Did anyone catch the Guardian's live online Q&A this afternoon, on funding community action? The participants and expert panel covered some interesting ground... the challenges and opportunities of service and asset transfer predictably among the hot topics. You can still view the discussion here - http://www.guardian.co.uk/voluntary-sector-network/community-action...

I was struck by this comment from Niamh Hoggin, Director of Small Change:

"I like the asset-based approach, where you work together to map community assets; social, environmental and economic, as well as physical and financial. I'm always a bit perplexed when I see communities focussing JUST on the social assets or JUST on the financial and physical assets..."

I'd love to know what people think about this. What does asset mapping mean to you?