ABCD through Touchstone

Creating ABCD Community Conversations, Provoking Thought, Challenging the Status Quo Tweets by @ABCD_Touchstone

[ABCD through Touchstone @ABCD_Touchstone]

Very true!! @simonjduffy - and a good reminder - "numbers can be an asset too" 👍

[Simon J Duffy @simonjduffy]

@CormacRussell This is very true.
But let's not be too hard on numbers.
Often we count the wrong things or fail to reflect what the numbers really mean.
e.g. asking better questions is part of what we did to show the value of @pfgdoncaster
Numbers can be an asset too
https://t.co/7hmE4KOvo0

[ABCD through Touchstone @ABCD_Touchstone]

@CormacRussell Depends on what we/they are trying to do, doesn't it? If this is abt how people do things for themselves, then YES - it's abt them not us. If we're looking to involve people in what we are doing - conferences/courses we run, Tweets we post, then isn't it a legitimate question?

[ABCD through Touchstone @ABCD_Touchstone]

@john_sour Does a fence like this actually say more about the person living in the house?

[ABCD through Touchstone @ABCD_Touchstone]

Proud to be joining an international body of ABCD practitioners from the US, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Vietnam & Kenya in the inaugural ABCD Institute's Co-Learning Journey Programme.

[ABCD through Touchstone @ABCD_Touchstone]

@CormacRussell Maybe we need to look more at what skills/capacities people need to develop in order to proactively engage and make a difference? Maybe we could start by learning how to ask better questions that lead to people finding their own ways forward?

[ABCD through Touchstone @ABCD_Touchstone]

If we are to de-professionalise 'social' 'care' so that communities have the capacity to do this, what skills do communities/people need to do this?

[Cormac Russell @CormacRussell]

Safe guarding has been outsourced to social workers et al, like health to doctors and safety to police. It’s become professionalized. Professionals have played a part in this. We need to shift the narrative towards a community capacity approach & a whole community response 4/5

[Cormac Russell @CormacRussell]

Safe guarding has been outsourced to social workers et al, like health to doctors and safety to police. It’s become professionalized. Professionals have played a part in this. We need to shift the narrative towards a community capacity approach & a whole community response 4/5

[ABCD through Touchstone @ABCD_Touchstone]

Hear! Hear! & we're not just talking about children. Any/all of us involved in working with people are doing 'social' 'work'. & it's not just the professionals supporting others. How are we supporting communities to do it for themselves? What are the skills we use & can pass on?

[Cormac Russell @CormacRussell]

If it takes a village 2 raise a child. What r we doing 2 grow a village? How can we building communities that know how 2 keep all children safe? 2day much blame is being put at the feet of social workers. But what social work r we not yet doing that could make a difference? 1/5

[ABCD through Touchstone @ABCD_Touchstone]

@mikechitty Yes - absolutely!! The physical environment - I think things have changed for the better in some ways (you only have to remember the old Merrion House!!). But also the cultural environment. As they say, people generally leave because of managers not jobs!

[ABCD through Touchstone @ABCD_Touchstone]

@mikechitty If you are reading 'Well-being' in it's corporate context, then Yes. But ultimately, individual agency is necessary for us to be well. Being Well is also different to 'Healing or recovery' - Healing or recovery from what? This suggests there's something to heal/recover from?

[ABCD through Touchstone @ABCD_Touchstone]

@mikechitty @JohnMcArts @matty7w Salutogenesis v Pathogenesis: the well-being of a community is about health in it's broadest sense. Asset-Based Community Development is all about Salutogenesis. How do people have agency - in communities/lives/work? What are the conditions needed to enable this?

[ABCD through Touchstone @ABCD_Touchstone]

If you like to see citizens as reciprocal problem-solvers & architects of their own futures, not consumers of services, then check out this free Intro to Asset-Based Community Development. Places still available if you are in Leeds & a few outside Leeds. https://t.co/zJs3cVgsbU

[ABCD through Touchstone @ABCD_Touchstone]

"How do we begin to shift these privileged relationships to shift resources in different ways?"...3
ABCD is all about a mindset shift and a power shift, from people outside the community/neighbourhood back to the people within. And this poses big questions.

[ABCD through Touchstone @ABCD_Touchstone]

"Institutional racism has created huge divides & inequalities, disabling & disempowering marginalised communities. Many in positions of ‘power’ including within communities benefit from this hegemony....2

[ABCD through Touchstone @ABCD_Touchstone]

Malik Gul raised some interesting questions following the launch of the new text on ABCD 'The Connected Community'.
"Billions of pounds of our money is held in institutions, who have statutory responsible for whole population support and care...1

[ABCD through Touchstone @ABCD_Touchstone]

Very interesting to hear from John & Cormac at the book launch last night. Some challenging discussion at the end around institutional power. Key snippets from John - "If we were organised, what would we be doing?" "People as powerful producers, not poor consumers."

[Cormac Russell @CormacRussell]

There r moments in time u just want to treasure forever; tonight was one of those occasions. 2 b in the presence of so many of the ppl we love & admire from around the world & to feel their support & solidarity means the world. Huge Tks from John & I @BKpub #theconnectedcommunity

[ABCD through Touchstone @ABCD_Touchstone]

@CormacRussell @BKpub Hi Cormac, sent you a DM to join this this evening. Looking forward to it!! 👍

[ABCD through Touchstone @ABCD_Touchstone]

The Connected Community - Look out for this event with @CormacRussell and John McKnight - tonight 6.00pm GMT!!

[Cormac Russell @CormacRussell]

John McKnight & I are looking forward to sharing more about our new book on Tuesday, January 11th, 6pm-6:45pm (GMT). The event will be hosted by our publisher @BKpub -if you’re interested in our work & would like to join us; pls DM me your email & we’ll send you joining details;)

[Cormac Russell @CormacRussell]

New Publication: Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD): Looking Back to Look Forward (3rd Edition): In conversation with John McKnight about the heritage of ABCD and its place in the world today. Happy New Year friends🙏 https://t.co/hJnYcc5zaW

[ABCD through Touchstone @ABCD_Touchstone]

HNY to everyone! New Year, new Intro to ABCD training for 2022 in Jan, Feb & March ! If you're new to ABCD or are active in community work & need a refresh, this revised FREE training offers an opportunity to learn, think & be challenged.
https://t.co/RA8C12pDoR