Living a good life : bringing relationships, community and purpose to the lives of marginalised people

This report looks at good practice in community development. It is the outcome of a meeting sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation and held at the Bellagio Center, Italy in November 2009. It includes innovative practices and policies from ten countries. 1. Preface 2. Key insights 3. Relationships, purpose and community – an introduction 4. Reframing • Key messages • Examples of successful reframing of conventional thinking • Lessons learned for successful reframing 5. Scaling up • Key messages • Challenges faced when scaling up an intervention • Scaling up effectively 6. The role of government • Key messages • What can we do to help our governments? • What role does civil society have to play? 7. Self-help, empowerment and social enterprise • Key messages • Lessons learned in pioneering new models • Key factors in establishing social enterprises 8. Recommendations for action 9. Participants at the meeting Case studies of innovative policy and practice • Wintringham, Australia • OPZ, Geel, Belgium • Planned Lifetime Advocacy network, Canada • National Alliance to End Homelessness, USA • Common Ground, USA • Un Techo Para Chile, Chile • Housing Action Charitable Trust, UK • Community Shelter Board, USA • Rethinking Government Contracts, USA • Gram Vikas, India • Trust for Village Self Governance, India • Barka Foundation for Mutual help, Poland • Tshwane leadership Foundation, South Africa • Healthabitat, Australia