Community Action Redbridge

Hello,

We’re Community Action Redbridge, and we help people make the changes they want to see in their communities. We’ve supported more than 400 local groups, charities, and social businesses with incredible ideas, from community gardens to advice helplines. Together, we’re building a better Redbridge.

What we do

We’re Community Action Redbridge, and we help people make the changes they want to see in their communities.

Redbridge never stands still, and neither do we. Over the last 30 years we’ve supported more than 400 local groups with an incredible mix of ideas, from community gardens to advice helplines.

Our members include community groups and charities (like us), social businesses, faith groups, and arts organisations. Together, we make sure everyone in Redbridge has a voice in the decisions that affect them.

If you want to build something better, join us. We’re ready if you are.

Our vision, mission and priorities

Our vision is of a fairer Redbridge where everyone and every community thrives.

Our mission is to support strong and resilient communities where people lead happy, health and fulfilling lives.

Our strategic priorities:

Harnessing the power and potential of people and communities.
Connecting, strengthening and championing the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector.
Influencing meaningful change and transformation in systems, policies and practice.

Find out more about our ambitions for 2023 – 29 in our strategic plan.

Our values and ways of working

Our values are at the heart of everything we do.

The way we work:

We reflect on and acknowledge our own power and privilege, individually and as an organisation.
We challenge ourselves to find new ways of equalising power and encourage others to do the same.
We support others to step into spaces of power and build the confidence to take the lead.
We are accountable to the people and communities we serve.

We shift power:

We know that the best outcomes are achieved when people, communities and organisations work together as equal partners.

The way we work:

We invest time in making connections and nurturing relationships and trust.
We are open to new ideas and different ways of working, even when they feel uncomfortable to us.
We embrace diversity and actively seek perspectives that are different to our own.
We approach problems with curiosity and focus on solutions and innovation.

We collaborate:

We’re stronger and more effective when we work together. By thinking, doing and learning together, we push the boundaries of what success can look like.

The way we work:

We are inquisitive and open-minded.
We know we don’t always get it right. We own our mistakes, reflect on them and learn from them.
We actively seek, reflect on and learn from feedback.
We use analysis and evaluation to inform future action.

We learn:

We continuously evolve and grow. We experiment and explore to find new ways of understanding the challenges we face, and new solutions to address them.

The way we work:

We focus on the root causes, not just the symptoms of the problems we’re trying to solve.
We understand that the challenges we face are complex and interconnected, and we work holistically to understand and address them.

We see the big picture:

We look at things through a wide lens. We don’t just focus on the individual parts that make up a whole, but on the connections, relationships and interactions between them.

Let’s create change, together

Real change happens when we work together. Interested in working with us to create a fairer Redbridge?

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About Us

Hello,

What we do

Our vision, mission and priorities

Our values and ways of working

Let’s create change, together