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The concept of community and participatory development is important to working at CCS.
Community has always been thought of as a geographic area with members that had little
more in common than where they resided. Traditional institutions, the Town Hall, the
Church, the School, the Hospital, no longer suffice, and the alternative outlets and
venues for congregation and self-expression are the Coffee-Shops and the Internet.
Creativity is an effective means of exchanging thoughts, language and the spirit of a
community. The dynamic resources within a community are often overlooked and in a
similar fashion the great potential and enthusiasm for change is disregarded, without the
major contributor to the community life force, creativity.
The new appreciation of the community, and its untapped creative resources,
encouraged the proliferation of independent and governmental organizations working
in community development. Creativity is embraced as an important vehicle in the
process of development, where a community could come into its own through
unmitigated, creative self-expression.
CREATIVITY
Creative approaches to community development are essential, requiring the ability
to solve problems progressively over time and apply previous knowledge to
rapidly changing situations. “The nurturing of creativity means finding ways of
helping people to create new and better ways of living and working together"
(Our Creative Diversity).
With the Internet becoming an expanding forum for free exchange, a public space open to all,
virtual communities, based on elective communities, represent a major challenge to institutions
operating within territorial boundaries.
With this in mind, CCS has developed the system of exchange of community information
through its web site. Community Care Solutions, an information source aimed at
disseminating examples of best practice and promoting cross-sector links among the fields
of arts and culture, health, business, environment, regeneration and community development.
The organizations, governments, and individuals chosen to be featured, exemplify the range of
projects working in cross-sector community development. CCS provides a virtual forum for
the sharing of creative ideas and experiences among teachers, artists, community and
voluntary groups, policy makers, training providers, corporate leaders and others who have
an interest in understanding a promoting creativity in different settings.
CCS reviews unique and innovative organizations and projects working all over the world.
Different in size, implementation and setting, the selected initiatives are characterized by the
use of creativity and by the novel ways in which they apply knowledge and skills to tackle
contemporary problems.
The projects reviewed feature one or more of the following themes:
1. Promoting creativity and cultural heritage
2. Developing human aptitudes
3. Safeguarding creative freedom
4. Promoting participation
5. Encouraging a sense of community
6. Building the future
CCS is a work in progress and is always interested in expanding the database by including
new, innovative projects. If you are interested in applying to be featured on the CCS, please
send the necessary details of your organization to:info@creative.on.ca.
CCS Centre for Creative Community Care Solutions will post projects that are linked to each
other, through the use of creativity as a vehicle to promote the development of skills, and as a
tool in the building of inclusive communities.
They include:
Interest Fields
Arts & Culture
Community
Development
Education and Training
Regeneration