Resources

Nick Wates' excellent 'Community Planning Handbook' is now available on line.

The ELDIS participation page: Comprehensive listing of major Participation resources online with description of organisations, site content, contact details - Practical manuals - Major www sites - Bibliographic sources - Organisations and networks - Discussion lists:

PLA Notes. Published three times a year by IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development). PLA Notes enables ‘practitioners of participatory methodologies from around the world to share their field experiences, conceptual reflections and methodological innovations’. IIED can be reached on 020 7388 2117.

Roundshaw Participatory Well being Needs assessment Final report’. a report on the use of PLA in a health needs assessment in London. Cornwall A. Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Specialist Health promotion Service. (1997). Available online at:

The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex is a world authority on participatory approaches. Their website contains many interesting articles and guides. IDS can be reached on 01273 606 261. The IDS publishes the excellent Introductory PRA Methodology Pack. PRA Behaviour and Attitudes Pack, PRA and Policy pack.

A trainers guide for Participatory Learning and Action. J. Pretty. I Guijt, I Scoones, Thompson J. IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development

Participation Works! 21 techniques of community participation for the 21st century. New Economics Foundation. Available online.

Guide to effective participation. D. Wilcox. Available on line on

Stepping Forward: Children and young people’s participation in the development process. Ed. Johnson J. Intermediate Technology Publications. ISBN 1 85339 448 3

Empowering children and young people. Training Manual. Save the Children ISBN 899120 47 5.

Creating Better Cities with Children and Youth: A manual for participation. D. Driskell. UNESCO / Earthscan 2002. ISBN 1 85383 853 5.

Whose Reality counts? Putting the first last. R. Chambers. Intermediate Technology Publications.

Who changes? Institutionalising participation in development. Ed. J. Blackburn, J. Holland.