Working With, Not For: Community Engagement and Co-design

Name: Working With, Not For: Community Engagement and Co-design
Start: 2026-05-26T13:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-05-26T16:30:00+01:00
Location: Carrow House

Schedule

Tue May 26 2026 at 01:00 pm to 04:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Carrow House | Norwich, EN

Creating services, projects, or initiatives with your community rather than simply for them leads to stronger impact and better outcomes!
About this Event

This session introduces practical ways to engage people authentically, using the principles of asset-based community development (ABCD) to focus on the skills, experience, and strengths that already exist within your community.

You’ll explore co-design approaches, reflect on your own role, and learn how to build initiatives that genuinely reflect the needs, ideas, and lived experience of the people you work with.

You’ll walk away with:

A clearer understanding of the difference between doing things for and with your community
Practical techniques for engagement and co-design grounded in ABCD principles
Tools to recognise and mobilise the assets, skills, and experience within your community
Ideas for building partnerships and collaborative processes that are inclusive, sustainable, and empowering

Who is this for:

This workshop is open to anyone running or working in a social enterprise supporting people in Norwich.

Where to go:

📍 Carrow House, King Street, Norwich

🚗 Parking is available on site

👉 Please head to the main reception, we will meet you there ten minutes before the start time of each session

Accessibility:

To find out about step free access into Old Carrow House, please contact [email protected].

Booking:

This event is also listed on Heartbeat, our online community platform, but you do not need to book on both platforms.

Workshop Facilitator:

We're thrilled to welcome back Jacqui Starling to facilitate this workshop!

Thank you!

We'd like to say a big 'thank you' to Norwich Consolidated Charities who have kindly funded this workshop.

Support FUSE Network:

This event is free to attend, but if you’d like to support the continued running of FUSE and help us keep events like this going, you can make a donation here or purchase a ticket with a voluntary donation. Thank you for supporting our work to build a fairer, more inclusive economy and stronger communities across Norfolk!