Slides to the Zoom webinar presentation by Pat Kane to Development Trust Northern Ireland (DTNI), on 12 May, 2020. Biog on the presentation at The Alternative UK here - https://www.thealternative.org.uk/dailyalternative/2020/5/10/dtni-trusted-to-develop-us. For more, contact Pat at www.patkane.global

1. TRUSTED TO
DEVELOP US?
How
Community
Development
Trusts Can
Respond To –
and Thrive In –
Our Current
Crises
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THE STATE WE’VE GOTTEN INTO
COMMUNITY & DEVELOPMENT
TRUSTS HAVE “RESOURCES FOR
HOPE”
WHAT THE FUTURE ASKS OF
CDT’S…
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A gathering crisis of
voice, power and
“control”
THE STATE WE’VE
GOTTEN INTO
Crash 2007-8
Coalition 2010
Indyref 2014
“Take Back Control” 2016
Stormont Collapse 2017
“Get Brexit Done” 2019
Maps from Bob Taylor, 2016 result

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A gathering crisis of voice,
power and “control”
THE STATE WE’VE
GOTTEN INTO
If many citizens wanted
to “take back control”
from higher politics, did
they turn back towards
the local level? Yes—but
not always away from
the global…

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A gathering crisis of
voice, power and
“control”
THE STATE WE’VE
GOTTEN INTO
…And the “Not In My
Back Yard populists”
never really landed
politically…

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A gathering crisis of
voice, power and
“control”
THE STATE WE’VE
GOTTEN INTO
Civil Society, social
enterprise, place-making,
solidarity economics, adult
learning, development/land
trusts, municipalism…
weaving better community
fabric, 1960s to 2020

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A
gathering
crisis of
voice,
power and
“control”
THE
STATE
WE’VE
GOTTEN
INTO

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“INFECTIOUS
DISEASES”“What we learn in a time of pestilence:
that there are more things to admire in
men and women than to despise”
“Once the faintest stirring of hope
became possible, the dominion of
plague was ended.”
Camus, ‘The Plague’

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A gathering crisis of
voice, power and
“control”
THE STATE WE’VE
GOTTEN INTO
Covid-19 urges us to
make new stories that
links the global, the
national, the local and
the personal. Which
ones will succeed?
“I” “WE” “WORLD”
Protect
&
survive
Embrace
&
Regenerate
… OR WHAT OTHER STORY? “Cope and Rebuild”?

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A gathering crisis of
voice, power and
“control”
THE STATE WE’VE
GOTTEN INTO
Covid-19 urges us to
make new stories that
links the global, the
national, the local and
the personal. Which
ones will succeed? “Sustainable Lifestyles 2050” – Demos Helsinki (PDF)
“BOUNCE BACK” OR “FORWARD”? OR “BEYOND?”

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THE STATE WE’VE GOTTEN INTO
COMMUNITY & DEVELOPMENT
TRUSTS HAVE “RESOURCES FOR
HOPE”
WHAT THE FUTURE ASKS OF
CDT’S…

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“To be truly
radical is to make
hope possible
rather than
despair
convincing.”
Raymond Williams
What “resources for
hope” can
community/land/
development trusts
bring, in this
Corona-defined
era?
Plenty…
COMM. DEVELOPMENT TRUSTS HAVE “RESOURCES FOR HOPE”

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A historic legacy
of credibility
and authenticity
in building
grassroots
power, by
creating assets
for habitation
and economic
activity
“I” “WE” “WORLD”COMM. DEVELOPMENT TRUSTS HAVE “RESOURCES FOR HOPE”
• “Settlement” movement (Octavia Hill, 1920s)
• “Community association” movement (1960s/70s)
• Area-led regeneration 1990s – development trusts
maintain the legacy of improvements
Granby Four Streets CLT
- builds on a range of existing
radical traditions (Spanish
anarchists in 30s, strong
BAME community, Assemble
as creative partners, guerrilla
gardeners…)

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Material,
physical, built
assets – the
”ground” on/
“space” in
which to build
alternative
models
“”
STEWARDSHIP not
Ownership
---How can these
assets (buildings and
spaces) support
charities, social
enterprises, arts
practice… a “multitude
of tenures”… and
structure themselves to
persist in communities
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Material,
physical, built
assets – the
”ground” on/
“space” in
which to build
alternative
models
MULTI-PURPOSE not
Only Property
---
Development/Commu
nity Trusts that get
involved in
training/educating,
self-development, food
production…
…HUMANS being the
ultimate “asset”
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A good tension
in Development
Trusts between
“pulling” -
communities
demanding
assets – and UK
Gov “pushing”
assets towards
them
“too many
unwanted,
unloved,
undermanaged
buildings…?”
PUSH
…But are they a
new “commons”
in waiting?
COMM. DEVELOPMENT TRUSTS HAVE “RESOURCES FOR HOPE”

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THE STATE WE’VE GOTTEN INTO
COMMUNITY & DEVELOPMENT
TRUSTS HAVE “RESOURCES FOR
HOPE”
WHAT THE FUTURE ASKS OF
CDT’S…

