

Community practice and programme development
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Advice, facilitation and support for community led development
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Design and delivery support for community engagement, participation and development programmes and projects
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Community group and neighbourhood development
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Network design and networking facilitation
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Community cohesion – dealing with conflict, mediation and building understanding
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Bridging and linking policy and practice
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Developing and facilitating creative approaches and techniques to enable maximum participation
‘Conscious’ and reflective community work practice is a key theme in my work. In 2002 I co-authored the publication ‘Building Practitioner Strengths’ (CDF) which provides a framework for use in planning and reflecting un practice as well as approaches to supervision, peer mentoring and team/collective learning and development.
Examples of work include:
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National multimedia evaluation of Big Local programme, 2015 - ongoing
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Learning partner to various Community Organisers programmes 2011-2017 (Locality and COLtd)
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Training support for People's Health Trust Local People Projects, 2018 - ongoing (RVS)
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Big Local rep for Local Trust, 2011-2014
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Relationship manager and Advisor to Our Place (Locality), First Steps (CDF) and Community Economic Development (Co-ops UK) Programmes 2014-2017
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Facilitation for community group meetings and events
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Participatory design and collective action planning
I can also offer development and reflection workshops, and mentoring and non-managerial supervision, for community workers and development practitioners e.g. for local authority departments and teams, voluntary sector organisations, and for individual workers.
