The Community Development Podcast (@CommDevtPodcast)

Ep. 35 - Would Raymond Williams have had his own podcast?

Here's an oral essay I recorded in 2021 during the pandemic for The Co-operative College's Re-cast zine Inspired by the fiction and non-fiction of Raymond Williams it reflects on podcasts as deliberative community media and a form of open pedagogy. To learn more about Raymond Williams visit: Raymond Williams Society: raymondwilliams.co.uk/ Raymond Williams Foundation: raymondwilliamsfoundation.org.uk/ And twitter.com/raymondkeywords posts a quote from Williams' work every weekday morning daily. (copyright - Russell Todd)

Ep.34 - Introducing Tir Pontypridd - a community land bank in south Wales

In this episode Ken Moon explains his motives behind setting up a community land bank serving Pontypridd and its environs: Tir Pontypridd. He also explains why the ownership and control of land is such a central issue of social justice and locates the concept of a land bank in the wider context of the climate emergency we are facing. You can sign up for either a £3, £5 or £10 a month tiers at Tir Pontypridd's Patreon: patreon.com/tirpontypridd. Annual memberships are also available; email Ken at Ken at tirpontypridd@gmail.com for further information about these and all other information about the venture. You can follow Tir Pontypridd on Facebook: facebook.com/groups/2054320881367724/ You can read Ken's LinkedIn post that we refer to here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ken-moon-57b8b717_tir-pontypridd-securing-land-for-community-activity-7033108628374974464-dyV7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop You can support The Community Development Podcast on Patreon at patreon.com/thecdpodcast

Ep.33 - Cardiff's Grief Space project - how community is used to help in times of bereavement

Grief Space in Cardiff is a project run by ACE - Action in Caerau and Ely - in Cardiff, in partnership with the cancer charity Macmillan, as part of its Compassionate Communities programme. In this episode, project lead Kimberley Jones explains how community development underpins the project's approach to engaging local people; develops collective responses to supporting people experiencing grief; and remains sympathetic to different cultural conceptions of death, bereavement and grief Follow: twitter.com/elycaerau twitter.com/macmillancancer www.elycaerau.com You can support this podcast by becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/TheCDPodcast

Ep. 32 - Community Enhanced Social Prescribing with Prof Martin Webber

Professor of Social Work at the University of York Martin Webber joins this episode to discuss his research into social prescribing and the particular model called Community Enhanced Social Prescribing which seeks to achieve not only health outcomes for individuals in receipt of social prescribing activities; but which also contributes to the community/-ies in which social prescribing activities occur achieving social and community outcomes such as stronger social networks, interdependencies, and so on. More about the work can be found in this 2020 open access paper 'Community-Enhanced Social Prescribing: Integrating Community in Policy and Practice': https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42413-020-00080-9.pdf Follow Martin at: twitter.com/mgoat73 https://martinwebber.net/ You can support this podcast by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/TheCDPodcast

Ep.31 - Introducing the International Association of Community Development with Anna Clarke

In this episode, Russell is joined by Anna Clarke (twitter.com/annaiclarke) who is European Trustee and Chair of the International Association of Community Development (IACD) to discuss its mission, work and networks. In particular, recorded while the COP26 climate emergency summit was being held in Glasgow, Anna discusses how the IACD is addressing climate change as an issue of social justice. You can join IACD here: https://www.iacdglobal.org/join-us/membership-fees/ The forthcoming IACD book International Community Development Practice is available in hardback, paperback, and e-book formats on Routledge to buy here: https://www.routledge.com/International-Community-Development-Practice/McConnell-Daniel-Muia-Clarke/p/book/9780367691240?utm_source=individuals&utm_medium=shared_link&utm_campaign=B019147_hg2_1au_7pp_d741 You can support this podcast by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/TheCDPodcast