Guidance on street party projects for community workers

Community workers of councils and community groups can play a small but important role in facilitating residents to organise street parties. These events are a very good way to meet neighbours and a chance to engage the community in local issues.

Streets Alive has proven evidence that street parties can help achieve PSA 21 targets NI 1 and 2. Please ask us for details.

Street parties ARE community development

The Guide below applies to simple street parties being held in a single residential street without general publicity. Larger community public events in more streets require other arrangements according their scale.

• Why street parties are community development?
• Why in the street?
• How are they organised?
• The role of community workers and groups
• Effects on a community
• Creating projects to meet community needs
• The Streets Alive approach
• Road Closures, Licences, Insurance etc.

See community project examples to meet community aims.

See what residents say about street parties.

Develop neighbourliness in a whole community by saturating it with street parties - More

Organising a street party is one way of joining in The Big Lunch.

See also our Guide for residents and our Guide for Councils.

Streets Alive provides training, consultancy and project management services tailored to your community work needs.

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Read more about Neighbourhoods at the Local Level Blog

Neighbourhood Watch groups often hold street parties to get people together.

See some international examples of community street events here.