This film is the third of 5 films about community building. This looks at labels, gifts and more ‘lessons’ as to how we can engage with communities. It includes the story of the Stone Soup, how a group of homeless men started cooking in the soup kitchen and a volunteer who helped improve a creek for salmon.

For other films go to: https://stroudcommunity.tv/stone-soup/

Jim Diers has kindly given permission to publish parts of his talk – the discussion and more is not part of this film but I hope it still gives a good flavour of Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) and a great reminder to those of us fortunate enough to be on the course.

You can hear more about the projects in Gloucestershire from the Barnwood Trust: http://www.barnwoodtrust.org/

To find out more about You’re Welcome and see what’s happening near you visit www.yourewelcome.to

More about Jim Diers and the ABCD Institute at: http://www.abcdinstitute.org/faculty/diers/

More about ABCD: http://nurturedevelopment.org/

And a great blog about these issues: http://nurturedevelopment.wordpress.com/