Capacity building

Community Capacity Index - PDF (234Kb)

Robert Bush, Jo Dower and Allyson Mutch

This index is designed to help identify the extent of capacity available within a network of organisations and groups at the local level. For the purposes of this index, community capacity is a collection of characteristics and resources which,when combined, improve the ability of a community to recognise, evaluate and address key problems.

Before using the Community Capacity Index it is important to read the accompanying manual (below). The documents are designed to be complementary and each should be examined thoroughly prior to any attempts to apply the index.

Manual - Community Capacity Index - PDF (552Kb)

Robert Bush, Jo Dower and Allyson Mutch.

Communities as dynamic and complex networks of people and resources bound together through relationships challenge standard measurement approaches. This manual provides one process for examining community capacity via the application of the Community Capacity Index.