Elevate provides opportunities for the development of skills, knowledge and expertise in community development as a way to tackle health inequalities. It is delivered by CDHN with funding from the Public Health Agency (PHA)
The Elevate Programme is the implementation of the PHA led 'Expansion of Community Development Approaches' Framework. This Framework was developed by the community development work stream to examine how community development can tackle health inequalities and contribute to the transformation process.
The Programme has four core elements:
- Elevate Portal – An online platform sharing evidence-based information, fact sheets, resources, toolkits and training opportunities
- Elevate Training Programme –Evidence-based workshops exploring health inequalities and how community development approaches can effectively help to reduce them. Relevant to anyone with an interest in Community Development and Health Inequalities.
- Elevate Community & Mentoring Grants Programme – Elevate mentee groups receive ongoing support from a Mentor to identify their own needs and actions in relation to improving their community development practice. Funding from the grants programme enables groups to take action to address health inequalities.
- Community Development Reflective Practice Toolkit (RPT) – Community development is an ongoing process that has reflective practice at its core. The Tool is designed to get groups to reflect on their work and think about how they can ensure that community development values underpin, inform, and present in their practice.
For further information on any aspect of the Elevate Programme, please visit Elevate portal, contact a member of the Elevate team here
Download Elevate Impact report here . Elevate's External Evaluation Report 2021-2022 can be viewed here.