community-centred approaches seek to mobilise the assets within communities, promote equity and increase people’s control over their health and lives there is a diverse range of practical, evidence-based approaches that can be used by local leaders, commissioners and service providers to work with communities.

The ‘family of community-centred approaches for health and wellbeing’ covers four major groups: (1) strengthening communities, (2) volunteer and peer roles, (3) collaborations and partnerships and (4) access to community resources.