Community Learning and Development Managers Scotland have adopted a statement that tries to summarise in one page their understanding of what community capacity building means in Scotland today: What is it, when and why is it important and how is … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Community Development principles
New Understanding Glasgow films
The Glasgow Centre for Population Health has launched four films, set in Glasgow, Renfrewshire and Inverclyde which ‘reflect people’s lived experiences and let people tell their own stories’. Although GCPH don’t advertise the fact, the films are all really about … Continue reading
European Community Development Network
The former Combined European Bureau for Social Development (CEBSD) has been relaunched as the European Community Development Network, a non-governmental European umbrella organisation which brings together a variety of partners from a dozen countries both inside and outside the European … Continue reading
International Community Organising
International community organising: Taking power, making change will be published by The Policy Press in early May. Co-authored by Dave Beck and Rod Purcell of the University of Glasgow, the book: “is the first to explore the diverse history of … Continue reading
Rethinking Community Practice
In another Policy Press publication, Gabriel Chanan and Colin Miller look at ‘Rethinking Community Practice: Developing transformative neighbourhoods’. “Community practice is the name for that growing part of the relationship by which service providers and local residents collaborate flexibly and … Continue reading
Save the date! IACD International Conference, Glasgow, 9-11 June 2014
Planning is well underway for a major international conference, to be held in the run-up to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. The gathering will be an exploration of “our common wealth” – how community-based solutions are tackling some of our … Continue reading
