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ABCD in Action in Croydon: Asset Mapping in Thornton Heath, April 26, 27, 2011. 2 Day Workshop with Cormac Russell, ABCD Institute and Nurture Development UK
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ABCD in CroydonNurture Development 2 Day Workshop (Cormac Russell)
Leading by stepping back Leading by stepping back
Day One: OverviewDay One: Overview
Where it all beganWhere it all began
No more throw away peopleNo more throw away people
Tools for changeTools for change
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Where it all beganWhere it all began11
About the ABCD InstituteAbout the ABCD Institute
Est. 1995,
Northwestern
University, Illinois
- Presence on every continent throughout the world.
Tell us a story…..Tell us a story…..
‘Can you tell us a story about a time when you and your neighbours came together to make things better?’
Community is about identifying and contributing our assets
Community=AssociationCommunity=Association
Community=Institutional Assets
Community=Physical Assets
Community = Economic Exchange
Community = Stories
Assets? Assets?
These community assets include:• the skills of local residents • the power of local associations • the resources of public, private and non-profit
institutions • the physical and economic resources of local
places.• The stories of our lives and of evolving
community .
Determinants of HealthDeterminants of Health
• Personal behaviour
• Social Networks
• Economic circumstances
• Environmental conditions
• Access to health care.
The glass is half fullThe glass is half full
Village Needs MapVillage Needs Map
Food insecurity Hunger
Poverty
Poor infra-structure
AIDS/HIV
Drought
Corruption Lack of basic Education
Health crisis
MalariaCrime
Gender inequality
Individuals
Pastoral communities in rural Kenya.
Physical SpaceRangelands
Pasture grazing fields – Kadengoi, Kataruk, Kasarani, Loru plains, Silale,
ArooHills – Kalangol, Lotiruk, Loriu, Silale,
morwakiring, kamarokFarms – Morulem, Lokubae, Elelea
Seasonal streamsWater source e.g. wells, boreholes
and water panWomen groupsYouth groupsDevelopment
committeeVICOBA
Group ranchesConservanciesFamily Support
GroupsHealth Advocacy and
Fitness GroupsPFS
Youth groupsBusiness groupsReligious groupsElderly groups
Community Animal health worker groups
Dong’a Cultural GroupsMen’s Groups
Youth Mentoring GroupsMutual Support Groups
Neighborhood Improvement Groups
Political OrganizationsRecreation GroupsReligious Groups
Social GroupsWater users Groups
CAHWs vet shop groupsFormer livestock rustlers
group
assosciat
Local EconomyLivestock trade (small scale)
Charcoal burningSale of animal
Drugs shops by CAHWSFor-Profit BusinessesBusiness Associations
Village banksMicro enterprises
pastureLivestock
Business tradeSmall scale farming
Sand harvestingQuarry harvestingHoney harvesting
CharcoalMining
Hides and skin products
Eco – tourismSmall arms tradeLivestock rustling
StoriesOf Burning of prosopys Juliflora by the
womenOf Ashes from trees burning acts as
manure to the soilOf background and personal historyOf what we like to do and contributeOf existing and ongoing skills and
capacitiesOf successful community development
Of economic growthOf addressing discrimination
Of including those who are marginalizedOf recognizing the value of everyone
Of a time when we felt appreciated and valued
Of a time the community was at its best
Physical Space
Local Economy
StoriesInstitutions
Associations
Individuals
Communit
y
Communit
yCommunity
Skilled peopleBusiness skills
FarmersLeaders
BusinessmenWomen
Elders (traditional leaders)
EntrepreneursActivistsWarriors
Laibons / seersReligious Leaders
Students
InstitutionsMWUA / LWUA (food security)LOMEDS (micro credit, peace,
livestock marketing)LCRC – meeting facilities
Schools (primary) Nginyang, Amaya, Ngoron, Chesawach,Kokwototo, Natan
)Secondary (Chemolingot, Barpello and
Churo AIC)Nginyang Polytechnic
Health facilitiesChurches
Asset Map Turkana, Pokot & Samburu
What is an Asset Based Approach? What is an Asset Based Approach?
Asset-based Community Development MethodologyAsset-based Community
Development Methodology
Discovering Strengths
Organizing & Mapping
Linking andMobilizing
Community Driven Initiatives
Sustaining the Process
A Picture of a strong CommunityA Picture of a strong Community
$NFP NFP
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But what to do…on Monday morning?
Appreciative Inquiry/World CafeAppreciative Inquiry/World Cafe
We’ve been here before:• What is your high point story of helping create a
healthier community?• What difference were you able to make?• Why did it matter to you?• What did you learn about your strengths and
gifts?• Who else was involved and what did they
contribute?• What community assets were resources in
making the change happen?
The 5 Ds Process of Strength Based Well Being Promotion
The 5 Ds Process of Strength Based Well Being Promotion
D1- DISCOVER
D2 - DREAM
D3-DESIGN
D1- We have done it before.
D2 – We have a vision for our future.
D3 – We agree on what could be done.
