This document contains information about Nurture Development, including their offices in the UK and Ireland. It discusses the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) approach, moving from deficit thinking to focusing on community strengths and assets. It outlines the six building blocks of ABCD and different levels of helping communities from relief to community building. Contact information is provided at the end.

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Nurture Development
UK Office
2.2 Montpellier House
Montpellier Drive
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
GL50 1TY
UK
Tel: +44 (0)1242 223 877
Nurture Development
Irish Office
Nurture Development
91 Bird Avenue
Clonskeagh
Dublin 14
Ireland
Tel: +353 87 928 0998
http://nurturedevelopment.org/
@NurtureDev
info@nurturedevelopment.org

2. “There are no unsacred places;
there are only sacred places and
desecrated places.”
― Wendell Berry,
Given

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4. Kulin

6. Six Building Block
• Gifts, Skills and Passions of local residents
• The power of local associations
• The resources of institutions
• The environmental assets
• The economic resources
• The cultural assets (stories of the place)

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10. Deficit Thinking
©CormacRussell
ABCD Institute, 2013
Speciality Diagnosis Reaction
Education
Social Work
Corrections
Behaviourism
Medicine
Psychopatholo
gy
Disruptive
Dysfunctional
Delinquent
Disordered
Diseased
Disturbed
Reprimand, suspend, expel
Intake, manage, discharge
Adjudicate, punish,
incarcerate
Assess, conditioning, time
out
Diagnose, drug, hospitalise
Test, treat, restrain

11. “It is a misuse of our
power to take
responsibility for solving
problems that belong to
others.”
(Peter Block)

12. ©CormacRussell
ABCD Institute, 2013
Glass
half
full

13. Classic needs map
©CormacRussell
ABCD Institute, 2013
Racial tension/hate crimes High crime rates. Significant
fear among older people
High levels of ADHD
Smoking
related
Heart disease
Respiratory
difficulties
Obesity across
The life course
High levels of drug and
Alcohol use.
High unemployment Poor educational attainment
Poor housing/environmental issues
High
morbidity
Anti social
behaviour
Gender
inequality

14. ©CormacRussell
ABCD Institute, 2013
Many of our
solutions are
not fit for
purpose

17. Helping 1.0
Relief

18. Helping 2.0
Rehabilitation

19. Helping 3.0
Advocacy

20. Helping 4.0
Community Building

21. Relief Rehab
Advocacy
Community
Building

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24. “Whether we and our politicians
know it or not, Nature is party to all
our deals and decisions, and she
has more votes, a longer memory,
and a sterner sense of justice than
we do.”
Wendell Berry

25. Contact us:
info@nurturedevelopment.o
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