However, increasing community awareness did not always translate into increased community action and, even when communities did participate more actively, initial increases in participation did not necessarily endure.
Mr. Bates praised the company's increasing community spending.
Finding ways of increasing community collective action – such as mass switching of energy provider.
Birmingham Living Lab, for example, specialises in increasing community self-help through the use and development of digital technologies, working closely with voluntary and community organisations and residents.
"Rising crime, increasing community tension and more problems on our streets will contribute to the break-up of civil society if we do not turn back," they write.
The post office pilot has the potential to be an effective tool in increasing community confidence, but needs to be approached with caution.
Hollie Gordon – founder, Milaana A university student herself, Hollie recently founded Milaana, a social enterprise increasing community engagement among university students through cause driven projects.
Relations in the past few weeks have been increasingly fractious – over plans for increasing community cohesion, for example (the irony is lost on no one).
EU support to the education sector, for instance, is designed to get disabled children into mainstream schools by providing appropriate training and infrastructure and increasing community involvement.
