Active Citizenship and Community Learning

Dr. Carol Packham is the Course Leader of the BA in Youth and Community Work at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is the Director of the Community Audit and Evaluation Centre at MMU, and is co-ordinator of the NW Regional Take Part/Active Learning for Active Citizenship (ALAC) Network. Her work involves the encouragement of community based courses, with progression to MMU. She is an active community volunteer in her local inner city areas where she is the treasurer of a voluntary young peoples project and vice chair of a community forum. Her Doctor of Education (2006) drew on the ALAC work to explore the role for professional Youth and Community Workers in relation to volunteers.

"An inspiring and brilliant read and by far the best resource we have on community work today." - General Secretary, Community and Youth Workers Union.

• The context of active citizenship and community learningThe role of the youth and community worker as informal educatorCivil and civic involvement and ′active citizens′Volunteers and active citizensThe role of the youth and community worker in relation to volunteersEnabling participation in communitiesInclusive and representative practiceCommunity based learning: learning by doingThe effective practitionerTaking the work forward