'Asset Based Community Development' ABCD with Cormac Russell abcd 2day report3
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The document summarizes a two-day workshop on Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) held in Cardiff, aimed at promoting citizen-led actions to build sustainable communities. Led by Cormac Russell, the training emphasized leveraging community strengths and engaging local assets while aligning with broader initiatives in Wales to enhance community life and service provision. Feedback from participants highlighted a shift towards focusing on positive community attributes and adopting new engagement strategies.
'Asset Based Community Development' ABCD with Cormac Russell abcd 2day report3
- 1. SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES - BUILD ON WHAT’S STRONG NOT WHAT’S WRONG Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) 1 & 2 February 2016 at the Swalec Stadium, Cardiff 2 day training workshop with Cormac Russell, Co-director ABCD Europe & Nurture Development Hosted by 1000 Lives Improvement Service with the ‘Working With Not To’ Co-Production Project/Scarlet Design Int. Ltd.
- 2. ©SCARLETDESIGNINT.LTD2016 2 SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES - BUILD ON WHAT’S STRONG NOT WHAT’S WRONG ABCD 2 DAY WORKSHOP Introduction.................................................................................................................................................................. Page 3 Photostory ................................................................................................................................................................... Page 4 Who’s in the room today?............................................................................................................................................ Page 5 Combined ABCD Training Attendee List...................................................................................................................... Page 6 Community Connectors activity................................................................................................................................... Page 8 ‘Community Builders’ visual map................................................................................................................................. Page 9 Post-it responses to ‘What are you going to keep doing?’, ‘What are you going to stop doing?’ and ‘What are going to start doing?’ activity............................................................................................................. Page 10 Post-it responses to the asset-mapping ‘Teach’, ‘Learn’, ‘Bumping Space’ and ‘Social Networks’ activity............ Page 11 Resources.................................................................................................................................................................. Page 13 Participant Feedback................................................................................................................................................. Page 14 CONTENTS
- 3. ©SCARLETDESIGNINT.LTD2016 3 This report is a summary of the Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) 2 day Workshop led by Cormac Russell, Co-director ABCD Europe, Nurture Development. Organised by Maria Gallagher & Wayne Jepson (1000 Lives Improvement) with Fran O’Hara (Scarlet Design & ‘Working With Not To’ Co-production project). Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) is an approach that promotes citizen-led action in the first instance, and then leverages outside support to match community assets when needed: co- production. It has a history of success in building on existing community strengths to support stronger, more sustainable communities for the future. The ABCD process helps to identify, connect and mobilise local assets, and supports the development of a community wide vision. The training was led by Cormac Russell, and provided practical tools and presented successful community building experiences from around the world and provide tips on increasing engagement in the process. Whole community transformation shifts the focus from separate target groups, eg. frail elderly or youth at risk, to one that connects people positively regardless of age or label. Asset Based Community Development considers local assets as the primary building blocks of sustainable community development. It offers a robust evidence-based framework for social change, challenging us to consider the following questions: Q. What is it that communities can do best? Q. What do communities require help with? Q. What do communities need outside agencies to do for them? The challenges on public services and communities in Wales are clear and there is a forecast of increasing pressure in the future. How can we work together to improve community life and service provision despite these challenges? In Wales this approach aligns with prudent healthcare, the ‘Well- being of Future Generations’ and the ‘Social Services and Well- being (Wales) Act’. This training was commissioned to support the implementation of these, to help turn the rhetoric into reality. What next? Another 2 day training course is being led by Cormac on July 13 and 14, 2016 in North Wales. Please share this free training with anyone you feel may be interested - to book please contact Julianne: Julianne.Rowsell@wales.nhs.uk Tweets from the event: #ABCDWales SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES - BUILD ON WHAT’S STRONG NOT WHAT’S WRONG ABCD 2 DAY WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION
