Purpose:

Bring together different pools of knowledge and expertise both inside and outside the university; interdisciplinary theory building that bridges different communities of practice and a wide range of potential beneficiaries including community organisers, community building organisations, hyperlocal groups themselves, national policy, voluntary sector organisations and, at a different level, impacts on health outcomes and inequalities. Understand activities and impact of grassroots associations in East Anglia and beyond:

• on the health and wellbeing of people
• on creativity, culture and society
• on social welfare
• on commerce and the economy
• on public policy, law and services
• on practitioners and delivery of professional services, enhanced performance or ethical practice
• on understanding, learning and participation