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Hot on the heels of the launch of the brand new Carnegie UK Trust report on Turnaround Towns in the UK, Russell is joined by Pippa Coutts, Carnegie’s Policy and Development Manager, to look at the stories of nine towns across the UK who have been on a journey to revive their fortunes.
Specifically, they discuss one of the commonalities shared by each of the towns: the role of community-led development, independent community-owned ‘anchor organisations’ to place-making in towns.
So, here it is: The Community Development Podcast. A podcast dedicated to Community Development practice; to sharing its learning; connecting its practitioners; and promoting its value. With a background in Community Development in Wales, primarily in...
On 28 November I had the pleasure of dropping by the Oh What A Year! celebrations that Eden Communities Wales hosted at the award-winning social enterprise Big Moose Coffee Co. A range of projects were in...
I write this en route home to Cardiff from north Wales where I have spent the day with workers on a pair of parallel community-based employability programmes that operate in many Welsh communities: Communities For Work...
I attended an event in a sodden Cardiff yesterday hosted by the city’s Life Sciences Hub/Hwb Gwyddoniaethau Bywyd at which PR agency Claremont were outlining some of their work to around co-production and nudge theory to...
In this podcast Russell is joined by East Belfast-based community development practitioner Jonny Currie. Jonny talks about how the political sclerosis that has seen the suspension of Northern Ireland’s devolved assembly and government executive has affected...
In this episode Russell is joined by Dr Rob Watson from Decentered Media (@DecenteredMedia) to look at, among other things, the role that community media plays in strengthening civil society and providing communities with a voice...
In this podcast Russell chats with Dave Smith from Heritage Quay, Huddersfield University’s archive service and considers community development in an ‘alternative’ context: sporting heritage and rugby league supporters Dave was involved in co-producing the national...
On 2nd April Russell welcomed Dr Rob Watson from Decentered Media to Cardiff, which provided the opportunity to convert what had been to date a digital interaction into an ‘analogue’ one. We ramble through our respective...