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WHAT THE
FUTURE ASKS OF
COMMUNITY &
DEVELOPMENT
TRUSTS…
Where can new
concepts of economic
and social “value” be
tested, made practical
and attractive to
communities?
“THE FUTURE’S HERE… JUST NOT EVENLY
DISTRIBUTED” – William Gibson
WHEN YOU GET THE
BASIC TOOLS…

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WHAT THE
FUTURE ASKS OF
COMMUNITY &
DEVELOPMENT
TRUSTS…
Where can new
concepts of economic
and social “value” be
tested, made practical
and attractive to
communities?
…THERE ARE MANY “NEW ECONOMY”
EXPERIMENTS, NEEDING “COMMUNITIES
OF TRUST” TO WORK…

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WHAT THE
FUTURE ASKS OF
COMMUNITY &
DEVELOPMENT
TRUSTS…
Who can communities
trust to develop
them? Themselves!
Who can help that
happen? Where can it
happen?
DT’s HAVE THE BUILDINGS FOR “BILDUNG”
When we can meet together,
again… where does the “folk
education” – in practical self-
provision and resilience –
actually happen? That can
calibrate local needs and
global urgencies and trends?

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WHAT THE
FUTURE ASKS OF
COMMUNITY &
DEVELOPMENT
TRUSTS…
How can CDT’s
contribute to the
discussion about “new
politics”- whether
thru representatives,
advocacy…
FLATPACK DEMOCRACY—Friendly
“independent” candidates
“Think-and-do tank” – strong
policy force in Scottish parliament

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WHAT THE
FUTURE ASKS OF
COMMUNITY&
DEVELOPMENT
TRUSTS…
How can CDT’s
contribute to the
discussion about “new
politics”- whether
thru representatives,
advocacy…
THE ALTERNATIVE
UK SEEKS TO BUILD
”CITIZEN ACTION
NETWORKS” (OR
CANs) FOR 18MTH…
…THEN
CITIZENS
ACTING AS
NETWORKS
EMERGE
EVERYWHERE
OUT OF COVID

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WHAT THE
FUTURE ASKS OF
COMMUNITY&
DEVELOPMENT
TRUSTS…
How can CDT’s
contribute to the
discussion about “new
politics”- whether
thru representatives,
advocacy…
THE UNDERLYING THEORY
REQUIRED INVENTING A NEW
TENSE FOR AN OLD WORD…
• institute (v.): Introduce or establish (a scheme, undertaking,
or policy)
• institute (n.): An organization having a particular purpose,
especially one that is involved with science, education, or a
specific profession.
• constitute (v.): to cause to stand, set up, fix, place, establish,
set in order; form something new; resolve
• constitute (n.): an organisation/network that aims to contain
a range of forces and actors, using appropriate structures to
express their ambitions and manifest their projects

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WHAT THE
FUTURE ASKS OF
COMMUNITY&
DEVELOPMENT
TRUSTS…
How do CDTs relate
to the commoning
movement and
worldview?
COMMONS IS
NOT “STATE” OR
“MARKET”. IT’S –
A SHARED
RESOURCE,
(CLICK & BRICK),
ACTIVELY
MANAGED BY
COMMUNITIES,
RESTING ON
RITUALS OF
TRUST AND
TRADITION
IDEAL FOR CDT’S?
THEY’VE SKILLS,
RESOURCES…
ELINOR OSTROM DAVID BOLLIER

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WHAT THE
FUTURE ASKS OF
COMMUNITY&
DEVELOPMENT
TRUSTS…
How do CDTs relate
to the commoning
movement and
worldview?
WILL THERE EVEN
BE A “POST”-
COVID?
SUPPLY-CHAINS
SHORTENED,
CONSUMERISM
CHANGED… WHO
STARTS DOING
THAT?
P2P TALKS OF
COSMO-LOCALISM
- ”DESIGN GLOBAL,
BUILD LOCAL”

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WHAT THE
FUTURE ASKS OF
COMMUNITY&
DEVELOPMENT
TRUSTS…
What does a
virtual/actual
resilience look like…?
…If we’re never really
”POST”-Covid?
CASTELLS: “REAL VIRTUALITY” (1995)
• HOW CAN SOCIABILITY/MUTUAL AID BE
CONTINUOUS BETWEEN ACTUAL AND
VIRTUAL SPACE? WHAT WILL
ECONOMY, DEMOCRACY, CARE LOOK
LIKE? (TO ZOOM AND BEYOND…)

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WHAT THE
FUTURE ASKS OF
COMMUNITY &
DEVELOPMENT
TRUSTS…
Is there a “localism to
come” in Northern
Ireland – CDT’s
making a case for
structural reform?
UK HAS A
RECENT
“LOCALIST”
PROCESS, AT ALL
LEVELS…
NI SEEMS TO BE
BEHIND – EG N.I.
COUNCILS’
CONTROL ONLY
4% OF SPENDING
(SCOTLAND +
WALES 27%)
WHO CAN
DEMONSTRATE TO
LEGISLATORS,
PRACTICALLY AND
POWERFULLY, WHY
COMMUNITIES
SHOULD DEVELOP
THEIR OWN ASSETS?
WHO CAN WE TRUST
TO DEVELOP US?

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INDEED?

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DEVELOP US?
How
Community &
Development
Trusts Can
Respond To –
and Thrive In –
Our Current
CrisesPATKANE.GLOBAL
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