In this podcast Russell is joined by Leeds-based community development consultant Steve Skinner to discuss what constitutes ‘stronger communities’. Steve Skinner has recently been commissioned to write a book on Palgrave Macmillan about stronger communities, available...
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...
In this podcast Russell Todd is joined by Clare Lloyd from the Prisoners’ Education Trust‘s Welsh project; Jamie Grundy, formerly of Cardiff Metropolitan University’s Widening Access team and now working freelance as a specialist in community development,...
In this podcast Russell is joined by Elliott Evans, Community Development Manager for Merthyr Town Football Club, and James Mathie (Head of Club Development for England and Wales) and Tim Hartley (Vice Chair) of Supporters Direct to...
I first met Mike Barclay, from Wrexham’s Play Development team and Ludicology, in November 2015 when we began liaising over research into the social benefits of playwork in Wrexham as part of our respective day jobs. As...
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...
In this podcast Dr Jan Huyton talks about how Community Philosophy based on a community of enquiry method – first developed by SAPERE – can potentially bring about transformative change in the lives of people and communities as...
