social capital
Social Capital
Social capital is the value generated by various forms of civic engagement, trust, norms of reciprocity, networks, associations and information sharing within a community.
Family and friends are the most basic forms of social capital. Then there are the more organized examples, from youth sports clubs, neighbourhood associations to service groups and government representatives.
Healthy Community Factsheets
These factsheets will provide explanations of common (and sometimes misunderstood) terms used in Healthy Communities literature and materials. The sheets also provide useful links to further resourceson each subject.
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