Lesson series
Stewardship Circles: Leaders & Policy Makers
This course is for leaders and policy makers who ask the question “What is the community alternative to my service and how can I resource it?” They want to precipitate action that is led BY communities. They work in community, health, education, housing and policing.
Stewardship Circle members are invited to commit to meeting six times to take part in facilitated discussions.
Each of these gatherings is themed around a particular topic, so members are invited to read key articles, watch relevant videos or listen to podcasts in advance of the session so that they can shape the discussion on the day. Whilst these topics offer a structure to the conversations, the sessions are flexible, enabling members to take responsibly for sharing the issues that are important to them. The group will create a space to explore stewardship behaviours and practice, and consider what rituals and routines it wants to develop in order to model how a strengths based culture can evolve.
Stewardship Circle members are invited to commit to meeting six times to take part in facilitated discussions.
Each of these gatherings is themed around a particular topic, so members are invited to read key articles, watch relevant videos or listen to podcasts in advance of the session so that they can shape the discussion on the day. Whilst these topics offer a structure to the conversations, the sessions are flexible, enabling members to take responsibly for sharing the issues that are important to them. The group will create a space to explore stewardship behaviours and practice, and consider what rituals and routines it wants to develop in order to model how a strengths based culture can evolve.
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Facilitating Change at
City, County & Regional Level
Read | Watch | Discuss | Reflect
A Stewardship Circle provides senior managers and policy makers with the opportunity to consider how they can create a culture where communities connect the strengths of local people to build neighbourhoods from the inside out. A group of peers, working in community, health, policing and housing are invited to share their understanding, experience and challenges with each other.
Course Structure and Delivery
• Lifelong access to a resource library of ABCD materials, with a particular focus on international best practice and the core text Rekindling Democracy: A Professional’s Guide to Working in Citizen Space.
• Six facilitated 90 minute Zoom sessions with invited ABCD practitioners who bring their experiences and stories to the conversation.
• Optional Action Research: Each participant (of which there will be a max of 12 in total per circle) will also undertake an action research project on applying Strengths-based principles in their context. These will be presented to the group and reviewed by the course facilitator.
Course Modules
Meet the instructors
Cormac Russell
Cormac is Managing Director of Nurture Development and a faculty member of the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute at De Paul University, Chicago.
Over the last 20 years Cormac has worked in over 30 countries around the world. He has trained communities, agencies, NGOs and governments in ABCD and other strengths based approaches in Kenya, Rwanda, Southern Sudan, South Africa, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Canada and Australia.
Over the last 20 years Cormac has worked in over 30 countries around the world. He has trained communities, agencies, NGOs and governments in ABCD and other strengths based approaches in Kenya, Rwanda, Southern Sudan, South Africa, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Canada and Australia.
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