. What is community resilience?

. How are people building it?

. Why does it…

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In July 2009 I posted up a blog that asked:



"I am wondering whether the time is ripe to connect peoples' personal decisions about whether to invest in private houses for a pension, or even a pension fund, to a more radical question about what will we need when we 'retire'? Food, heat, light, community, music, a sense of meaning and spiritual companionship?



In an era when so much of the post-war consensus is breaking apart, perhaps now is the time for our movement to… Continue

Last weekend, I took the opportunity of a slot at Fife's Big Tent festival over the weekend to pull together some quotes from participants at some fieryspirits events about their 'take' on resilience to provoke a conversation amongst festival goers.



I have also long wanted to experiment with an online presentation tool called 'prezi' (prezi.com - it's free!). It took me about an hour to learn prezi well enough to put this presentation together - which you can see below.



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This from Local People Leading





‘Community Assets’ needs better evidence base

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

2008-12-17



Community ownership and management of assets



Community organisations have owned or managed assets, including buildings and land, for many years. Current government policy encourages the transfer of assets to community organisations. This… Continue