Community development workers are committed to professional excellence

2021 ◽  
pp. 109-122
Author(s):  
Scott Breslin
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Development Workers

Community unionism: looking backwards, looking forwards

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjorie Mayo ◽  
Pilgrim Tucker ◽  
Mat Danaher
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Shared Values ◽  
Mutual Trust ◽  
History Of ◽  
Development Workers ◽  
Community Unionism ◽  
Contemporary Context

The importance of building alliances based upon shared community and trade union interests is a theme with resonances from the history of community development, both in Britain and beyond. This chapter starts by summarising the lessons from previous approaches to building such alliances. The issues arising have even more relevance for community development workers in the contemporary context, the chapter argues, drawing on the findings from the authors’ work by way of illustration. The chapter then moves on to explore the experiences of the two largest trade unions in Britain: UNITE and UNISON. Both have their successes to share. Both have also faced challenges, however, illustrating some of the tensions inherent in building alliances between organisations and movements with differing histories and cultures. The chapter concludes by summarising the implications for building solidarity and developing alliances based upon mutual trust and understanding, rooted in shared values for social justice.

‘Making the Difference’ in Warsop Vale: The Impact of Government Regeneration Policy and Community Development on a Nottinghamshire Ex-mining Community

2004 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Waddington
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Community Resources ◽  
Mining Community ◽  
Housing Scheme ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Development Workers ◽  
The Impact

This article reports the findings of a longitudinal study of the impact of government coalfield regeneration policy on the Nottinghamshire ex-mining community of Warsop Vale, whose colliery closed in 1989. Based on interviews with local residents, community development workers and representatives of regeneration agencies, the study highlights tangible improvements in community resources and the recent introduction of an innovative new housing scheme as evidence of a positive impact of government measures. Particular importance is attached to the key role of local government, the voluntary sector and regeneration agencies in carefully cultivating the local social capital and raising Warsop Vale's political profile since 1989, enabling it to seize the opportunities inherent in New Labour's coalfield policy.

Exploring the Intersection of Community Development, the Least Reached and Emerging, Vibrant Churches

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-118
Author(s):  
David Greenlee ◽  
Mark Galpin ◽  
Andrea Christel ◽  
Cameron Willett
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Field Experience ◽  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
Development Work ◽  
Professional Skill ◽  
Development Workers

Rarely have missiologists explored the overlapping space where community development work intersects the formation and multiplication of new, vibrant churches in ‘least reached’ settings. Drawing on professional practice and field experience in both community development and missiology the authors propose initial expressions of a missiology that explores this intersection, identifying key principles appropriate for this space. Understanding the Kingdom of God is foundational; understanding how people enter it deeply affects how we go about ministry. Ethical and professional concerns as well as demands for transparency cause us to avoid any hint of coercion or utilitarian approaches that would create a ‘platform’ of community development work merely as a base to accomplish a different goal. At the same time, the love and professional skill of community development workers may help open doors and win a hearing for the gospel among the least reached.

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