Guiding participation and inclusion
We welcome yesterday’s launch of NHS England’s Guidance for Participation and Inclusion which begins to lay a foundation for transformational change. The central challenge for...
Read MoreWe welcome yesterday’s launch of NHS England’s Guidance for Participation and Inclusion which begins to lay a foundation for transformational change. The central challenge for...
Read MoreRecently over coffee, a mental health professional from one of the communities I am mentoring said: "I so wish I could do community building...
Read MoreAfter genetic determinants, our well-being is decisively more determined by our community assets than any other health and well-being determinants. Tragically community building hardly...
Read MoreI train and mentor Community Builders. They go out and find Connectors. Connectors ask people what they care about. People get themselves organised and...
Read MoreAs a youngster growing up in rural Ireland, when we weren’t playing cards or getting up to mischief - at the best of times...
Read MoreHow many people do you meet, say hello to, or have a conversation with, during an average day? Where do you meet or see...
Read More"The more you provide services for things that people can do for themselves, the more you diminish social capital." We have always been taught that...
Read MoreI’m a sucker for a good bit of data visualisation; the way that statistics are brought to life by someone’s creative genius with graphics...
Read MoreAlong the way of human history, quite recently in fact, we've forgotten the extent to which our own personal, family and community capacities stretch,...
Read MoreWe live in a world where most believe that the well-being of our most vulnerable citizens and communities is determined by how well their...
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