Community Project Proposal: Developing a Healthier Community by Addressing Loneliness

Your community has identified that loneliness is an area of health they would like your help with. Please outline what this community project will deliver in order to develop a healthier community through addressing the topic of loneliness. This health orientated project will demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of underpinning theory related to Community Development and how this works to addressing the chosen community health issue.

Your proposal will include the following:

It should be concise briefly outline the focus and contents of your proposal.

This section will include details on the broad term of community and details on the specific community you are targeting.

You will succinctly state the Aim of your project. This section must be underpinned with relevant evidence in order to provide a solid rationale and focus for the area of loneliness your project will tackle for this specific community.

This could include socio-demographic factors, the resources the community holds and also outline the community assets, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

State the delivery and implementation processes (e:g; how you will reach/attract your specific target audience. Where the project will take place. How long will the project run for)

Identify a suitable stream of funding your project could apply for

State how you will evaluate the project’s effectiveness using suitable methods in accordance to the project design. In order for effective change to be noted a baseline assessment must occur so all projects will need to state how this information will be captured.

Close the proposal through encapsulating the proposal’s Aim and Objectives

• exceptional originality and/or independent thought
• a breadth of knowledge and understanding beyond the taught material
• no errors
• exceptional problem-solving and/or analytical and/or creativity skills

• outstanding level of originality and/or independent thought
• a breadth of knowledge and understanding beyond the taught material
• very few errors
• outstanding problem-solving and/or analytical and/or creativity skills

• very good problem-solving and/or analytical and/or creativity skills
• some originality and evidence of independent thought in the way that material has been presented
• good breadth of knowledge and understanding that draws on key elements of the taught materials
• clear presentation, but with a few errors
• good problem-solving and/or analytical and/or creativity skills
• basic, possibly derivative, presentation of material
• sufficient breadth of knowledge and understanding to address the assessment criteria / learning outcomes at a threshold level
• some errors in the work
• sufficient problem-solving and/or analytical and/or creativity skills

• poor presentation of material
• several errors in the work
• insufficient breadth of knowledge and understanding that misses and/or misunderstands many elements of the taught materials
• some assessment criteria / learning outcomes not met at the threshold level
• multiple errors in the work
• poor breadth of knowledge and understanding that fails to draw upon most elements of the taught materials
• majority, or all, assessment criteria / learning outcomes not met at the threshold level