- 4. ©SCARLETDESIGNINT.LTD2016 4 SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES - BUILD ON WHAT’S STRONG NOT WHAT’S WRONG ABCD 2 DAY WORKSHOP PHOTOSTORY
- 5. ©SCARLETDESIGNINT.LTD2016 5 Who’s in the Room today? SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES - BUILD ON WHAT’S STRONG NOT WHAT’S WRONG ABCD 2 DAY WORKSHOP
- 6. 6 NAME ORGANISATION EMAIL Nigel Banfield Alzheimers Society nigelbanfield@aol.com Rhian Bond Aneurin Bevan UHB rhian.bond@wales.nhs.uk Michelle Dunning Hywel Dda UHB michelle.dunning@wales.nhs.uk Victoria Edwards Hywel Dda UHB victoria.edwards4@wales.nhs.uk Anna Evans Abertawe Bro Morgannwg UHB anna.evans2@wales.nhs.uk Maria Gallagher 1000 Lives Improvement Service maria.gallagher@wales.nhs.uk Paul Gimson 1000 Lives Improvement Service paul.gimson@wales.nhs.uk Kate Hammond Velindre Cancer Centre kate.hammond@wales.nhs.uk Claire Harding Aneurin Bevan UHB claire.harding@wales.nhs.uk Julian Hayman Aneurin Bevan UHB julian.hayman@wales.nhs.uk Cheryl Hill Steering group to rebuild St. Barnabas Church Hall as a Healthy Living Centre for the Community bronllys.vicarage@virgin.net John Howells St. Barnabas Church Hall - rebuild as a Community Centre Steering Group bronllys.vicarage@virgin.net Rhiannon Howells St. Barnabas Healthy Living Centre Committee bronllys.vicarage@virgin.net Junaid Iqbal Public Health Wales Junaid.Iqbal@wales.nhs.uk Simon James Interlink RCT sjames@interlinkrct.org.uk Liz Jenkins Cwm Taf UHB liz.jenkins@wales.nhs.uk Wayne Jepson 1000 Lives Improvement Service wayne.jepson@wales.nhs.uk Sally Jones Citizens Advice Merthyr Tydfil sally.jones@citizensadvicemt.org.uk Sheila Jones St. Barnabas Church, Penygraig sheilaannjones@btinternet.com Anna Kuczynska Cardiff & Vale UHB Anna.Kuczynska2@wales.nhs.uk Sue Lewis Hywel Dda UHB suelewis8@wales.nhs.uk COMBINED ATTENDEE LIST: 1ST AND 2ND FEBRUARY 2016 SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES - BUILD ON WHAT’S STRONG NOT WHAT’S WRONG ABCD 2 DAY WORKSHOP
- 7. 7 NAME ORGANISATION EMAIL Alison Locke Alzheimers Society alison_locke@hotmail.com Rhianwen Long Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Trust rhianwen.long@merthyrleisuretrust. co.uk Janet Morgan Merthyr Tydfil CBC morgan-janet3@sky.com Fran O’Hara Co-Production Project / Scarlet Design ohara@scarletdesign.demon.co.uk Dee Puckett Aneurin Bevan UHB denise.puckett@wales.nhs.uk Margaret Rennocks 1000 Lives Improvement Service margaret.rennocks@wales.nhs.uk Julianne Rowsell 1000 Lives Improvement Service julianne.rowsell@wales.nhs.uk Sarah Scire Gofal sarahscire@gofal.org.uk Jane Sellwood Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Trust jane.sellwood@merthyrleisuretrust. co.uk Sophira Shannon Merthyr and the Valleys Mind sophira.shannon@matvmind.org.uk Dafydd Thomas The Wellbeing Planner dafydd@wellbeingplanner.co.uk Natalie Vanderlinden Hywel Dda UHB natalie.vanderlinden@wales.nhs.uk Sally Venn Public Health Wales sally.venn@wales.nhs.uk Rhian Webber Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC Rhian.Webber@rctcbc.gov.uk Julia Wilkinson Carmarthenshire CC jwilkinson@carmarthenshire.gov.uk Esyllt Williams Age Connects Morgannwg esyllt.williams@acmorgannwg.org.uk Jackie Williams Public Health Wales jackie.williams6@wales.nhs.uk Gordon Wragg Hywel Dda UHB gordon.wragg@wales.nhs.uk COMBINED ATTENDEE LIST: 1ST AND 2ND FEBRUARY 2016 SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES - BUILD ON WHAT’S STRONG NOT WHAT’S WRONG ABCD 2 DAY WORKSHOP
- 8. ©SCARLETDESIGNINT.LTD2016 8 Traits, features and characteristics of a Community Connector SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES - BUILD ON WHAT’S STRONG NOT WHAT’S WRONG ABCD 2 DAY WORKSHOP
- 9. 9 ©SCARLETDESIGNINT.LTD2016 ‘Community Builders’ - visual map by Fran O’Hara SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES - BUILD ON WHAT’S STRONG NOT WHAT’S WRONG ABCD 2 DAY WORKSHOP
- 10. 10 ©SCARLETDESIGNINT.LTD2016 Participants post-it responses to the ‘What are you going to keep doing?’, ‘What are you going to stop doing?’ and ‘What are going to start doing?’ activity. SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES - BUILD ON WHAT’S STRONG NOT WHAT’S WRONG ABCD 2 DAY WORKSHOP
