aseet based community developemnt blackburn and darwen july 2014
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4 day Asset Based Community Development Workshop delivered to professionals from across Blackburn and DarwenTRANSCRIPT
HELPING LOCAL PEOPLE DOEXTRAORDINARY THINGS.
Gary Loftus - Head of Community Building
A SHIFT IN FOCUS – START WITH WHAT YOU HAVE & YOU’LL KNOW WHAT YOU WANT….
Introduction to Asset Based Community Development
Overview of the Session
• Welcome & Introductions• Forever Manchester – What We Do • What Excites You About Today?• ‘We Can’ Game• The ABCD Approach (Asset Based Community Development)
• Exercise – Gifts• Community Builders Story • The Neighbourhood Works • Build your neighbourhood
Housekeeping • Mobile phones on silent• No Smoking• Fire Alarm• Toilets• Breaks
Any Light Bulb Moments
Forever
Manchester
Our ApproachRaising MoneyGoal 1: Raise Endowment Goal 2: Sustain Core FundingGoal 3: Generate Un-restricted Grant Making Knowing and Funding our Communities Goal 4: Identify, Connect and Mobilise Assets andCapacities throughout Greater ManchesterGoal 5: Competently Model Community Building atLocal LevelGoal 6: Contribute to Active Social Change and CommunityWell BeingOrganisational capacityGoal 7: Improve our Business by Strengthening our OrganisationalCapacity
Our Vision•Discover, Connect and Fund Assets in every Greater Manchester Neighbourhood•Match our resources to residents talents, skills, time and gifts•Build a £50 million Endowment •Measure our impact by the number of residents we engage with in the neighbourhoods
Our Aspirations Aspiration 1: We will make the name Forever Manchester synonymous with resident ledaction and our approach will be defined as Charity the Mancunian Way
Aspiration 2: We will emphasise the importance of human relationship building overinstitutional rules and programmatic responses to social and economic challenges
Aspiration 3: We will shift the conversation across Greater Manchester from ones thatfocus on problems and scarcity to ones that focus on possibilities and abundance
Aspiration 4: We will focus our unrestricted resources more strategically, toward a setof key results, to realise a vision of vibrant and connected communities
Aspiration 5: We will conduct all our operations with an emphasis on sustainability,ensuring Forever Manchester continues to thrive and serve our communities effectivelyinto the future
5 Points
1. Laughter Yoga is a unique concept where anyone
can laugh for no reason, without relying on humour
2. We initiate laughter as an exercise in a group, but with eye contact and childlike playfulness, it soon turns into real and contagious laughter
3. The reason we call it Laughter Yoga is because it combines laughter exercise with yoga breathing
4. The concept of Laughter Yoga is based on scientific fact that the body cannot differentiate between fake laughter and real laughter if done with willingness
5. It was stated by a medical doctor, Dr. Madan Kataria from India with just five people from a Mumbai Park in 1995. Today there are thousands of laughter clubs in more than 7,000 worldwide
What is Laughter Yoga
You don’t need a sense of humour to laugh….
• BreathingIntro Laughter – say name and laugh gentlyBreathingClap – and add rhythm and sound - Ha, Ha, Ho, Ho, HoStretchVery, Good, Very Good Ya!!! Handshake Laughter – move people around and encourage eye contactStretchVery Good, Very Good Ya!!!
Over to you…..
Skill-Interest
What Excites You About Today?
HELPING LOCAL PEOPLE DOEXTRAORDINARY THINGS.
We Can Game
What did you discover in
your neighbourhood?
HELPING LOCAL PEOPLE DOEXTRAORDINARY THINGS.
Asset Based Community Development A Strength Based Approach to Community Building
HELPING LOCAL PEOPLE DOEXTRAORDINARY THINGS.
“The purpose of ABCD is to help people
remember what they already know”
Professor John McKnight
Turn it on its head
About Asset Based Community Development?
Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute was founded in 1995 after 3 decades of community development research
Founded by Professor John McKnight and Professor Jodi Kretzman at Northwestern University Chicago
ABCD is asset based and relationship driven
ABCD demonstrates focuses on assets in a community
ABCD challenges traditional approaches to solving urban problems
Asset Based Community Development
A Strengths Based Approach is a different way of thinking about how to work for change – starting from a place of possibilities, strengths and capacities as opposed to problems and deficiencies.
A Strengths Based Approach helps residents and organisations manage change by mobilising their existing and potential capacities, resources and assets.
