These terms are oftern used in documents produced by public bodies and partnerships.

Added value - an improvement that would not have happened without the additional action proposed

Budget round - the annual process of spending decisions undertaken by most public bodies

Capacity building - building up the ability of a community or organisation to do things e.g. by better training, improvement of management structures

Community Cohesion - a community “sticking together”, with mutual help and respect, not being divided by e.g. race, religion, class or age

Community resilience - the ability of a local community to respond to and recover from emergencies

Cross-cutting - cutting across traditional subjects and service divisions; cross cutting themes are ones that have implications for all the actions within a plan

Local Authority - Local government body — usually known as a Council e.g. City, Town, District, Borough, County Council or Unitary Authority. Members are democratically elected. There are also Parish Councils — see below

Parish Council - in a three tier system they have responsibility for certain elements of public service delivery and planning procedure.

Primary Care Trust (PCT) - — Primary care is that provided by the professionals the public normally see when they have a heath problem (e.g. GP, dentist); these services are managed by PCTs

Private sector - commercial organisations owned privately e.g. by shareholders, investors and run for profit

Public sector - Organisations and agencies that form part of Government or publicly-provided services e.g. Local Authorities, NHS, Government departments, emergency services (also known as the statutory sector)

Regeneration - improving an area in need e.g. by physical regeneration (new public and commercial buildings), providing jobs, reducing crime, addressing educational under-achievement

Regional Resilience Forum (RRF) - A forum established by the Government Office to discuss civil protection issues from the regional perspective and to create a stronger link between local and central government on resilience issues

Social capital - definitions vary, but described by the government as “the pattern and intensity of networks among people and the shared values which arise from those networks.” And by the World Bank as “the institutions, relationships and norms that shape the quality and quantity of a society’s social interactions... it is the glue that holds [society] together”

Social enterprise - a company run on a not-for-profit basis which may still include making charges) to fulfil a social need

Social inclusion - helping to get people connected to the networks, groups and services that can improve their lives (the opposite of social exclusion)

Strategic partnership - a broad grouping of agencies and organisations with the main remit of planning to improve social and environmental factors in their designated area of influence (SPs may be local [LSPs] or sub-regional economic partnerships [SREPs]) These areas of influence may include regeneration and economic growth areas

Sustainability - the state of something that can last long-term without recourse to e.g. additional funding , is not destructive of resources or the environment, is socially just and involves all who wish to be. “growing” the next generation of volunteers as part of a forward plan, would be an example of this

Third Sector - Voluntary, community and faith organisations

Unitary Authority - Local Authority that is not part of a tiered system, but has full responsibility for its area; in East of England the Unitary Authorities are Peterborough, Luton, Thurrock,

Utilities - companies providing essential services e.g. water, energy, telecommunications

Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) - not-for-profit organisations with a mission to meet the needs and/or act as advocates for specified groups and interests

Acknowledgements

Particular thanks for material and ideas from:

Emergency Preparedness, HM Government; Faith Groups and Community Work, Essex County Council; Keeping it Together, Steve Miller, Faith and Community Development Programme.