Managing Curator Curating Connections, Co-founder Change Makers, Practice Lead Loconomy, shalom activist, youthwork, community builder, foster carer, cyclist
Birmingham UK
Joined November 2010
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Great first day of our week long Seedbeds: Grow local leaders Change Maker program in partnership with United Communities. Love delivering this with Ash Barker yesterday was the amazing @alysenlouise StrengthFinders workshop
Ash Barker and I arrived in Portsmouth last night for our week long Change Makers program and found a great builders cafe for breakfast this morning!
Sunday morning walk and catch up with Ria Evans and the crazy Coco who tried to get up trees as he chased squirrels!
Great visit Craig Bird Rachel Bird along with Ash Barker yesterday and to be made to be made so welcome by their fresh expression of church
Thursday Ash Barker and I travelled for Change Makers orientation. Quote of the day was Ash saying that this group, of all the leaders across the world, were the most important for their community because they were from and of the community. That’s why we want to invest in them.
Friday was lots of listening to residents and then providing an engagement update to one of our PiP Boards we are working with
Loved day 2 of Introduction to ABCD training with this cohort from variety of grassroots community organisations, residents and practitioners. Some humbling feedback but most important is equipping people to make strength based change in their communities
Brilliant planning meeting yesterday morning putting together an inspirational, creative and engaging Youth Change Maker program with plan to pilot early next year and then review and involve bunch of other youth workers
Great afternoon and evening yesterday delivering two lots of Community Ambassadors training. Recruited people passionate about their community who want to listen to others so that local people shape the Pride in Place investment plan and community vision
What a great reflection day with some of the team at United Communities. Reflecting on ABCD training and coaching and planning for the next stage plus beginning to think about ABCD training for Headteachers
Loved spending time and preaching with these good people today as we continue the trust building journey towards potentially pioneering work and training. Used this quote: “God’s idea of redemption is community-shaped.”
A hard working but brilliant two full days working on what a Pioneering Hub that’s deeply embedded in the local and resourcing the wider north-east and even beyond could look like. Lots of vision and taking stakeholders on the journey through a carefully stewarded process
I love being the Chair of this organisation. This is the number of Listening Post sessions we did in one year with young people thanks to an in creative small staff team and 30 volunteers
One of my favourite things to do - be with a group of people who are passionate about building great community life. Loved day 1 of ABCD training with ladywoodnns
