This research group has been focussed on active research for active citizenship. It is leading the ESRC national research cluster for the community engagement part of the Third Sector Research Centre. This project has been building upon the final projects of Active Citizenship Learning.
ESRC Taking Part? Capacity Building Cluster (2008-2013) 
in partnership with Goldsmiths University of London and Manchester Metropolitan University.
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Take Part Framework 2011
This updated version of the Take Part Learning Framework is intended to reflect the broader scope of the Take Part approach, with more recent examples having been developed through the Take Part Pathfinder programme (2008- 2011). It is also a response to feedback from practitioners who preferred a shortened, more practical version for easier implementation in their community learning contexts.
This report presents the final findings from the evaluation by the Community Development Foundation (CDF) of Take Part, a three-year programme of support for active citizenship and learning funded by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and managed by CDF.
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OR InsightSpecial Issue about TAKE PART Programme 
This special edition of the OR Insight offers a conceptual discussion of active citizenship as well as implementation case studies about informal adult active learning in communities ALAC PROGRAMME ( 2003-2006)
Alac Best Practice In Lincolnshire
The ‘Active Learning for Active Citizenship Best Practice for Lincolnshire’ Project has been designed to explore good practice in active learning for active citizenship (ALAC) across Lincolnshire in order to develop active citizenship in the region and be able to meet the learning and other needs of key community groups – enabling them in the process to become more active citizens.
Take Part National framework for Ative Learning for Active Citizenship
This framework has been put together as a collaborative process, with members of the Take Part hubs (formerly Active Learning for Active Citizenship hubs) working together to explore the themes of active learning and active citizenship, write the case studies and synthesise their experiences. The hubs have formed a network to carry forward the lessons of Take Part and promote it and this framework provides their contact details for support in their regions
The practice guide for Active Learning for Active Citizenship is intended to introduce aspects of the nationally significant work undertaken by the Lincolnshire/East Midlands hub initially under the programme for adult education of the Home Office’s Civil Renewal Unit (ALAC) and now under the umbrella of the Local Democracy Directorate of the Department for Communities and Local Government (Take Part).
Active Learning for Active Citizenship
A report on the evaluation of Active Learning for Active Citizenship, a programme funded by the Civil Renewal Unit as part of the Together We Can action plan.