Can I Help You?
November 16, 2018
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“Can I help you?” is an often-asked question, yet helping can cause unintended harm: that realization places us at a moral crossroads....
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Off the Roundabout
When we preclude citizen power, and chose technocratic solutions over democratic ones we lose the opportunity to address the root problems that cause the...
Read MoreTake a street and build a community: Shani Graham at TEDxPerth
There’s rubbish on the street, and some folks they’ve got no job And the ambulance came half an hour too late to save old Bob And...
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Bridging The Gap – Expert to Alongsider
Done to the people; Done for the people; Done with the people; Done •by• the people. This is the path of transitions from institutional...
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What is distinctive about an ABCD Process – Four Essential Elements.
Today we would like to share the results of John McKnight and Cormac Russell's deliberation about what is distinctive about an Asset-Based Community Development...
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Ayrshire 3 year evaluation: most important finding is significant increase in mental health and wellbeing.
In 2014, the NHS Endowment Fund provided funding for an Asset Based Community Development project in Ayrshire exploring how peoples’ assets and skills can be...
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A Global Movement of New and More Effective ‘Problem Distribution’
"I hope that people keep weaving this social fabric . . . and the narrative of our urban centres and our rural centres start...
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Thisness: Coming to our Senses (Part 3 of 3)
"It benefits without pretension, it is content with it’s nature, and therefore can’t be faulted."...
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Yorkshire Sport Foundation – Active Burngreave
Following on from last week’s blog (Sport as an asset for Community Building) about the community building potential of sports activities, this week we...
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How to Ask Better Community Questions: It’s as Easy as ABCD
Joel Zaslofsky engages Cormac Russell in a vibrant conversation exploring the ideas of ABCD, motivations and important aspects to understand....
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What’s in a word?
Recently I’ve been reflecting on the power of language and its ability to influence and fundamentally shape how institutions relate to the communities that...
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The Paradox of the Alongsider: Serving While Walking Backwards (Part 2)
The alongsider 'serves while walking backwards' they stand with the person they serve, by seeking the help of community insiders who know their community,...
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