A Local Jigsaw

Format:Video
Publication year: 
1987

This 20 minute video focuses on rural communities in the UK. It demonstrates the use of Village Appraisals and Parish Maps, two creative methods which enable village groups to study and express the needs and feelings of local people and then go on to influence the future of their community. Village appraisals are a systematic 'stock-take' of the resources and services in a community using a local questionnaire survey. Two examples are shown, from the Dene Valley near Bishop Auckland, County Durham and from Motcombe, Dorset. Parish Maps use maps, pictures or any form of art and craftwork to illustrate the natural or human-made features of a parish that people really care about. Two examples are given from Buckland Newton in Dorset and Lockwood in Cleveland.

Interest groups: 
Likely to be of interest to community development workers
Publisher
Trilith, Corner Cottage, Brickyard Lane, Bourton, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 5PJ, UK. Tel (0747) 840727
Cost: 
ú17.50 (including postage)
Length: 
20 mins

How to find this resource

Shelfmark in IDS Resource Centre
VIDEO COLLECTION 737