Nurture Development Managing Director, Cormac Russell, explains what Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) is. Nurture Development. [3’28”]
Sustainable community development: from what’s wrong to what’s strong | Cormac Russell | TEDxExeter
March 6, 2021 by
How can we help people to live a good life? Instead of trying to right what’s wrong within a community Cormac argues we need to start with what’s strong. We need to help people discover what gifts they have and to use those gifts to enrich those around them. TEDx Talks. [18’07”]
A new year’s message for Governments… the ABCD way
January 23, 2014 by
Some of you will know that I am very enthusiastic about asset-based community development (ABCD). You may have been reading some of my blogs about Nurture Development – where you can learn more about ABCD – and their blog.
I though this an important message from Cormac Russell: ‘As we look toward the year ahead a thought for central and local Governments:
There are things that only a community can do – so get out of their way.
There are things that a community can do, with some help – so offer to help.
There are things that only government can do – so do them.
‘Felling the Forest’ by Rebecca Daddow
October 15, 2013 by
Here’s an interesting blog from Rebecca Daddow of Nurture Development.
‘This past weekend, I watched the film Get Low – it was recommended to me by Cormac following a conversation about Community Builders (can you spot who the Community Builder is in the film?). It is a film filled with wonderful acknowledgements of the gifts we possess and find naturally around us. In many ways, it speaks to some of the core values of ABCD.
One of the scenes that resonated most with me sees the main character, Felix, walking through the forest that grows on his land with an old friend, Mattie, who he has reconnected with after 40 years of self-imposed isolation:
Mattie: “It really is beautiful out here. It probably looked like this everywhere 100 years ago.”
Felix: “If you leave things alone, they know what to do”
