Community consultation

Through community consultation, organizations can: 

• Recognise diversity, equity, and inclusion-related barriers that exist in their community

• Identify ways of addressing barriers

• Pinpoint factors that impact diverse communities

The knowledge unearthed through community consultations can be invaluable in informing processes, policies, and projects.

What you will experience

Just as each community is unique in its characteristics, challenges, and strengths, the shape that community engagements can take are varied. Consultations might include facilitated dialogues, the co-creation of documents and visual representations, or holding focus groups on specific community issues.  

Consultations can run from a couple hours to several days, depending on the specific needs of the community involved. 

What is universal is that those engaging in community consultation with Social Fabric Institute Inc. will experience a process that is interactive, interesting, and respectful.  

Our facilitators are all experts in their fields. They are active listeners and problem solvers who excel in meeting people where they are and creating constructive spaces for difficult conversations. Moreover, they are open-minded, empathetic, and know how to ask the right questions to get to the root of the issues facing individual communities; They know how to work with and through those issues.

How can community consultations benefit your organization?

Through community consultation, Social Fabric Institute Inc. helps organizations:

• Gain valuable new knowledge and insights about the community

• Determine appropriate interventions

• Develop more informed policies

• Design and undertake more targeted projects