Village In The City
14 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago -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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Episodes
Episode 14: Intergenerational Work with Bella Kerr
April 27, 2023 12:09 - 37 minutes - 51.2 MBIn 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 Loreen Pardoe. This event took place during Global Intergenerational Week (24-30 April 2023) so it's a great chanc...
Strathcarron Hospice: Moving from 'community engagement' to 'community development'
November 15, 2022 12:38 - 40 minutes - 55.3 MBWe'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 and in the community. This journey is described in Cormac Russell's paper Understanding ground-up community d...
Cormac Russell and The Connected Community
October 19, 2022 09:19 - 50 minutes - 69.1 MBJoin 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 development, which isn't in the book! We have questions from the USA, Ghana and Ireland about the role of local gover...
Jason Sears and VillageCo - building village-like communities in the NW USA
October 03, 2022 11:52 - 38 minutes - 52.9 MBAt 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. Jason talks to Mark about VillageCo, what they're doing, how it's working, this social gathering model and what Jason h...
Last Aid: Supporting the dying in your local community
September 08, 2022 09:35 - 40 minutes - 55.9 MBHow 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 dealing with death can and should be part of a community's response, why this is seen as such a difficult topic and ho...
Episode 9: Safe strong cohesive communities with Dilia Swart, Protection Approaches
June 23, 2022 08:48 - 46 minutes - 64.5 MBDilia 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 charity in 2014 working to end all forms of identity-based violence motivated by the perpetrator's conceptualisation...
Episode 8: Building participation with Laura Puttkamer
May 05, 2022 11:27 - 34 minutes - 46.8 MBBuilding 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 development every month. Laura talks about ParCityPatory, some of the basics of building participation and engagement,...
Episode 7: The Chatty Cafe Scheme
March 09, 2022 11:25 - 33 minutes - 45.6 MBLoneliness 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 & Natter' table where folk are invited to sit if they want to talk. From small beginnings in the UK the scheme has gon...
Episode 6: Community Development and Rekindling Democracy with Cormac Russell
January 11, 2022 09:08 - 53 minutes - 74.1 MBCormac 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 experts? And how can this make communities which are not only stronger but also more democratic and empowered? We a...
Episode 5: Engaging with churches with Rev Nick Bowry
November 03, 2021 18:04 - 34 minutes - 48 MBChurches 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, churches which may appear to be there mostly for their congregations and followers? Village In The City found...
Episode 4: The benefits of community with Sanderson Jones
June 03, 2021 10:54 - 31 minutes - 42.6 MBVillage In The City is all about building micro-local communities to enhance the lives of everyone in the neighbourhood. So what ARE the benefits of connection and community? Join us to explore the research, the experience and the joy of connection with Sanderson Jones! Sanderson was a stand-up comedian who founded the Sunday Assembly movement of 'secular congregations', to bring the benefits of church-going to a much wider audience. He is now the founder of The Lifefulness Project, an even b...
Episode 3: Getting your village off the ground
March 24, 2021 18:28 - 41 minutes - 56.5 MBOn this episode Dr Mark McKergow, founder of the Village In The City initiative, is joined by social entrepreneur Richard Lucas. Richard is a serial connector and idea-builder and also leads TEDx Kazimierz in Krakow, Poland. Richard and Mark talk about the initiative, and ways you can get started to connect with people and build inclusivity for your Village In The City. How do you get your village started? How can you engage everyone, not just 'people like us'? Hosted on Acast. See acas...
Episode2: Village Building with Lara Celini
March 12, 2021 13:01 - 49 minutes - 67.5 MBOn this podcast Dr Mark McKergow, founder of the Village In The City initiative, is joined by Lara Celini of Willowbrae, Edinburgh in Scotland. Lara is an experienced village builder and has done a great deal to build community and connection in her neighbourhood, and will share her learnings and experience. Mark and Lara talked about the initiative, the latest developments and practical next steps you can take right now to build your own Village In The City. Mark also showed how to use the...
Episode 1: The Village In The City Manifesto
March 12, 2021 13:01 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBVillage In The City founder Dr Mark McKergow welcomes Flourish project CEO Dr Wendy Ellyat and urban development consultant Adrian Hodgson to introduce the Village In The City project. Mark shares the manifesto and six key elements of a Village In The City, and Wendy and Adrian give their perspectives on why this kind of micro-local community building has become particularly important right now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.