Can services be re-designed to improve wellbeing and resilience in a local community?

Wiltshire Council commissioned the Young Foundation to work on a new project in Bemerton Heath, a housing estate to the west of Salisbury. During Summer 2010 the Young Foundation, alongside other service providers, captured information on the needs of the local community. The project focused on how services could be better designed to meet the needs of the community, particularly the most vulnerable members of the community.

The Young Foundation worked with the residents of Bemerton Heath on the project, exploring how they feel about their area, how services could support this community to build capacity and boost individual and community wellbeing. We also carried out specific research with families in Bemerton Heath exploring what it is like to live a day in their life.

The community website, launched as part of the project, has now been handed over to members of the community taskforce to run - we welcome any comments and contributions you have to make.

Read the full report here.