Bristol, a City of Social Action
May 17, 2019
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"People Power has brought people together to have conversations and share their experiences and that’s a big achievement especially in an environment where so...
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‘Proliferation’ – The implementation of ABCD in Leeds Part 2
"No society has the money to buy, at market prices, what it takes to raise children, make a neighbourhood safe, care for the elderly,...
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This Christmas We Wish You Enough
To the millions of unsung neighbours who show up faithfully everyday, we say Merry Christmas and a very connected and prosperous New Year to...
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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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Scarcity & remembering the obvious.
The concept of ‘abundant communities’ is vital as it recognizes that the huge reservoir of individual, associational, cultural, economic and ecological capacities we have...
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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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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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Touchstone Seven: Implementation
Touchstone seven recognizes that civic actions can start with either an outside in (external orientation) or inside out (internal orientation)....
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Touchstone Four: Engaging Local Groups and Associations
The transformative relational power that would be generated if we learnt how to build an association of associations in every neighbourhood, could be our...
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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...
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