Community Building
Six principals of Community Building Start with people’s strengths Start with relationship building Placed based work is vitally important since most
things come together in the neighbourhood Citizen-led action is more durable and sustainable
than professional intervention Social justice is at the heart of every community
building effort When the conversation shifts from ‘isn’t it awful’ to
what’s possible? Real community building begins
What
might be
possible if
people focusedtheir attentionon….
rather than problems
more than weaknesses
What can be done instead of what can’t be done
Is The Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
Individuals & Communities also have skills and talents
On which should Community Foundations focus most?
Individuals & Communities have deficiencies & needs
Needs to Strengths
Transaction Why not also have a model that…Transforms
Focus on Deficiencies Focus on Assets
Problem Response Identify Opportunities
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
Classic Needs Map
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
Classic Needs Map
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
What’s Missing?
Is What Exists….
Our Traditional Grant Making Approach
Tell us what’s wrong not what’s strong in your community….
Find It, Fund it & Fix it….
Strength Based Approach
Residents in the Driving Seat
Leaders, Connectors & Gift Givers
Leaders – Those that will lead the process long after you are gone. They are passionate about opening doors in their community and are aware of the strengths as well as the challenges within their community
Connectors – Those that easily connect with large numbers of their neighbours, they are serial relationship builders and seem to know everyone. On average a connector will know 50 people by name in their community.
Gift Givers – Those who want to contribute a particular skill, gift or knowledge set to the community building effort, but not well connected themselves, or may not see themselves in a leadership role.
FM discover the fourth dimension ‘The Naturals’.....
Connector Profile
WHAT does this picture SAY to you about COMMUNITY?
Responses from Picture Survey
“Working together”, “Overcoming difficult situations”, “Many can achieve more than theindividual”, “People get more done together if working to the same goal”, “Do stuff ratherthan talk it down”, “Ignore naysayers”, “Actions speak louder than words” “Resilient”,Paving the way”, “Local resources”, “Recycling”, “No outside expert required to find thesolution” “If you have the same care in wanting to achieve a particular goal and are
happyto play your part, brining different strengths together, the impossible can be achieved”“Stay strong, stand strong”! “The only thing worse than those who give up and don’t try are those who do nothing”
“This picture reminds me of the work going on in Alt, it should read the person who says itcannot be done should look at Alt and the people who are doing it”! “It also reminds me ofteamwork and what can be achieved”!
“I think its fantastic, full of symbolism. Any group or community cannot fail to beInspired by ants, their ability to be so physically small yet solve huge and complexIssues”. ”We may not appreciate the damage they can wreak on crops and buildings,But their ability to battle the odds and win is clear in the picture”. ”Simple and powerfultoo”.
Community = Association
Community = Physical Assets
Community = Institutional Assets
SchoolsCollegesLibraries Hospitals UniversitiesLocal AuthorityFoundations
Community = Local Economic Exchange
Community = Stories
Assets Community assets include:• The skills of local residents• The power of local associations • The resources of public, private and not for profit
organisations• The physical and local resources of local places• The stories of our lives and evolving community
Neighbourhood Asset Map
Physical Space
Local Economy
StoriesInstitutions
Associations
Individuals
My Community
InstitutionsSchools
Universities Community CollegesPolice Departments
HospitalsLibraries
Social Service AgenciesNot for Profits
MuseumsFire Brigades
MediaFoundations
IndividualsGifts, Skills, Knowledge,
and traits of:Youth
Older AdultsArtists
Welfare RecipientsPeople with disabilities
StudentsParents
EntrepreneursActivistsVeterans
Ex-offenders
Local EconomyFor-profit business
Consumer ExpenditureMerchants
Chamber of CommerceBusiness Associations
BanksCredit UnionsFoundations
Institutional - purchasing power and personnel Barter and Exchange
Micro-BusinessCorporations and Branches
Physical SpaceGardens
ParksPlaygroundsBike Paths
Walking PathsForest/forest Preserves
Picnic AreasCampsites
Fishing SpotsDuck Ponds
ZoosWildlife Centre
Natural HabitatsHousing
Vacant Land & BuildingsStreets
Associations
Animal Care Groups
