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...
In this podcast, the first to draw on community development practice in the United States, Russell is joined via Skype by Moses S Dixon, a doctorate student at State University of New York in Binghamton, to...
With news that NHS England is to create an ‘army’ of social prescribing link workers it is paramount that community development (CD) is at the heart of the concept. The Kings’ Fund says that social prescribing:...
In this podcast Russell is joined by Becky Harford who is one of the founders of Benthyg a ‘library of things’ in Rumney, Cardiff, possibly the first such library of things in Wales. Benthyg is Welsh...
In this podcast Russell is joined by Dave Horton from Action in Caerau and Ely (ACE) and Ceri Cunnington from Cwmni Bro Ffestiniog to discuss how their contrasting geography shapes approaches to community development…or not. Caerau and...
On Saturday 24 November a number of community media experts and practitioners convened in Leicester, England to discuss community media and why the social gain mission matters. Drs Rob Watson and Katie Moylan hosted the event which...
Even though Communities First came to an end in March 2018 after 16 years I still encounter people who remain uninformed, curious or mistaken about aspects of the programme, whether they be allies, critics or ambivalent...
