sandwell presentation, building communities from inside out, an asset based approach
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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
Visit our Publications pages to learn more about ABCD and its community applications: http://www.abcdinstitute.org/publications/
Thank You for listening
Cormac RussellNurture [email protected]
Phone: +353 1 4961033 Mobile: +353 879280998
Skype: Cormac27