D4 – We have a list of our resources to draw from.
D5 – action plan & start implementing it.
D5 – DELIVER/DO IT
D4 -DEFINE
Health BreakHealth Break
• Networking
No more throw away peopleNo more throw away people22
Social inclusion? Where it matters?Social inclusion? Where it matters?
Participation
Friendship
Intimacy
Economic Exchange
Full circles indicate capacity to deal with life andare a powerful measure of health in our society.Full circles indicate capacity to deal with life andare a powerful measure of health in our society.
Spot the difference?Spot the difference?
My VisionMy Vision
My Good LifeMy Good Life
• Real friends• A relationship like
Cormac has• A real job• Enough money to do the
things I like
My Good Life begins at HomeMy Good Life begins at Home
• I live at home with my
wonderful Mom and Dad• I am a proud Limerick
man• And a Munster Rugby
supporter
Imagine CroydonImagine Croydon
Now I want to ask about your vision of the future:Imagine that, like Rip Van Winkle, you fall asleep and wake up in five years. You read in a magazine powerful stories of how Healthy Communities, all over Croydon has grown in strength over the years. Community changes have been significant, and you’re thrilled to be part of a movement that is making such an important difference. • What do you imagine the three most significant articles
are about?• What part do you play in these stories?
Lunch Lunch
• And nourishing conversations
Leading by stepping backLeading by stepping back33
Henry Moore: The Savannah Georgia story Henry Moore: The Savannah Georgia story
No matter how rich you areyou have needs
No matter how poor you areyou have gifts
Fundamental NeedsFundamental Needs
Security
Autonomy
Belonging
Competence
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Emotional & Material
Agency. Independence. Sense of efficacy in the world. Plus authenticity
Community, Family & Friends, as giver & receiver
Ability to sustain tasks of choosing, to contribute.
Russell, C (2010)
Where we reallyget our
needs met
‘You can’t know what you need, till you know what you have…’
A new policy anyone?A new policy anyone?Present Policy Why not also have a model that…
Focus on Deficiencies Focus on Assets
Problem Response Opportunity Identification
Charity Orientation Investment Orientation
Grants to Agencies Grants, Loans, Investments, Leverage
More Services Fewer Services
High Emphasis on Agencies Emphasis on Associations
Focus on Individuals Focus on communities/neighbourhoods
Maintenance Development
See People as Clients See People as Citizens and
Co-producers
‘Fix People’ Develop Potential
Programmes are the Answer People are the Answer
Co-creation exerciseCo-creation exercise
• What current trends give you most hope that such a movement can and will grow stronger?
• What is contributing most to your own willingness to make a difference in your community now?
• What are the most important factors likely to sustain your involvement?
• What resources are available to help you do something around what you care about?
Tools for changeTools for change44
Understanding motivation to actUnderstanding motivation to act
In every community there is work to be
done.
In every heart there is the power to do it.
People will support what they help to
create.
When people care enough to act..
When people care enough to act..
When do you act within your family and
community life?
3 enablers3 enablers
• Dreams
• Concerns
• Gift giving opportunities
‘There is no greater power than a
community that has discovered what it
cares about.’ Margaret Wheatley
Let’s have a learning conversation
Let’s have a learning conversation
Your dream?
So what’s
What did you think of it?
What did you learn?
ABCD in CroydonNurture Development UK &
Ireland
Matching Grants Matching Grants
Day Two: OverviewDay Two: Overview
Stories from the fieldStories from the field
Asset MappingAsset Mapping
Next stepsNext steps
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Stories from the fieldStories from the field55
Communities & Neighbourhoods Service
Gateshead Council
Gateshead
Newcastle
Town centre
Team Valley
Bensham & Saltwell
Untapped potential……
Bensham & Saltwell
St. Chad’s Gardening Club
“Friday afternoons with a difference”
…we learn to make friends, cross social barriers”
“We build up self-esteem and confidence, work as a team, lessen the feelings of isolation, increase feelings of well-being and community….
