Category: Blog
Guest blog: The need for a new social capital agenda
To accompany podcast #9 Andy Green, Director of Grow Social Capital, expands on the topic of social capital and calls for a new social capital agenda. It’s brilliant how you can enjoy takeaway food delivered to your door, order...
Community development alive and well in Llanelli
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of visiting Llanelli in Carmarthenshire/Sir Gâr to catch up with an old acquaintance and left so enthused at how community development is supporting grassoots collective action. I have blogged...
Media muddles: the continued struggle to report poverty and Communities First
Media coverage of the recent report on Communities First suggests that the Welsh media continues to be uncertain about how poverty in Wales should be portrayed. Last week the National Assembly’s Equality, Local Government and Communities...
Is progressive policy all it seems? ACEs, prisons and drugs
Tackling Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) is prominent on the policy agenda in Wales and indicates a desire to intervene early in order to save later. But will policy conservatism elsewhere undermine the laudable efforts to invest...
Introducing…The Community Development Podcast
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...
How to plan a programme of focus groups – my #TalkCommunities experience
My day job in Wales is on the Communities First (CF) programme which late in 2016 Welsh Government (WG) announced it was “minded to phase out”. I have on numeous occasions helped CF workers improve the...