Anti-Crime Groups
Business Organisations
Charitable Groups
Cultural groups
Disability Groups
Education Groups Elderly Groups Environmental Groups Family Support Groups Health Advocacy Heritage Groups Hobby Groups
Interest Groups
Men’s Groups
Mentoring Groups
Neighbourhood Groups
Political Organisations
Recreation Groups
Religious Groups
Service Clubs
Social Groups
Women’s Groups
Youth Groups
Stories From Manchester
Alt Community Challenge Team
Lostock Men’s Shed
Cool 2 B Kind
Great Lever Idea Works
Lostock Allotment
The ALTernative News
Cash 4 Graft
From Needs to Strengths
Asset Role Call in Lostock (Trafford)
I just wanted to share some of the amazing gifts of the people of Lostock that we have already
discovered. It is a long and interesting list and doesn’t include everything, remember this list has
beengathered in just under 4 Months, so here goes we’ve got:
Gardeners, Cleaners, Bee Keepers, Bakers, Skaters, Jewelers Makers, Carpenters, Builders,Knitters, Radio Entrepreneurs, Fishermen, Chefs, Teachers, Card Makers, Jam Makers, WineMakers, Recyclers, Quiz Masters, Veg Growers, Plumbers, Zumba Instructors, Shop Keepers,Party Organisers, Bike Riders, Child Minders, Computer Wizards, Cartoonists, Graffiti Artists,Dancers, Actors, Talkers, Dog Walkers, Spiritual Leaders, Healthy Eaters, Readers, Roofers,Hairdressers, Make Up Artists, Singers, Comedians, DJ’s, Support Workers, Carer’s, BMXer’s,Footballers, Campers, Out Doors Explorers, Mountain Climbers, Hikers and Bikers…..
What happens next with this information is up to the Residents to decide, the list is growing
every day and people are beginning to gather around ideas which utilise the skills they have
that they can share with other people in engaging, practical and imaginative ways. Thepossibilities seem endless as does the list of assets waiting to be found.
James Hampson - Asset Based Community Builder
ABCD Methodology
Discovering Strengths
Organising & Mapping
Linking & Mobilising
Community led
Initiatives
Sustaining the Process
What’s the Alternative?
"If you keep on doing what you've always done, you'll keep on getting what you've always got”.
W.L Bateman
The ‘Good Life’ Can Be Found in Every
Neighbourhood
Skills
Gifts
Assets
Care
In Summary ABCD is about
• Starting With What You Have• Mobilising Assets
• Gifts• Skills• Talents of local people…….
• Connecting Assets• Individuals• Associations• Institutions
• Creating Local Economic Opportunities • Connecting Individuals and Associations • Starts From A Place Of Possibility Rather Than ‘Needs’
Focused • From Client to Citizen• Everyone has gifts
HELPING LOCAL PEOPLE DOEXTRAORDINARY THINGS.
“I don’t know what ‘Big Society’ is, if, as has been suggested, it is
local communities, neighbourhoods and families looking after each other, the Gypsies and Travellers have
always been members of a Bog Society, it has been the only one
we could rely on’
Gypsy and community spokesperson Gloria Buckley MBE, reflecting on the Coalition Government flagship policy
entitled the ‘Big Society’
The Real Big Society
Andrew Ryder 2012
Exercise
Exercise: What Are Your Gifts?
• Gifts of the Head • Things I know something
about and would enjoy talking about with others
• Gifts of the Heart• Things I am passionate
about
• Gifts of the Hands• Things or skills I know how
to do and could potentially share with others
Gary LoftusCommunity Builder – Where it all began – New Deal for Communities
Discovering Gifts
Goole Street Residents
People Powered Change
Design Concept Green Streets in East Manchester
Design Concept
Green Streets in East Manchester
Britain in Bloom
Appreciative Inquiry
Can you tell us about a time when you came together
with neighbours/friends to do something positive in
your neighbourhood?
Lunch
Film & Discussion
What key outcomes/sound bites were presented in the films?Consider from:
PersonalProfessionalCommissioners point of view
When People Care Enough To Act
NEIGHBOURHOOD
1. What does a disconnected neighbourhood look like?
2. How do you start to connect it?
3. What does a thriving neighbourhood look like?
The Neighbourhood Works
• Community Building• 2 Community Builders • 2 Community Building Support Workers
• Cool 2B Kind• Themed Award/Gift Initiatives – Call’s for Action,
Competitions and Sponsorship • Match Awards • The Idea Works • Connectors Clubs• Training Programme
Pathfinder:
• Pilot delivered to 1,600 year six pupils in Trafford• Identified 2 pathfinder schools in Greater Manchester
• Alt Primary School – Oldham • Stoneleigh Primary School – Oldham
• Introducing ‘Kindness’ in to the school curriculum • Stages:
• 1 Dream, 2 Build, 3 Celebrate • Asset Mapping • Laughter workshops• Cool 2B Kind Poem• Cool 2B Kind Awards • Fundraising for Forever Manchester • Forever Manchester Festival • Neighbourhood Vision
WHERE ARE THE…….