- 11. 11 ©SCARLETDESIGNINT.LTD2016 Participants post- it responses to the ‘Teach’, ‘Learn’, ‘Bumping Space’ and ‘Social Networks’ activity (enlarged) SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES - BUILD ON WHAT’S STRONG NOT WHAT’S WRONG ABCD 2 DAY WORKSHOP
- 12. 12 ©SCARLETDESIGNINT.LTD2016 Participants post- it responses to the ‘Teach’, ‘Learn’, ‘Bumping Space’ and ‘Social Networks’ activity (enlarged). SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES - BUILD ON WHAT’S STRONG NOT WHAT’S WRONG ABCD 2 DAY WORKSHOP
- 13. 13 RESOURCES ‘What matters to you matters to us’ video An animated information video created by Fran O’Hara for the SSIA was shown. It explains the Social Services & Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014. It is available in a range of formats and designed to be used as an information and training tool. Also the video is being used on websites and in public spaces, it can be shown with and without the sound and is available in English and Welsh formats. To view and or download the video please visit: www.ssiacymru.org.uk/8875 Cormac Russell & Nurture Development More about Cormac and to read his blog, and resources such as the Change Spectrum tool used in the training are available on the Nurture Development website: www.nurturedevelopment.org/blog To read the ‘think pieces’ visit www.nurturedevelopment.org/our-resources/publications/ More information email: Ana@nurturedevelopment.org Community Building Values Citizen Led Abundance Return the Money Place Relief Issues Agency LedScarcity Keep & Grow RevenueTarget Population ABCD DeficitModel Change Spectrum ABCD Training in Wales Report This is the fourth training that Fran O’Hara has co-facilitated with Cormac, two have been supported by RCT council and 1 by Torfaen. A summary report of these 3 trainings can be viewed on slideshare at http://bit.ly/1QK62lt For more about Fran O’Hara and Scarlet Design / Working With Not To’ Coproduction project visit: www.franohara.com www.workingwithnotto.com What next? 1000 Lives Improvement are hosting another 2 day training course, led by Cormac on July 13 & 14, 2016 in North Wales. To book please contact Julianne.Rowsell@wales.nhs.uk The ‘We Can’ Game The ‘We can’ asset mapping game materials can be downloaded* from the Inclusion Press here www.inclusion.com/bkwecan.html *There is no charge but you need to attribute the copyright to ‘Creative Commons’ if you publish it e.g. put it on your website. Dewis Wales Fran made a presentation on Dewis Wales, the National Citizen portal for well-being information in Wales. Dewis Wales gives you choice and control, by offering an online directory where you can look for, and input, resources and information. It is free and has been designed around people’s needs, with local and national information. Dewis currently holds information about local services in North Wales, and is being rolled out to other parts of Wales who wish to adopt it this year. Visit Dewis Wales at: www.dewis.wales email: help@dewis.wales SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES - BUILD ON WHAT’S STRONG NOT WHAT’S WRONG ABCD 2 DAY WORKSHOP
- 14. 14 SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE TRAINING... Which actions will you be taking forward from the training? “Reframe engagement questions.” “Ask what a person can tell us about their community instead of what can they can tell us about their own experience of NHS Services.” “Redefine the language we use.” “Engage with the community - find assets - map skills / talents / gifts.” “Try asset mapping with a Health Board managed project.” “Ask different questions.” “Changing our approach to ‘information finding’, for future fact finding from the community. Inform the rest of the group.” “Asset mapping of the communities / areas we work in.” “A lot of good messages delivered on day 1. Need to share this information with my partners and stakeholders.” “Under building community capacity - take forward an asset based commissioning process / model.” “Don’t ask people what they think of our service, but ask them about their community and what’s good, what they like, what they can offer, what can’t do, what support do they need to do it?” “Try to change way of thinking to concentrate on the positive.” “Look at what we have done already. Where we have got to, and what else we need to do.” “Spread the message within my organisation. Role model values of approach within my team.” “Have conversations with people we support in line with training. Ask them what they are good at (not just in assessments, but regularly).” “Change my language.” “Start small project with NLN cluster.” “Rephrase questions so don’t ask about ‘issues’.” SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES - BUILD ON WHAT’S STRONG NOT WHAT’S WRONG ABCD 2 DAY WORKSHOP