Voist spent the summer exploring community activity happening in Ipswich. We kicked off with a workshop in July bringing together a group of active, innovative individuals who are passionate about improving community development in the local area. We explored what could potentially be done to encourage better working relationships between service providers in Ipswich.
We have since been exploring best consultation methods in order to gather new and exciting data that tells a story about Ipswich's social capital and local social impact. Please explore what we have found out so far.
We started to explore the various relationships and connections in existence in Ipswich within the pilot project study. We asked participants from Wot's Up, Activ Lives, Ipswich Community Media and Ipswich Community Ventures to map out who they were connected to in relation to their work in the area - giving a rough overview of the social infrastructure. The map below is a visual representation of the connections.
For the pilot we looked at the impact that local organisations Activ Lives and Wot's Up have in Ipswich.
We used our Mapify methodology to explore the impact of local community development work in Ipswich. Focusing on an area of the town covered by the North West Ipswich Big Local Trust, we set out to investigate the local infrastructure already in place and the potential gaps in provisions.
ClientIpswich Community Ventures Servicescommunity engagement, network mapping, impact measurement, consultationYear2017