Village In The City

Apr 27 2023 14 ep. 40 mins 22
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Village In The City supports people who want to create more community in their own neighbourhood. Maybe you want to enrich your own life, meet new people, build resilient connections, create cross-generational and cross-demographic conversations, connect local people, businesses and services, or just make your street a better place to live... We are here to help with resources, learning, support and connections with people doing the same things around the world. Founded by consultant and author Mark McKergow in 2020.
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Episode 14: Intergenerational Work with Bella Kerr

Apr 27 2023 37 mins  
In our latest Village In The City podcast recording Mark McKergow will be talking to Bella Kerr from the Generations Working Together. Bella is Intergenerational Development Officer She is a very enthusiastic proponent not only of getting generations working together but of making that work high-quality and mutually useful. We also hear from Bella's colleagues Diana Knox and Lor

Strathcarron Hospice: Moving from 'community engagement' to 'community development'

Nov 15 2022 40 mins  
We're talking to Susan High and Hannah Gray from Strathcarron Hospice near Falkirk in Scotland. Susan and Hannah have played a key role in moving the hospice from a 'community engagement' focus (a good thing in itself) to a 'community development' focus (even better). This work over the past 2-3 years has had eye-opening results and useful outcomes for their work both as clinicians

Cormac Russell and The Connected Community

Oct 19 2022 50 mins  
Join Mark McKergow and international ABCD guru Cormac Russell as they discuss Cormac's new book The Connected Community (with John McKnight). They discuss why connecting the community is so important, the critical role of discovering what's there already, and how to encourage neighbours to enhance their communities. Cormac reveals his 'tapestry weaving' metaphor for community devel

Jason Sears and VillageCo - building village-like communities in the NW USA

Oct 03 2022 38 mins  
At Village In The City we're interested in building micro-local communities. Jason Sears, founder of VillageCo, has a slightly different yet related goal - building 'village-like' communities in large cities in the USA and then helping them become more local. Jason is using an open-source 'social gathering model' to do this, working in Seattle Washington and Boise Idaho. 

Last Aid: Supporting the dying in your local community

Sep 08 2022 40 mins  
How can we act in a human way in that most difficult situation - when someone in our community is dying? The Last Aid project and course can help you. Mark talks to Susan Speke and Siobhan Neylon from Highland Hospice in Inverness who offer Last Aid training and support in the UK (https://highlandhospice.org/what-we-do/education-learning-development/last-aid). We discuss how dealin

Episode 9: Safe strong cohesive communities with Dilia Swart, Protection Approaches

Jun 23 2022 46 mins  
Dilia Swart talks about her work in building strong safe communities to protect people from identity-based violence in London and elsewhere.The latest Village In The City podcast welcomes Dilia Swart of Protection Approaches to talk about their work in building communities as a means of working to prevent identity-based violence. Protection Approaches was established as a UK charit

Episode 8: Building participation with Laura Puttkamer

May 05 2022 34 mins  
Building participation in urban development and village-building is key... what are the keys to engaging with people?Laura Puttkamer runs the ParCityPatory website and blog, where she is building ideas, stories and methods for making cities more participatory. Laura also hosts the Urbanism Book Club, an Instagram-based discussion group which tackles a new book about urban developme

Episode 7: The Chatty Cafe Scheme

Mar 09 2022 33 mins  
Loneliness is a problem facing many people around the world. Particularly in cities and urban contexts, it's so easy to be surrounded by people and yet feel unconnected and peripheral.This month on Village In The City our guest is Jenny Bimpson, one of the key organisers behind the Chatty Cafe Scheme. It's so simple - cafe and pub owners are invited to designate a 'Chatter & Na

Episode 6: Community Development and Rekindling Democracy with Cormac Russell

Jan 11 2022 53 mins  
Cormac Russell is a passionate advocate for bottom-up community development, carried out BY citizens for their own communities. He is a long-term expert in Asset Based Community Development (ABCD), and says that finding and building 'what's strong' is vital in dealing with 'what's wrong'. Who gets to decide what the priorities are? What is the role of outside professionals and expe

Episode 5: Engaging with churches with Rev Nick Bowry

Nov 03 2021 34 mins  
Churches have long held a role in building community - but what kind of role can they play in an inclusive and broadly secular world? Village In The City is all about building micro-local communities to enhance the lives of everyone in the neighbourhood, which may include one or more churches. Village In The City values inclusivity - so how are we to think about, and work with, chu