Advocacy for a Change! – Research Paper
June 27, 2018
‘Case’, ’cause’ and ‘class’ advocacy are important and contrasting models for helping disadvantage groups make change and improve their lives.
Resources: Management
The Resources Library provides all kinds of interesting small articles, training and learning tools, research papers and ‘think-pieces’ plus other materials that are all free to use (for non-commercial purposes).
Action Learning Foundation Workshop sample
April 22, 2018
This is a sample of activites provided for an action learning course run for community development workers and managers. The ‘ALTogether’ action learning programme was featured as an example of good practice in the book Action Learning in Health by John Edmonstone and in Action Learning on Practice by Mike Pedler. Action Learning Foundation Workshop
‘Management’ – where did it come from?
July 4, 2017
‘Management’ is one of the most enduring and pervasive social ideas of our time. For good or ill it pervades working life, organisations, economics and consumption as well as our cherished public institutions and services.
8 ways to win a funding bid
July 3, 2017
Having won many highly competitive funding bids and contracts from the likes of government departments , CCGs, Local Authorities, Big Lottery, trusts and the like, these 8 tips summarise the essence of a successful pitch.
Trust and Innovation – How to Make the Match
June 17, 2017
Psychologically safe teams and bottom up innovation are solutions to the trust and innovation conundrums and this paper develops and models these issues with case study evidence.
Clients have assets and solutions too! – exploring asset-based approaches in public services
June 11, 2017
The NHS, social services, education, housing, the police the charity sector – all these agencies need to locate and use the assets of their communities, their clients and the general public.