In this episode, Russell is joined by President of the International Association of Community Development (IACD) Anna Clarke to discuss its mission, work and networks. In particular, recorded while th

In November 2020 an online article found its way to me by Associate Editor at Peace, Land and Bread, Christian Noakes called ‘Displacement of the Dispossessed: Community Development Under Capitalism’.

In this episode Russell is joined by Rob Ashelford, Head of Nesta Cymru, upon the release of a report into the extent of data poverty in Wales and Scotland published by Nesta and Y Lab based...

Back in June for episode #25 Russell caught up with Helen Griffiths and David Clague from St Mellons in east Cardiff to explore how they we adapting to life under the lockdown and how they were...

Back in February 2016 Joseph Rowntree Foundation published the report Breaking the Links Between Ethnicity and Poverty in Wales by Duncan Holtham (from the People and Work Unit), Anna Nicholl and Chris Johnes. At the time...

In the second part of a series looking at how Community Development is adapting to and tackling issues caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Russell chats first with Chris Johnes from Building Communities Trust (BCT) in Wales...

Nick Andrews from the Wales School for Social Care Research at Swansea University, joins the podcast for the first time to discuss his work to bring research and practice together in social care systems.

During lockdown Russell reached out to the Community Development fraternity across the world to invite it to share its experiences of supporting communities during the Covid-19 pandemic. Part 1 of this Community Development and Covid-19 series...

Russell is joined by Sharon Sweeney, from the University of Dundee’s student finance team who has recently finished a Masters degree, as part of which Sharon completed a dissertation on the role of social prescribing in...

In this podcast Russell chats via skype to Mark McFeeters, Lecturer on Ulster University’s Community Youth Work degree, and Lauren McAreavey, a third year undergraduate on the course. Among other things they discuss: how youth work...