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Tag: communitydevelopment

  • 🌿 Beyond Empowerment: How ABCD Activates Youth & Community Potential

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    Across councils, youth services, libraries, neighbourhood centres and community organisations, one aspiration is repeated again and again: “We want meaningful youth participation. We want community engagement, we want empowerment. We want youth-led practice.” But in the rush to “empower” young people, our sector often relies on approaches that are important yet incomplete: Rights-Based, Participation-Based, and…

  • 🌿 The Heart of a Community Builder

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    People often ask me what it takes to be a good community builder.I usually answer: a lot of heart. 😄Community builders (yes, youth workers too – though this piece is speaking mainly to the community-development crew… and maybe also to those of us who are both 👋). Whether you do it formally through your organisation,…

  • 🌿 Place-Based Relational Praxis                   

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    In my previous article, Rethinking How We Work: Why Complex Times Call for Place-Based, Asset-Driven Collaboration, I explored the frameworks that help us work better together across systems and communities. This time, I want to slow down.Before we design another strategy, form another partnership, or launch another initiative, let’s talk about the conditions that allow…