sandwell presentation, building communities from inside out, an asset based approach

LOGO

Managers ForumSandwell Metropolitan Borough

Council

Managers ForumSandwell Metropolitan Borough

Council

Presented by Cormac Russell, ABCD Institute & Nurture Development www.nurturedeveloopment.ie

Keynote: Building Communities From Inside Out: An Asset Based

Approach

Overview

The theory2

4

The Practice33

A fresh Perspective31

ABCD in Action

On Community Building

A Fresh Perspective

LOGO

LOGO

You hold the Solutions

Sharing our wisdom…..

The dilemma . . .

Individuals and Communities have deficiencies & needs

Individuals and Communities have skills and talents

people focusedtheir attentionon….

What can be doneinstead of what can’t be done

What

might be

possible if

rather than problems

more than weaknesses

CAUSE PROBLEMS

HAVE PROBLEMS

ARE PROBLEMS

Young People

 Latin word from which the word teenager originates. It means ‘grief, strife and misery’.

Teona:

Problem Problem Solver

Client Change Maker

Recipient Co-Producers

At risk population Leadership asset to be dealt with to be cultivated

Tomorrow’s Part of today’sLeaders Leadership team

Adult in the A citizen of todaymaking

Paradigm Change Regarding Youth

Let’s review

Community is about identifying and contributing our assets

Community=Association

Community=Physical Assets

Community=Institutional Assets

But what to do…on Monday morning?

The Community way & the

systems way

Theory

Institutions (Systems) and their limits

Community and it’s abundance

ABCD in ActionTools

Learning Conversation

What do you care about enough to act on?

What do you have to offer?

What will it take for you to join in action with others who share your interests?

The three key arenas for uncovering community assets

PeopleGovernment

& Civil Society groups

Associations

Why do asset mapping?

Willingness to Work on Neighborhood Projects

Have Done Work

Willing but Haven’t Done

WorkUncertain if

Willing Not Willing

Village Enhancement

10 6 5 0

Working with Youth

15 4 1 1

Working with Senior Citizens

12 7 2 0

Supporting Families

8 9 4 0

Improving Neighborhood Health

10 6 3 2

Neighborhood Safety

8 8 3 2

Based on interviews with 21 association leaders

Matching Grants

Stepping stones

Neighbourhood Organising

Advocacy Organising

Key questions for citizens:

1. What can you do

with citizen power?

2. What do you need

Help with? From who?

3. What do you need

Services to do?

Key questions for Agencies:1.How can we support citizens do what they do best?2. How do we co-produce services

and supports more effectively?3. How do we ensure our core services are responsive and accountable?

Community Empower

-ment

Community Empower

-ment

Russell’s Ecology of ‘Deep’ Civic Engagement

DeepCivic

Engagement

Cormac Russell

Local/City Impact of Deep Civic Engagement

Better Local Government & Stronger local Democracy Health Co-

production

Community Policing

School Community P’ships

Civic investment in

Local Economies

Deep Civic Engagement

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Thank You for listening

Cormac RussellNurture Developmentcormac@nurturedevelopment.iewww.nurturedevelopment.ie

Phone: +353 1 4961033 Mobile: +353 879280998

Skype: Cormac27