Community

"Community - our endless connections with responsibilities towards each other." James Baldwin.

We are exploring community connecting and what it takes for people to really be part of their communities.  We also have a minibook with specific community connecting person centred thinking tools.

Books

Our minibook on Community Connecting.

Commnunity connecting minibookA range of person centred thinking tools focused on connecting people in their community. This includes: Relationship circles; who am I - my gifts and capacities; who am I - my style; hopes and dreams; matching support; challenges and supports; mapping our networks; passion audit; who am I - my places; community map; what happened here?; presence to contribution; doughnut.


In Commun ity: Practical lessons in supporting isolatedIn community people to be part of community. by Carl Poll, Jo Kennedy and Helen Sanderson.

This book shares our current learning about how to create communities that welcome everyone.This is a book about how the most isolated people in society can be not just part of the community but make important contributions to it. This book describes practical approaches to unlocking this vast potential for increasing social capital.

 

Click here to preview In Community.

 

Both books are available from HSAPress.