The Community Renewal Centre
For organisations that are getting started, each of our courses provides an entry point towards more community-centred ways of working.
Working with Nurture Development
There are five key phases in how we support institutions to bring about change:
A New Way of Learning
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Resources
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Video Tutorials
Discuss
Zoom Sessions
Reflect
Reflective Practice
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Action Learning
Open Courses for Individuals
Meet our Team
Cormac Russell
Cormac is a social explorer, an author and a much sought-after speaker. He is the Founding Director of Nurture Development and a member of the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute, at DePaul University, Chicago.
Over the last 25 years, Cormac’s work has demonstrated an enduring impact in 35 countries around the world. He has trained communities, agencies, NGOs and governments in ABCD and other community-based approaches in Africa, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe and North America.
His most recent books are The Connected Community- Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods (Coauthor John McKnight); Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2022, and Rekindling Democracy – A Professional’s Guide to Working in Citizen Space; Cascade Books, 2020.
Cormac’s TEDx talk can be viewed here
Colleen Quinn
Tom Dewar
Mick Ward
He has a strong commitment to the social model of disability, citizenship, communities, innovation, culture, equality and diversity, and working in partnership.
Claire Byrne
Claire brings extensive experience as an Office Manager and is responsible for the ongoing development and maintenance of the administrative infrastructure as well as providing support to our team, our learners and our clients.
Interested in ABCD Training?
or you can go deeper by co-designing with us a suite of training
that leads to whole systems change.