An Introduction to Asset Based Community Development

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86116549641?pwd=bHdoTWVzMS9WaUJnZmZHNnUyRS9iUT09

Tracey Cabache, Operations Director for Torbay Community Development Trust and Martin Simon, leading expert on Asset Based Community Development will introduce ABCD as an approach, explaining what it is, and why it became an intrinstic part of the community development approach adopted by Ageing Well Torbay.

If you would like to find out how to embed ABCD within your service, project or community or gain further insights from those who are leading experts in this approach then this session is for you...

Simon Martin has worked in the public, private and voluntary sectors and is a passionate advocate for participation, mutuality and social justice.

He introduced Timebanking to the UK, was the founder of Fair Shares and Chief Executive of Timebanking UK, where he is the Founding Adviser. He is now a Co-Director of ABCD Europe.

He is recognised internationally as a pioneer of ‘co-production’ and has been a long time supporter of active citizenship and community led solutions.

He is the author of ‘Your Money or Your Life: time for both’, ‘On Becoming a Time Broker’, ‘A Bridge to Tomorrow’ and ‘Bowling Together’. His report for the NHS, ‘A Fair Share of Health Care’, is the definitive examination of the relationship between social networks and health and wellbeing.

This event will be on Zoom, a link with joining instructions will be sent out to you prior to the session.

If you have any further questions about the event or our national co-production toolkit which will be launched at the event, please get in touch with Vicky via email: v.odonoghue@syha.co.uk