The Community Development Practice Hub is a resource for people and organisations who ‘work with’ people in Birmingham so they can take collective action to make changes to things that are important to them and their communities. We aim to connect, inspire and upskill community development practitioners across Birmingham.
Come join us on this exciting journey, as we collaborate with the sector to offer a tailored approach with a focus on Birmingham-specific learning, challenges, and achievements.
The Community Leadership Training Programme was developed in Birmingham as a collaboration between BVSC and Birmingham City Council and designed to develop confident, capable and effective leaders of change and development at the local community level and those representing communities of interest. Initially delivered through face-to-face and online methods of delivery, it's now available as a FREE e-learning programme. Read more
Supervision ensures that community development practitioners feel valued, supported and more prepared for the challenges of their role. This article discusses reflection within supervision and offers practical tips to incorporate it. Read more
Learning from Ageing Better, a test and learn programme where working with community assets was a key component of its delivery model. This learning can be applied universally. Read more
Our series of lunchtime talks that explores the role of community development practitioners, and how they approach working with communities, kicked off with Rob Netherway on 28th September Read more
The Community Development Practice Hub launch took place online, 3rd September 2021. With speakers Jo Bagby & Carol Hebden of JJ Consulting, and Cormac Russell, Nurture Development. Read more
Community Development enables people in communities to take collective action to make changes to things that are important to them. Read more
Community Development has a long history in the United Kingdom and has evolved and changed over time. Read more
The principles and values of community development are shared across the United Kingdom and around the world. With community development undertaken by a wide range of people in different roles. Read more
Recruiting? Use these sample job descriptions to help shape your community development roles. Read more
The community development process is underpinned by five fundamental values on which all practice are based. Community development practitioners should be able to relate these values to their roles and actions. Read more
Asset Based Community Development or ABCD aims to strengthen communities by recognising, identifying, and activating the skills, resources, experience, knowledge, connections, and passions within them. Read more
Reflective Practice is a method of assessing your own thoughts and actions, for the purpose of learning and personal development. Read more
Appreciative Inquiry is a form of action research that collects people's stories of best practices. Read more