Stewardship Archives - Nurture Development

Branching Out – Part 2: The Barnwood Story

July 25, 2019

At that original event in Matson, there was a local Police Sargent present. Sgt Tim Wood, was keen to see how his local neighbourhood...

Organizing institutions to support family and community care

March 29, 2019

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My son's yogurt and how framing superficial programmes that lack particularity and knowledge of the person as though they are the high water mark...

The Social Innovators Code (10 principles)

December 15, 2017

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Trevor Baylis and Manu Prakash are two social innovators I consider as having a lot to teach us about offering help from the outside...

Nurturing the Carrying Capacity of Communities

October 6, 2017

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In structural engineering the concept of “carrying or bearing capacity” of soil refers to “a given mass of soil’s resilience and receptivity to infrastructure...

A quick history of the evolution of civic power

June 30, 2017

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Once we were free, feral and tribal. We traded among our tribes using gift exchange and bartered with enemies and strangers. Then Pharaohs and their...

We Will Prevail

June 16, 2017

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We Will Prevail When potholes come and they're ignored By salaried strangers On rainy days we will sail endangered Rubber ducks by the thousands In those tiny pools...

Asset-Based Community Development – 5 Core Principles

June 2, 2017

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The Asset-Based Community Development approach has a set of principles, which act like a compass not a map. The five core principles of ABCD...

Are Social Housing Organisations Wholesalers or Retailers?

April 13, 2017

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Increasingly I hear Social Housing Organisations refer to the people they serve as customers. The implication is that their customers are ‘consuming their products’...