Social Prescribing, a panacea or another top-down programme? Part 1
(this is part 1 of 4 in a blog series) Over the next four blogs I wish to critically explore an approach to patient support...
Read More(this is part 1 of 4 in a blog series) Over the next four blogs I wish to critically explore an approach to patient support...
Read MoreTwo years ago on today's date the national newspaper The Irish Times led with the front page headline: “Economic activity returns to pre-crash levels”. Was this...
Read MoreAudio recording, John McKnight, Peter Block and Cormac Russell in conversation. They discuss concepts of Learning Sites, Community Animators and a wide range of...
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 MoreOnce we were free, feral and tribal. We traded among our tribes using gift exchange and bartered with enemies and strangers. Then Pharaohs and their...
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 MoreThe Asset-Based Community Development approach has a set of principles, which act like a compass not a map. The five core principles of ABCD...
Read MoreOn the morning of November 25, 2016 (Thanksgiving Day), John McKnight (Founding Director of the ABCD Institute) and Cormac Russell (Director of ABCD Europe)...
Read MoreIncreasingly I hear Social Housing Organisations refer to the people they serve as customers. The implication is that their customers are ‘consuming their products’...
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...
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