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Definitions

What is a community?

There are many different ways a community can be categorised these include:

• a geographical area considered as a unit such as a country, city, town, region, health service district, local government area
• a group of people held together by common interest or goals, sense of identity e.g. school, women's group, men's groups
• a collection of people characterised by membership, common values, language, rituals, ceremonies, needs or history
• a group of people experiencing the same need regardless of geography.[38]