When I read British tabloids their messaging around young people is unmistakable, young people: CAUSE PROBLEMS. HAVE PROBLEMS. ARE PROBLEMS. This is not peculiar to...
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I’ve had the privilege of seeing a lot of professional practitioners wrestle with the dilemmas that Asset-Based Community Development presents; serving while walking backwards...
Read More-- 13 July 2016 -- Event organised by North West Employers in Bolton (UK) Cormac Russell and Paul Macey were invited to share their thoughts and offer...
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Society is often spoken of as if it has only two important dimensions; namely, individuals on the one hand and formal institutions on the...
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Have you ever watched room 101? The premise of the show is to invite a panel member to offer their frustrations, with a view...
Read MoreWe are delighted to host the reflections of fellow traveller Gareth Hooper. We found this blog to be an incredibly thoughtful and honest reflection...
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On April 15th 2016, Cormac was a speaker at TEDxExeter. It was great to be able to use this important social and civic platform...
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This is part of a series of thoughts and reflections following some time spent in South Africa in November 2015. The title of the...
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Over the years I have worked with many communities motivated to do something to improve the lot of youth in their community. After coming...
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Sadly ABCD rhetoric is being bandied about in some quarters as a quick fix solution, as is Time Banking, Local Area Coordination and anything...
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Friday 19th February we are leading a free OpenHouse discussion on Asset-Based Commissioning, in London. The following post explores the challenges that Commissioners and folk who...
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....
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