Scottish Government

By the Changing Lives User and Carer Forum
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What is Citizen Leadership? A Report by the User and Carer Panel of the 21st Century Social Work Review
ISBN 978 0 7559 5712 5
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Contents

Foreword
Preface
Principles and Standards of Citizen Leadership
1. Potential
2. Development
3. Early Involvement
4. Person-centred
5. Information
6. Equality
7. Control through Partnership
8. Wider Benefit

What is Citizen Leadership?
1. Introduction
2. Why Citizen Leadership?
3. What is Citizen Leadership?
4. Benefits of Citizen Leadership
5. Qualities of Leadership
6. Current Examples of Citizen Leadership
7. Relationship Between Leadership and Citizen Leadership
8. Barriers to Effective Citizen Leadership
9. What Needs to be in Place for Citizen Leadership to Flourish
10. Developing Citizen Leadership

Citizen Leadership happens when citizens have power, influence and responsibility to make decisions