A Toolkit for Active Citizenship

The Sustainable Communities Wheel

civic responsibility

Aims

  • Introduce and explore the eight key components of a sustainable community.

Resource

Simplified icon based 'Sustainable Communities Wheel'
View resource pdf icon egan_wheel_icon.pdf

Instructions

Introduce the eight components of the Sustainable Communities Wheel using the Sustainable Communities Wheel.

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Explain the HCA Academy and the kind of work the HCA Academy does (for more info see www.HCAacademy.co.uk)

Ask the young people if the wheel makes sense and if they think anything is missing.

Explain to the group that the activities are based on the Sustainable Communities Wheel and it's important to remember the eight components of a sustainable community.

Allow the young people to familiarise themselves with the sections and the symbols.

Sustainable Communities Wheel