Latest Neighbourhoods Podcast Episodes
Episode 14: Intergenerational Work with Bella Kerr
Village In The City - April 27, 2023 12:09 - 37 minutesIn 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 hig...
Strathcarron Hospice: Moving from 'community engagement' to 'community development'
Village In The City - November 15, 2022 12:38 - 40 minutesWe'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...
Cormac Russell and The Connected Community
Village In The City - October 19, 2022 09:19 - 50 minutesJoin 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 enhan...
Jason Sears and VillageCo - building village-like communities in the NW USA
Village In The City - October 03, 2022 11:52 - 38 minutesAt 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 'socia...
Last Aid: Supporting the dying in your local community
Village In The City - September 08, 2022 09:35 - 40 minutesHow 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://highla...
Episode 9: Safe strong cohesive communities with Dilia Swart, Protection Approaches
Village In The City - June 23, 2022 08:48 - 46 minutesDilia 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 workin...
Episode 8: Building participation with Laura Puttkamer
Village In The City - May 05, 2022 11:27 - 34 minutesBuilding 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 Boo...
Episode 7: The Chatty Cafe Scheme
Village In The City - March 09, 2022 11:25 - 33 minutesLoneliness 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...
Episode 6: Community Development and Rekindling Democracy with Cormac Russell
Village In The City - January 11, 2022 09:08 - 53 minutesCormac 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 ge...
Episode 5: Engaging with churches with Rev Nick Bowry
Village In The City - November 03, 2021 18:04 - 34 minutesChurches 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....
Episode 4: The benefits of community with Sanderson Jones
Village In The City - June 03, 2021 10:54 - 31 minutesVillage 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 c...
Episode 3: Getting your village off the ground
Village In The City - March 24, 2021 18:28 - 41 minutesOn 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 starte...
Episode2: Village Building with Lara Celini
Village In The City - March 12, 2021 13:01 - 49 minutesOn 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 a...
Episode 1: The Village In The City Manifesto
Village In The City - March 12, 2021 13:01 - 39 minutesVillage 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 perspec...
Sheila Perry from the Federation of Citizens Association Ottawa
Walkable Ottawa - November 11, 2020 20:58 - 1 hourIn this episode, Sheila Perry explores how neighbourhoods can be improved, the City of Ottawa's direction on turning communities into affordable, vibrant places to live and just striking the right balance in creating a walkable lifestyle for Ottawa.
Robb Barnes Executive Director of Ecology Ottawa
Walkable Ottawa - November 11, 2020 19:18 - 48 minutesIn this third episode of our podcast, we are talking to Robb Barnes of Ecology Ottawa about Ottawa's climate emergency plan and the incredible potential of 15-minute communities to reduce car-dependency and GHG emissions.
Jason Burggraff Executive Director of Greater Ottawa Home Builders' Association
Walkable Ottawa - November 11, 2020 17:55 - 1 hourIn this episode, Jason talks about the future of the housing market from a builder's perspective, about building true 15-minute communities and all the pieces that need to be aligned in order for Ottawa to achieve this goal. Jason interprets the current zoning by-laws that shape our communities a...
Rosaline Hill of Walkable Ottawa
Walkable Ottawa - November 11, 2020 16:54 - 57 minutesIn this episode, Rosaline Hill, a successful Ottawa-based architect talks about the potential for creating 15-minute-neighbourhoods in Ottawa in the context of the New Official Plan being launched by the City of Ottawa in November 2020. The main objective of Walkable Ottawa is to improve our nei...
Welcome to Walkable Ottawa
Walkable Ottawa - November 04, 2020 18:40 - 38 secondsWalkable Ottawa's website.
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