For those we’ve exiled to the edge
Throughout 2015 I have been most inspired by the huge reservoir of generosity and hospitality that I have encountered in the neighbourhoods I've worked...
Read MoreThroughout 2015 I have been most inspired by the huge reservoir of generosity and hospitality that I have encountered in the neighbourhoods I've worked...
Read MoreSince starting to compile this series of co-authored blogs the world has been hit by a number of major disasters. It is at these...
Read MoreIn Middlesbrough we are working with our friends, Martyn and Dot, at Hope North East. We facilitated a workshop with workers and volunteers in the summer and will be...
Read MorePart 2: Community Building & Community Organising are an essential prelude to co-production & Community Engagement. In the last 10 years we have seen a...
Read MoreWhat would you discover if you could make visible all the invisible assets (the local things that make our communities special and powerful: people,...
Read MorePart 1: How Community Organising & Community Building can work together: the two-fisted fight New forms of collective action are emerging in the UK. With...
Read MoreLocal stories that reflect citizen-led action in neighbourhoods where we support communities to focus on what's strong and not what's wrong...
Read MoreManagement is about doing things right. Leadership is about doing the right things. Stewardship is about hosting a conversation and curating a climate within which everyone...
Read MoreFrom the General to the Particular Part 2 Last week I argued for a need to reverse the trend from the particular to the general....
Read MoreWe live in a world where many of our traditional leaders believe the direction of growth and development is from the particular to the...
Read MoreBeing ready to use your organisational resources to build community, instead of institutional prowess, client numbers, or revenue, involves making visible, through action, at...
Read More[caption id="attachment_3283" align="alignleft" width="262"] Audre Lorde ©Dagmar Schultz[/caption] "Without community, there can be no liberation". Audre Lorde. The root causes of the vast majority of socio-economic...
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