Recently I read a provocative and inspiring blog by Cormac Russell, the founder and CEO of Nurture Development, one of eleven strategic partners of the ABCD Institute. I blogged recently about the Asset Based Community Development Approach, or ABCD. I think the approach has a lot to offer caring families
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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: A NEW WAY TO SHARE CARE – IT’S AS EASY AS ABCD!
I’m just back from a truly inspiring conference hosted by the Asset Based Community Development Institute (or ABCD) and their Canadian partner, Deepening Community at the Tamarack Institute. The conference was titled “ABCD For Healthy Neighbourhoods” and what I learned from John McKnight, Cormac Russell, Al Etmanski and Paul Born (they are
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My husband and I just got home from a trip abroad (in my last post, I talked about the benefits of respite!). We visited London, Wales and north eastern Spain. It was a great break, but it was wonderful to come home, too. Over the last two days, we’ve
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