The Community Development Podcast (@CommDevtPodcast)

Ep.50 - "Being the change you want you to see": Youth-led action with the Grange Youth Forum

For episode 50 Russell heads to Cardiff's Grangetown district in the south of the city to chat with two of the founders of Grange Pavilion's Youth Forum (GPYF) - Nirushan Sudarsan and Shoruk Nekeb. They tell the story of GPYF's origins as a project within the wider Community Gateway project in Grangetown, a long-term community-university civic mission project. They also give a flavour of some of its activities and how GPYF acts as a crucible for discussions about global citizenship, resistance and organising for young people. We also hear from other members of GPYF: Eleeza, Mahima and Amira. You can find out more Grange Pavilion Youth Forum: instagram.com/gpyouthforum/ https://grangepavilion.wales/youth-forum-page/ To learn more about the Community Gateway project: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/community/our-local-community-projects/community-gateway Follow the podcast on Bluesky at: https://bsky.app/profile/cdpodcast.bsky.social ________________________________ Produced by Russell Todd (russell@russelltodd.cymru) My book Community Development, Social Action and Social Planning: A Practical Guide (co-written with Alan Twelvetrees) is available to order from Policy Press: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/community-development-social-action-and-social-planning-6e

Ep.49 - Cross-border community collaboration in Ireland

For this episode the podcast returns to Ireland and specifically the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland at Derry where Caitriona Mullan is based, and which has featured in the academic work of Dr Giada Lagana. Caitriona is a Derry native and has specialised in cross-border collaboration and policy across Europe in her career in European Union (EU) Affairs, Regional Development, Local Government, Health & Social Care and Communities policy. Giada is a Leverhulme Postdoctoral Fellow & Lecturer in Politics at Cardiff University. Giada's 2021 book 'The European Union and the Northern Ireland Peace Process' on Palgrave outlines the European Union’s approach to conflict resolution and peacebuilding in Northern Ireland. It is available here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-59117-5 Giada and Catriona discuss the importance of not only the EU in the peace process in Northern Ireland but the role of communities and community leaders, in particular women, in ensuring that that policy framework is complemented by community dialogue and collaboration. You can follow Catriona at: x.com/catrionamullan linkedin.com/in/caitriona-mullan-4a46234 You can follow Giada at: linkedin.com/in/giada-lagana-035474159 https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/laganag The Irish Association of Contemporary European Studies website is: https://www.iaces.ie/ Follow the podcast on Bluesky at: https://bsky.app/profile/cdpodcast.bsky.social ________________________________ Produced by Russell Todd (russell@russelltodd.cymru) My book Community Development, Social Action and Social Planning: A Practical Guide (co-written with Alan Twelvetrees) is available to order from Policy Press: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/community-development-social-action-and-social-planning-6e

Ep.48 - Introducing the CAER Heritage podcast

A quick introduction to a short podcast series all about the CAER Heritage project in Cardiff, civic mission and how universities and communities can work together. Subscribe to https://soundcloud.com/nccpe-bristol where the series will be hosted by the National Centre for Co-ordinating Public Engagement (NCCPE). ________________________________ Produced by Russell Todd (russell@russelltodd.cymru) My book Community Development, Social Action and Social Planning: A Practical Guide (co-written with Alan Twelvetrees) is available to order from Policy Press: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/community-development-social-action-and-social-planning-6e

Ep. 47 - Insights from Scotland about Making Rights Real

In this episode Russell is joined by Hannah Kitchen Kirby and Clare MacGillivray to discuss human rights and to provide a helpful insight into a right-based approach in practice. Between them they provide the lead pair of articles in IACD's March 2025 edition of Practice Insights which is dedicated to the theme of rights: https://www.iacdglobal.org/practice_insights Hannah was until very recently working in Leith in Cables Wynd House, better known as the 'Banana Flats'. She explains how a rights-based approach was at the heart of efforts to secure investment into the housing. Edinburgh City Council recently announced Cables Wynd House and neighbouring Links View House will receive £69 million of investment, including the provision of lifts which had originally been omitted from plans but thanks to campaigning are now included (https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/cableswynd-linksview). Clare MacGillivray from the organisation Making Rights Real, provides an overview of her work with Gypsy Travellers at Double Dykes near Perth. You can follow Clare and Hannah: https://makingrightsreal.org.uk/ linkedin.com/company/making-rights-real uk.linkedin.com/in/clare-macgillivray-64382a95 bsky.app/profile/makingrightsreal.bsky.social https://www.bethanychristiantrust.com/ bsky.app/profile/bethanychristiantrust.com facebook.com/BethanyChristianTrust1 instagram.com/bethanychristiantrust linkedin.com/company/bethany-christian-trust Photo credit: Hannah Kitchen Kirby. It features Cables Wynd House residents at the City Chambers in Edinburgh ahead of giving a deputation to the full council calling for new lifts. __________________ Support the podcast on Patreon at: www.patreon.com/TheCDPodcast Produced by Russell Todd twitter.com/llannerch twitter.com/commdevtpodcast toot.wales/@llannerch instagram.com/llannerch www.russelltodd.cymru

Ep.46 - Universities, civic mission & communities with Dr Dave Wyatt

In this episode, Russell drops by Cardiff University for a chat with Dr Dave Wyatt, Reader in Civic Mission and Community Action in the university's School of History, Archaeology and Religion. Dave co-founded CAER Heritage with archaeologist Olly Davis and community development professional Dave Horton. The team have been co-producing heritage projects in the Ely and Caerau districts of west Cardiff for well over a decade now winning numerous awards along the way. In this episode Dave reflects how academics on the project have learned from local development trust, Action in Caerau and Ely and applied community co-production strategies to discovering new knowledge about the past for the benefit of all. The spoken extracts and sound effects are taken from: CAER Hedz: https://youtu.be/xfDmONyfifM?si=tonSRcMay_MR7EXk Time Team BBC Sound Effects archive You can keep abreast of all things CAER Heritage at: www.caerheritage.org/ facebook.com/CAERHeritage x.com/CAERHeritage x.com/SHAREWyatt Details of the Exploring the Past adult learners pathway that Dave refers to can be found here: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/part-time-courses-for-adults/pathways-to-a-degree/pathway-to-a-degree-in-history-archaeology-or-religion There is also this YouTube Video about the courses: https://youtu.be/ssQkvxxoqjo?si=xePjS8hYlq6faLHU __________________ Support the podcast on Patreon at: www.patreon.com/TheCDPodcast Produced by Russell Todd https://bsky.app/profile/llannerch.bsky.social x.com/commdevtpodcast toot.wales/@llannerch instagram.com/llannerch www.russelltodd.cymru