BUMPING SPACES?
Denise’s Chippy
Paul FisherRadio PresenterResident of Alt
http://www.heroesproject.org.uk/http://www.ldok.net/
LDOKOldham College
Paul & Helen Presenting on Oldham Community Radio
COMMUNITY BUILDERS MAPPING
May 2012
February 2014
PLACE BASED ASSET MAPPING
THE IDEA WORKS
Why have a meeting when you
can have a PARTY?
Great Lever - The Idea Works
“Why have a meeting when you can have a party”?
Matched Funds
Cash 4 Graft• Awards from £50 to £250 • Matching Volunteer time, gifts and skills to a fiscal
match• Volunteer time valued at £10 per hour• Informal groups • Formal groups with new ideas that attract more
people from the neighbourhood • Advance Payment Solutions – Pre-paid Card
• 1st Community Foundation to use this method
What is the return on investment?
•Social return on investment• Match assets, skills and time to fiscal awards • £1 Fiscal Investment matched to £1 Assets + £1 Time = £3
minimum 1:2 return
•Forever Manchester believes the approach will be attractive to:
• The Philanthropist • The Mass Affluent • Local Authorities• Social Landlords • Small donations – The Obama Strategy • Public Health
The Leaky Bucket C
AS
H4G
RA
FT
Pop In and Learn Café
All Natural Health
“I’m very well thank you this group is keeping me out of mischief”.
“We’re getting lots more jobs as we are mobile”.
“You won’t believe it but we still haven’t used all the money from Cash4 Graft, even after buying equipment , we are managing to self sustain and also offering one-2one sessions”.Sheila Vora
£250 = PRICELESS!
Our M32 Breakfast Club
Lostock Community Orchard & Garden
Discovering Local Hidden Treasures
Oldham’s Got Talent
Alison Hills StoryOff the train tracks on to the right tracks
The boring bit24 years of depression is enough for anyone to put up with. A load of different types of medication, therapy, and everyone sticking their nose in!! A new diagnosis of Cyclothymia 4 years ago made me realise I wasn't mental, I was just ill. For a while it beat me, to the point of constant thoughts of suicide. Hence the "off the train tracks" in the title.
Kids Café Lostock
LOSTOCK FAMILY TIME FUN CLUBTennis Academy
Alison Hill
Community Building Support Worker
Forever Manchester’s Community Building Team
Appointed September 2013
Message to Alison Hill
“I have to thank you and James both for the first step in
getting my life back – it was a major boost”
Cash4Graft recipient
What is the value of connections?
Key Outcomes
Laffs & Crafts
What were the key outcomes and
messages?
Consider from a professional, personal and
commissioners point of view….
Lyndsey Ashworth
Community Building Support Worker
Forever Manchester’s Community building Team
Appointed May 2013
Sholver Allotment Society
Sholver Allotment Society
Sholver Allotment Society
Creating Positive Images of Neighbourhoods
Connectors Clubs
DAY 2
Overview • Review Day 1
"If you keep on doing what you've always done, you'll keep on getting what you've always got”.
Hard2Reach
Thought I’d found the perfect
solution….AGAIN!
And by doing so perhaps we attract.....
Who’s ‘call’ is it anyway?
Build On The Usual Suspects Assets
Who you gonna call?
Ermmm Hello
Shift our focus from what’s wrong to what’s strong
Create Space for Possibilities and Opportunities will emerge…..
Become a Skilled at Spotting ‘The Light Bulb’ Moments
Why have a meeting when you can have a party?
What is the value of connections?
People Like Us
should live on
Benefits Street!
Right?
See it from a different Angel
The ALTernative?Dreams do come true…..
It is more than a Green Route to School…….It’s helped build a community from the inside out……
Lisa Brown - First Choice Homes Customer Involvement Officer ACCT Alters People
“As an officer, if you wanted anything doing on an estate you had to do it for the community and handholdíng them through the entire process”!
“I felt that this old method had left the people of Alt amongst other estates with the expectation that people would always come in and fix stuff for them”.
“The strength based approach has completely turned my old ethos on its head it’s left me completely blown away by this new
style of working”.