Doing work the old wayDoing work the old way
SBA: processes with ownership SBA: processes with ownership
Needs Analysis, needs analysisNeeds Analysis, needs analysis
Strangers are twice more likely to assist you, than you think
Strangers are twice more likely to assist you, than you think
Studies by Flynn & Lake (2010) of Columbia University show that people underestimate how likely others are to help by as much as 100%
Community Building
Matters
Development trends Development trends
• Do development to the people• Do development for the people• Do development through the people • Do development with the people• Developing local capacity for self-
development• Identify connect and mobilise assets people
decide together what change should look and feel like, we serve them
Community Asset Map-Ballinacurra Weston
Community Asset Map-Ballinacurra Weston
IndividualsGifts, Skills, Capacities,
Knowledge and Traits of Youth
Older AdultsArtists
People with DisabilitiesStudentsParents
EntrepreneursActivists
InstitutionsSchools
UniversitiesCommunity CollegesPolice Departments
HospitalsLibraries
Social Service Agencies
Non ProfitsMuseums
Fire DepartmentsFoundations
Physical SpaceGardens
ParksPlaygroundsParking Lots
Walking PathsForests/Forest
PreservesPicnic AreasCampsites
Fishing Spots
StoriesOf background and personal history
Of what you like to do and contributeOf existing and ongoing skills and
capacitiesOf successful community development
Of economic growthOf addressing discrimination
Of including those who are marginalizedOf recognizing the value of everyoneOf a time when you or your group felt
appreciated and valuedOf a time the community was at its best
Local EconomyFor-Profit Businesses
Consumer ExpendituresMerchants
Chamber of CommerceBusiness Associations
BanksFoundations
Institutional-Purchasing Power and Personnel
Micro enterprisesLocal Coops
Corporations and Branches
Animal Care GroupsAnti Crime Groups
Residents AssocBusiness Organizations
Charitable GroupsCivic Events Groups
Cultural GroupsEducation Groups
Elderly GroupsEnvironmental Groups
Family Support Groups Health Advocacy and
Fitness Groups
Heritage GroupsHobby and Collectors Groups
Men’s Groups Mentoring Groups
Mutual Support GroupsNeighborhood Improvement
GroupsPolitical Organizations
Recreation GroupsReligious Groups
Service ClubsSocial GroupsUnion Groups
Women’s GroupsYouth Groups
Associations
Physical Space
Local Economy
StoriesInstitutions
Associations
Individuals
My Commun
ity
My Commun
ity
Our Community
1. What can you do with people power?
Once There is a
NEIGHBOURHOODVISION…ask
2. What can you do with help from outside agencies? What would that help look like?
3. What do you need outside agencies to do unilaterally?
The main protagonists:The main protagonists:
• Leader – someone that can bring people together to work on an issue
• Gift Giver – a person that is willing to contribute their asset to work on an issue.
• Invisible Person – a person that has not yet been “discovered” or been convinced to use their assets to help achieve their dreams or address their concerns in the neighborhood.
The unsung hero! The unsung hero!
• Connector – an individual that is good at discovering what people care about and where their assets can be used.– Gift centered– Well connected– Trusted– Believe they are welcome
1. Local economic develop2. Community safety3. Care for the environment4. Flexible response to local crisis5. Safe and sustainable food
production6. Co-production and localism7. Democracy & Social justice
8. Raising connected young people10. Ageing well in place11. Building Community 12. Wisdom and Knowledge
12 Domains of People Powered Change
The move is from services to clients
to
supports for citizens
Inclusion
There are many different bird callsThere are many different bird calls
The Common Loon
Our Solutions are often not fit for purpose
Our Solutions are often not fit for purpose
Addressing systems culture…..Addressing systems culture…..
Before you reap the harvest…..
What switched on in you?What switched on in you?
Asset MappingAsset Mapping66
Looking back on yesterday’s processLooking back on yesterday’s process
1. Choosing the positive as the focus of inquiry
2. Inquiring into stories of life-giving forces
3. Locating themes that appear in the stories and selecting topics for further inquiry
4. Creating shared images of a preferred future
5. Finding innovative ways to create that future.
Gifts exerciseGifts exercise
• Tessy Britton
Asset Mapping the room, through world café exercise:
Asset Mapping the room, through world café exercise:
• What do you care about enough to act upon?• What gifts, skills and knowledge can you bring
to address what you care about?• What would it take for you to work with others
who share your concern?• Do you know anybody outside the room whose
assets you can tap into?
Treasure huntTreasure hunt
Using the right mapUsing the right map
Will lead the treasureWill lead the treasure
Asset Mapping Thornton Heath Asset Mapping Thornton Heath
IndividualsInstitutions Physical SpaceGardens
ParksPlaygroundsParking Lots
Walking PathsForests/Forest
PreservesPicnic AreasCampsites
Fishing Spots
Stories
Local Economy
Associations
Physical Space
Local Economy
StoriesInstitutions
Associations
Individuals
My Commun
ity
My Commun
ity
Our Community
Comparing MapsComparing Maps
Needs maps of Thornton HeathNeeds maps of Thornton Heath
Racial tension/hate crimes High crime rates. Significant fear among older people
High levels of ADHD
Smoking relatedHeart diseaseRespiratory difficulties
Obesity across The life course
High levels of drug and Alcohol use.
High unemployment Poor educational attainment
Poor housing/environmental issues
High morbidity
Anti socialbehaviour
Gender inequality
Matching GrantsMatching Grants77
Next stepsNext steps44
Taking StockTaking Stock
• What are the areas where you feel more citizen engagement could have the most impact on improving the quality of public life and personal wellbeing in our Thornton Heath?
• As you reflect on successful ways citizens are
currently engaged in improving the community, what initiatives stand out as being exceptionally promising in expanding local citizen leadership and why?
Next StepsNext Steps
• What small changes could we make right now that would really encourage more families to get engaged with improving their community in Thornton Heath?
• How would you personally like to be involved in expanding citizen leadership here?
Open Space Open Space
• Affinity groups to work up specific action points
EvaluationEvaluation
