Touchstone Three: Appreciating the assets of the local community
In this third blog of the Eight Touchstones of Community Building series, Chris a member of the Nurture Development team shares the story of...
Read MoreIn this third blog of the Eight Touchstones of Community Building series, Chris a member of the Nurture Development team shares the story of...
Read MoreThe strength of a community or the various groups that make it up, should not be measured by the capacity of individual leaders but...
Read MoreThe work of building community belongs to those who reside there, it is the work of near neighbours; not salaried strangers :- this means...
Read MoreIn December 2015 Nick Gardham (Community Organisers Ltd) and Cormac Russell (Nurture Development UK) set out in a three-part blog (see links below) series...
Read MoreHere comes another blog series; get ready for nine in a row this time. From next week on, each week I will share some...
Read More"I believe it is time to state clearly that specific situations and circumstances are "sickening," rather than that people themselves are sick. The symptoms...
Read MoreOver the last six months I've been using an app on my phone, which counts the steps I take each day, like millions of...
Read MoreWe Will Prevail When potholes come and they're ignored By salaried strangers On rainy days we will sail endangered Rubber ducks by the thousands In those tiny pools...
Read MoreOver the last few months, we have trained over 45 ABCD Guides in Leeds, Bristol and Kirklees. This blog will share our thoughts on...
Read MoreLast week's blog highlighted the virtues of hyper local, civic relationships. Food provides the perfect example of this. Eating food together, especially locally sourced...
Read MoreThis is the fifth blog in a seven-part series. In this series we're sharing 7 top tips on citizen-driven community building, and how organisations...
Read MoreThis is the 4th in a series of 7 top tips for supporting citizen driven community building. This week we explore how residents can make change by...
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