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...
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...
In this podcast* I meet Gary Brown, project manager of the Brymbo Heritage Project in north east Wales, to discuss how Community Development is at the heart of regeneration work that has recently been awarded almost £2 million of...
In the inaugural episode of The Community Development Podcast Russell Todd is joined by Alan Twelvetrees, author of the seminal Community Work, first published in 1982, and with a fifth edition just published (2017) with the updated title Community Development,...
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...
