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The Community Development Podcast
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Podcast about #CommunityDevelopment: sharing learning, connecting practitioners, global perspectives. By llannerch.bsky.social
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NEW EPISODE 🎙️

The irrepressible Stan Reeves joins the podcast to look back on the famous Adult Learning Project (ALP) in Edinburgh's Gorgie-Dalry district, an initiative based explicitly on the teachings of Paulo Freire (1921-97)

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A new report from Community Energy Wales has called to remove the barriers that lock out communities from building energy projects for themselves
Community Energy Wales: 'Let our communities realise energy potential'
A new report from Community Energy Wales has called to remove the barriers that lock out communities from building energy projects for themselves. Community Energy Wales is a not for profit membership...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
This is where the Community Development Podcast has been listened to in 2025
October 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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NEW EPISODE 🎙️

The irrepressible Stan Reeves joins the podcast to look back on the famous Adult Learning Project (ALP) in Edinburgh's Gorgie-Dalry district, an initiative based explicitly on the teachings of Paulo Freire (1921-97)

soundcloud.com/the-cd-podca...
October 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
NEW EPISODE 🎙️

The irrepressible Stan Reeves joins the podcast to look back on the famous Adult Learning Project (ALP) in Edinburgh's Gorgie-Dalry district, an initiative based explicitly on the teachings of Paulo Freire (1921-97)

soundcloud.com/the-cd-podca...
October 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Recording the Freire episode tomorrow with Stan Reeves. If you have ever worked in CD in Scotland chances are you already know of Stan
Upcoming episodes:

🎓 Freire in Scotland
💨 Community energy
😲 Most Significant Change

Available on all leading podcast platforms 🎙️
October 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Upcoming episodes:

🎓 Freire in Scotland
💨 Community energy
😲 Most Significant Change

Available on all leading podcast platforms 🎙️
October 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Happy 18th International Basic Income Week! 🥳

Links below that you, YES YOU, can get involved in!
September 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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While 1980’s pit closures precipitated and sustained the decline that followed, the problems of the valleys were deeply rooted in the past and in complex factors that lay outside the region ✍️Martin Hoban
What I learned from tackling poverty in the south Wales valleys
Martin Hoban  I recently left Wales after living there for 25 years. For much of this time, I worked in the south Wales valleys doing community work, education and research. I loved the people, the…
buff.ly
September 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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🎙️ Ep.50 - "Being the change you want you to see": Youth-led action with Grange Pavilion Youth Forum

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August 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Check out these musings on collaborating and building solidarities across borders, with specific reference to the border on the island of Ireland

And next week ep. 50 will be out discussing youth-led action with Grange Youth Forum in #Cardiff
August 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Interesting IACD webinar coming up. See the IACD website for details
July 30, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Who gets to shape the future of public service media? Ofcom's latest report focuses on industry needs—but where is the support for independent, local and civic media? Shouldn't trusted communication start in our own communities?
Transmission Critical or Trust Eroded? A Citizen-Led Response to Ofcom’s Vision for Public Service Media
Ofcom’s Transmission Critical: The Future of Public Service Media sets out to assess how the UK’s public service media system must adapt to ensure its sustainability. Framed as a comprehensive review, the report makes some welcome acknowledgements about the value of trusted news, the impact of digital transformation, and the regulatory role that Ofcom plays in ensuring PSBs retain prominence in a rapidly changing media landscape.
decentered.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Additionally, the “poverty draft” should be abolished entirely. That means that universal healthcare, free college tuition, UBI and a drastic increase in the federal minimum wage should be instituted.
July 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"Heritage gives #communities a 'unique selling point'. No other community has the same heritage as yours, and no-one else can re-produce it"

A comment in this forthcoming series
July 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Introducing a forthcoming podcast series exploring heritage, community archaeology, civic mission and universities

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Ep.48 - Introducing the CAER Heritage podcast
A quick introduction to a short podcast series all about the CAER Heritage project in Cardiff, civic mission and how universities and communities can work together. Subscribe to https://soundcloud.c
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July 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Introducing a forthcoming podcast series exploring heritage, community archaeology, civic mission and universities

on.soundcloud.com/fYCkPB1SDrZT...
Ep.48 - Introducing the CAER Heritage podcast
A quick introduction to a short podcast series all about the CAER Heritage project in Cardiff, civic mission and how universities and communities can work together. Subscribe to https://soundcloud.c
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July 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Couldn't agree more
July 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Public Map Platform is a major collaborative research project led by Cambridge, Cardiff, Wrexham and Bangor Universities. Its aim is to show that a transparent and trustworthy planning system based on maps made by and for communities is really possible.

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April 27, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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We are thrilled to share the most recent episode of The Community Development Podcast where you can hear our own Clare MacGillivray discuss making human rights real in Scotland!
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Thank you @cdpodcast.bsky.social and Hannah Kitchen Kirby!
April 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
NEW EPISODE 🎙️

Human rights & #CommunityDevelopment in Scotland

Clare MacGillivray from @makingrightsreal.bsky.social & Hannah Kitchen Kirby, formerly @bethanychristiantrust.com, discuss rights-based approaches in housing work near Perth and in Leith respectively

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Ep. 47 - Insights from Scotland about Making Rights Real
In this episode Russell is joined by Hannah Kitchen Kirby and Clare MacGillivray to discuss human rights and to provide a helpful insight into a right-based approach in practice. Between them they pro
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April 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM