, creative and/or civic occupations. The ‘community’ may be all those people living within a particular geographical location, or be a community of members of a particular society, association or group (e.g. an athletic association, a local choir). Projects aiming to enable social inclusion are usually based in the community and with a learning partnership of staff, service users and community members. The term ‘learning partnership’ is used to emphasize that every member of the community brings their own unique contribution to the activities of the community, and that all members are engaged in an ongoing process of learning and development.
The learning partnership ELSITO aims to provide descriptions of projects and programmes which are working in this way to empower the social inclusion of their members. It is hoped that the examples that are presented will be a useful resource for those working to develop programmes and projects.