Art of Participatory Community Building - Bristol 2018
Date: 10th – 12th July 2018
Location: Bristol
Core Team: Terry Black (Bristol City Council), Dee Brooks, Tracey Cabache (Torbay Community Development Trust), Michelle Dunscombe, Rich Holmes (Barnwood Trust), Martin Simon (Freedom Favours)
Many of the challenges faced by individuals and communities require transformational change,
which can best be achieved by focusing on the strengths within. Ways to access and build on these
strengths include:
- Citizen & Community-led Initiatives
- Asset-based or Place-based projects
- Collective Impact & Action work
- Co-Production, Collaboration & Community Conversations
- Participatory Citizen’s Juries, Participatory Budgeting, & more
Over the 3 days of this immersion workshop, 63 participants from across the South West of
England, met in Bristol and experienced how to blend ABCD with a range of powerful strengthsbased
approaches to community work and complementary methodologies to create powerful
outcomes and left with practical tools & skills on how to:
- Focus on assets and strengths rather than deficiencies
- Discover ways to blend methodologies
- Build effective partnership strategies
- Increase confidence in hosting group work
- Form powerful enquiries and proposals
- Explore group dynamics and decision-making
