Community Development Practice Hub

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.

What can social work learn from asset-based community development?

ExChange Wales

2020

Length: 45mins

Speakers: Prof Fiona Verity, Dr Nick Andrews, Swansea University, Dr Oliver Davis, Cardiff University, Ian Rees, Neath Port Talbot Council, and David Horton, ACE Caerau Ely.

Summary

Social work and community development have always been uneasy bedfellows not least in terms of where power and ‘experts’ are located (Walker 2016). There are opportunities (in Wales) for a reuniting of social work and community development with a focus on relational rather than procedural ways of working and re-engagement with communities.

This seminar outlined a particular approach to community development in a particular area of Cardiff, that is asset-based and people-led. It provided a narrative of community development that illustrates its complex, relational, creative and emergent nature.

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