Abbie This crisis is an opportunity, I do think we should involve local populations more in both design and delivery. The best , most sustainable health is done ‘by’ people, not ‘to’, ‘for’, or even ‘with’ #ABCD Cormac Russell

Cormac Russell Great thought, always worth thinking what do you do and where do you go to play and have fun! Great for your mental health and often better than medical intervention 🤣😂😹

An impt publication for all our #CommunityFocussedSchools in Wales & Pencoedtre Learning Community where we are trying to practice/live #ABCD with Vale Council 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦 Thanks to Cormac Russell 🙏🏼 Tom Bowring Janet Hayward 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😊 Hannah Cogbill-Davies

Hard reading & scary from George Monbiot thankyou...

So what can we do? We build the alternative!
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Cheers my friend🙏

Hi Berna, I hope you enjoy it and find it useful.

Understanding ground‐up community development from a practice perspective researchgate.net/publication/36…

Coffee & learning more about #ABCD with Cormac Russell
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Putting The United Back Into The United States: Author Cormac Russell On The 5 Things That Each Of Us Can Do To Help Unite Our Polarized Society | by Authority Magazine Editorial Staff | Authority Magazine | Medium medium.com/authority-maga…

Building an Interconnected Community: A Conversation with Cormac Russell - New Books Network newbooksnetwork.com/building-an-in…

Discovering, connecting & mobilising community assets is about so much more than making a list or drawing a map. Community assets function together in a dynamic way, reflecting playfulness and emergence, like a child's spinning wheel. #sixbuildingblocks #communityassets #abcd

Hope you enjoy, Stuart. Best wishes, Cormac

I finally got my hands on a copy of The Connected Community

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Cormac Russell Sounds like there is lots to learn from Estonia.

I just had an amazing three-day trip to Estonia where I heard a lot of great stories about the power of community-led development. I was hugely impressed by some of the community-led museums that had more community involvement than mainstream museums. Additionally, I saw a…

A cubic millimeter of brain tissue (half the size of a grain of rice) contains 57,000 cells, 230 millimeters of blood vessels, and 150 million synapses, all amounting to 1,400 terabytes of data that Harvard and Google researchers just modeled!
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Cubic millimetre of brain mapped in spectacular detail go.nature.com/3QEWN9h

Come on The RCN if you want to build a community of engaged members and budding activists, with a focus on the grassroots and the local, then you need to discover and embrace models likes asset-based community development.

It’s all about connections!
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Im Out With My Freind Karen And My Partner Lynne, Connecting In Community, Having A Meal Together, Sharing Peer Support

City of Doncaster Council Team Doncaster NHS South Yorkshire RDaSH Patient Experience & Involvement Improvement and Culture 💙 RDaSH NHS FT Simon J Duffy Lynn Hall Cormac Russell People Focused Group Toby Lewis Paula Rylatt

To face 'earth emergency'

'We need a new paradigm shift and to refocus our moral purpose. Thinking solely about humans is not enough. We must think of humanity and nature together when we look to the future. This will need a mindset change' Hugo Slim #dochasat50 #GCE