"…community-led solutions rather than community-based ones."

The people that I spoke to in the community questioned whether or not their opinion would matter if they were to try and get involved in community business. They were used to the same faces. As we found out, there is a certain amount already being done in our community around food banks and poverty. Most of it, though, is being done by people who are not in need themselves, which means it is not been led by people who are experiencing this directly.

Through the course, we realised that it is important to take a community development approach to really resolve these issues longer term - community-led solutions rather than community-based.