“You can only hold a child’s hand for so long, there comes a point where you have to let go and let them walk for themselves”.
Forever Manchester has made her look at the way she works and given her the opportunity to meet more people on the estate who Lisa admits “would never have given me the time of day without this project”!
Crucial Conversations
We changed Consultation to ‘Crucial Conversation’!
ALTogether…
Let’s Party…..
ALTogether Now Radio Show
ACCT, FM Community Builder, FCHO CEO & Oldham’s Director of Public Health - May 2013
What Makes a
Community?
THE ALTernative
• Hypernews Website• Community House • Jam and Preserve Club • Coffee mornings moved to Refill at Alt Primary • Knit & Natter • Day’s Out – Blackpool Trip • Culture Club• Green Route to School
• £45K Budget• 95 fruit trees• 300 fruit bushes• 10,000 bulbs
• Community Café • Sewing Club • Laughter Workshops
Lostock
Men Sheds Australia• Started in Australia • Over 500 Sheds• Now Part of the Infrastructure that
supports programmes to improve men’s health
• Social activity, utilising skills and knowledge
Lostock Men’s Shed• Established 2012 with Fair Share
Trust Funds £12K • George retired business man • Connected more than 25
retired/semi retired men in Lostock
• Utilising classroom at Lostock College
Lostock Handyman Service
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Connectors Club &
Lostock Celebrates
“It was great to attend The Neighbourhood Works
celebration event and to see all the really inspirational
stuff that has been happening locally.”
“There was every reason to celebrate and I am sure the
success is set to spread further”
Councillor Tom Ross
“The event really celebrated how Forever Manchester
has empowered local residents to become independent
and also support each other within their community. It
was lovely to be there and share in their success
stories”
Ryan Chrysler, Head of Barton Clough Primary School
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Peo
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What are you going to stop doing?
What are you going to start doing?
What are you going to do on Monday morning?
What can we do with people power?
The ‘Good Life’ Can Be Found in Every Neighbourhood
Skills
Gifts
Assets
Care
• Bullying People• Egging Houses• Spraying Walls• Smashing Windows• Respecting the Neighbourhood• Show respect to the Community• Getting involved in Community
Events• Coach a Young Football team
• Clean the Wall of the Arc Community Centre
• Design and paint a mural around inclusion on the Arc Community Centre
• Alt JFC to apply for Cash4Graft award
• Alt JFC secured £250 Cash4Graft for new football kit
• An exciting and innovative initiative from Forever
Manchester’s Community Building Team. • Recognises women as Community Builders who
play a key role to bring about change in their neighbourhoods
• Is the first specific training of it’s kind in the UK • 3-5 Days Community Building Training.
Karen Woods
1st WiN Network Launched in Great Lever
WIN Inspirational Women Book
My time at Public Allies also gave me the opportunity to work with John McKnight and Jody Kretzmann, who developed the Asset-Based Community Development approach to neighborhood development, and that really influenced how we worked with communities.
Michelle Obama
Build Your Neighbourhood Vision What would you like to see more of in your neighbourhood?
What does ABCD mean to you?
What would you like to see more of
in YOUR neighbourhood’s?
Build Your Neighbourhood •Think about what you have – utilise the Assets that exist within your group•Think about what else you might need & who else you know that would be willing to help you•Think about who from the outside can help you get what you need, by building on what you have (trade your assets)
Questions & Answers
Evaluation
HELPING LOCAL PEOPLE DOEXTRAORDINARY THINGS.
Introduction to Y-ed
What is Y-ed
Wikipedia says “Y-ed is a free of charge general purpose diagramming
program with a multiple document interface” Basically “Y-ed is a computer program that you can use to draw
diagrams and save as different types of file” The types of diagrams you can draw include flow charts,
mind maps, relationship diagrams and organisation diagrams
What you will learn
How to open Y-ed
Common terms used in Y-ed
How to build a diagram
How to organise a diagram
Saving a diagram in different formats
Common Terms
Node – A node represents points or entities on your diagram, depending on what your diagram is showing a node could be people, places, tasks etc
Edges – These are the lines that connect nodes and show relationships Label – Labels are written information assigned to nodes and edges Palette – Like and artists palette this is where all the graphics/images can be
found to create diagrams Panes – panes are different windows in Y-Ed that show different informationOverview Pane – shows all of your diagramStructure view – explained laterNeighbourhood view – explained later
Final exercise
10 nodes – labeled
16 edges
3 colours of node
2 edge colours
Organic lay out
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