Community development, networking and neighbourhood change
Jenny Fisher takes on an Australian study about community development and how umbrella bodies work for networking between organisations and neighbourhoods. She considers the implications of the...
View ArticleTrying targets: did Local Area Agreements support social cohesion?
Jenny Fisher asks if the Local Area Agreement policy intervention and associated targets helped with social cohesion and offers useful pointers for further reading on the topic. The post Trying...
View ArticleIs small really beautiful for delivering social care and support?
Jenny Fisher discusses a study on social care provision by micro-enterprises and discovers that small may well be beautiful for delivering care and support. The post Is small really beautiful for...
View ArticleThe impact of community well-being champions in African and Caribbean...
Jenny Fisher examines a study seeking to understand the role and the impact of community well-being champions in African and Caribbean communities. The post The impact of community well-being champions...
View ArticleSocial workers in the house: embodied practices of visiting families
Jenny Fisher looks at an ethnographic study of the experiences and behaviours of social workers visiting families in their homes. The post Social workers in the house: embodied practices of visiting...
View ArticleFrom charity to social enterprise: a case study highlights challenges in...
Jenny Fisher considers the perspectives of staff, managers and service users of a Scottish social care charitable organisation for children with complex needs, which faces funding and organisational...
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