December 2012 Blog Posts (4)

You might be interested in the 'Family by Family' approach developed in South Australia as an alternative to removing children from families. 

This short film describes the approach.

The approach was co-designed with the families it supports.

It develops a family to family peer network - linking 'seeking families' (those experiencing crisis) with 'sharing families' (those with an experience to share) who live…

As the public purse runs dry, local authorities across the country are facing tough decisions. Few services are escaping unscathed, but those for young people, which a local authority does not have statutory duty to provide, are among those hardest hit - with cuts of up to 90 per cent. Young people are waking up to find their youth centres closed, or operating on reduced hours, and many…

Hi all,

I've just added some new reports to our Resources section. Hopefully these will be of help to many of you.

1. Report from the North-West Practitioners Network on their October session with Governance International and Coprodnet

This includes practitioner discussions of what is and what is not coproduction, insights into how to boost co-production and a series of great case studies. Well worth a…

http://www.patchworkcircles.com/events

Co-producing SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES