"Well well well - Alan Caldwell!! You look well preserved Mr C......
Funnily enough I am doing a joint field trip with students from The University of the Highlands & islands - w/e on 23-25 March. Any link up?
James
jderounian@glos.ac.uk"
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James Derounian replied to Nick Wilding's discussion Contributing to the final chapter of 'Exploring Community Resilience' in the group Community Resilience Handbook"Hi Nick - glad to oblige:
Para 1 [reflection]
An aspect of culture I’d like to see explored and developed more fully is that of local history.
It’s always seemed to me a powerful means of drawing together newcomers and…"
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James Derounian commented on Crispin Moor's blog post Rural Big Society ... what next?"Hey Crispin......thanks for the 'plug' for our online publication/resource "Faith in Affordable Housing"....we are keen to work with communities & congregations to help convert churches' land & assets in to…"
Michelle Virgo commented on James Derounian's blog post Community Organisers National Partner Contract - UK Gov't Cabinet Office"No, I'm not - never knew there were so many of us out there!"
James Derounian commented on James Derounian's blog post Community Organisers National Partner Contract - UK Gov't Cabinet Office"Thanks Michelle - I'll certainly keep you posted; are you by chance related to Louise Virgo (longtime ACRE village halls adviser?) and Neil Virgo - previously an RCC field worker?
James"
Michelle Virgo commented on James Derounian's blog post Community Organisers National Partner Contract - UK Gov't Cabinet Office"We're not planning to bid, but also following with interest. Your Community Engagement and Governance course sounds excellent - let us know how you get on.."
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- Welcome! FierySpirits is for activists and professionals who are building vibrant, resilient rural communities. Tell us a little about why you'd like to join?
- I have a personal and professional passion for rural community development, built up over almost 30 yeras.
- About Me (areas of expertise/interest I can share)
- Tall, dark, handsome.......!
But seriously: rural community developer turned academic. Have worked for and RCC, was England's first Rural Development Programme Officer; secondeed to then Countryside Agency. And also worked for the NCVO Rural team.
Still personally & professionally involved in delivering training with & for rural developers; action research & consultancy.
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Community Organisers National Partner Contract - UK Gov't Cabinet Office
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 17:54 3 Comments 0 Likes
Hallo colleagues,
Is anyone bidding for the Community Organisers National Partner contract from the UK Government's Cabinet Office…
Continue Big Society = Big Opportunity or = Big Con?
Posted on September 27, 2010 at 17:13 4 Comments 0 Likes
Dear all,
You really do wonder how cuts to the UK Government's CLG [Dept of Communities & Local Gov't] budget – allegedly 25-40% already agreed – square with the whole (or should that be ‘hole’!?) Big…
Continue Upcoming conference: 'Faith in affordable housing' - using churches' land & buildings for affordable homes
Posted on September 27, 2010 at 17:00 0 Comments 0 Likes
See attached conference details, Penrith (English Lake District)
CHRC Booking Form (2).docCRHT Flyer Final PDF.pdf…
Continue ‘Churches, Housing, Rural Communities’ Conference [Cumbria 13 Oct 2010 Penrith]
Posted on July 22, 2010 at 13:04 0 Comments 0 Likes
Dear all - I hope there will be a flood of delegates for ‘Churches, Housing, Rural Communities’ Conference [Cumbria 13 Oct 2010 Penrith]. This links to production & development of our web resource 'Faith in Affordable Housing' -…
Continue A National Service for Students?
Posted on July 11, 2010 at 11:58 4 Comments 0 Likes
Someone out there in rural development land, please take this & run with it!
Why not offer a 'Green Gap Year' to students between school and university; as a form of purposeful and peaceful National Service? Teenagers could undertake say six months work of community benefit, in pursuit of sustainability or projects to address climate change in a local community, in exchange for an educational credit equivalent to their first year's…
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- At 10:04 on December 11, 2008,
Nick Wilding said… - Hi James
Many thanks for the christmas wishes... and link.... My sense is that this would be better as a blog post?
From the site guide (under 'about' above):
Write blog entries
A blog is your rough notes, news, interesting links and thoughts... don't think too much before writing a blog entry! This is a fast-moving column, with the latest entry always at the top, that helps us keep our finger on the 'pulse' - a bit like the tickertape of yesteryear. If something catches your eye or seems relevant... tell us all about it. You can't attach documents here - instead, cut and paste the key paragraphs for us. If you're writing yourself, don't worry about the spelling or if someone might have talked about it before. Give it a go! And remember to put in some 'tags' (see below) so we can find your entry later.
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The Forum is more considered. You might like to attach an article or presentation or news clipping to an invitation for FierySpirits members to discuss. Be prepared to follow and respond to points others make - the Forum is where we can begin to get our teeth into issues and new thinking. Categories include 'hot topics' and 'backroom thinking', as well as the 'petals' from the Carnegie Petal Model of holistic rural development. Suggestions for more welcome.
Happy Christmas!
Nick
- At 10:03 on December 11, 2008,
Karen Grant said… - Hi James,
Thanks for your message.
I'm on North Uist - I just moved here in late August, so it's still pretty new.
All the best,
Karen
- At 13:30 on November 26, 2008, Nick Wilding said…
- Hi James
Welcome onto fieryspirits - its' great you can join us...
Do you have a portrait photo you could upload? It helps if folk can put a name to a face... follow settings top right...
best
nick
- At 20:32 on November 21, 2008,
Kate Braithwaite said… - Welcome James
Are you the same James that I know? Well from the description...... I wondered!!!!!
Welcome - enjoy the site and look forward to some lively debates to come
Kate
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