Tag: #StrengthsBasedPractice

  • 🌿 The Real Value of Asset-Based Community Development Training

    Why Councils and Community Organisations Keep Calling for ABCD Across councils, youth services, libraries, placemaking teams, neighbourhood centres, and community organisations, one theme has become clear over the last decade: we need approaches that move beyond deficit-based thinking and activate the strengths already present in our communities. That’s where Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) training continues…

  • When a Strengths-Based Approach Is Truly Tested

    A strengths-based approach isn’t truly tested when you’re surrounded by people who already agree with you.It’s tested when you step outside your echo chamber and immerse yourself in community – especially in the moments that stretch you. Critical incidents.Grief.Burnout.Conflict.Politics, competing priorities, funding constraints, and sector limitations. Moments where it would be easier to default to…