Tag Archives: Video

Song for Sunday – Sing Gently

Posted on 26 July 2020 by Graeme Stuart

The actual song is under 3.5 minutes, but the video is over 10 minutes. Most of it is listing the 17,572 singers from 129 countries who come together to perform Eric Whitacre’s “Sing Gently”. If you liked this post please … Continue reading →

Posted in Song for Sunday | Tagged Choral music, Songs, Video | 1 Comment

Song for Sunday – Heal Together

Posted on 19 July 2020 by Graeme Stuart

It’s been over four years since I posted a song for Sunday so one is well over due. I’m in the process of updating a couple of online courses I teach and I’m wanting to have a greater focus on … Continue reading →

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SNUG: retreats connecting families

Posted on 17 December 2019 by Graeme Stuart

A brief video and a bit of an overview of SNUG: retreats connection families caring for a child with a rare health condition. Continue reading →

Posted in Families & parenting, Family Action Centre | Tagged Community engagement, Family Action Centre, Rare conditions, Strengths-based practice, Video | Leave a comment

Upcycle Newcastle – video

Posted on 24 November 2019 by Graeme Stuart

A short video about Upcycle Newcastle. Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental sustainability | Tagged Environmental sustainability, Sustainability, Transition Newcastle, Upcycle Newcastle, Upcycling, Video | 3 Comments

Dear Mister Prime Minister: Are you listening?

Posted on 21 September 2019 by Graeme Stuart

Here is the powerful speech given by Alexa Stuart at the Newcastle Global Climate Strike attended by around 10,000 people. Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental sustainability | Tagged Climate change, Environmental sustainability, Personal, Video | 6 Comments

An introduction to strengths-based practice (a video lecture)

Posted on 7 June 2019 by Graeme Stuart

An introductory lecture on strengths-based practice I prepared for students in a course on engaging families and communities. In it I outline 8 principles of strengths-based practice. Continue reading →

Posted in Families & parenting, Strengths-based approaches & ABCD, Working with communities | Tagged ABCD, Asset based community development, For students, Strengths-based approaches, Strengths-based practice, Video, Working with communities, Working with families | 4 Comments

A video introducing asset-based community development (ABCD)

Posted on 15 October 2018 by Graeme Stuart

This is a brief introduction to ABCD—asset-based community development (or asset-based community-led development)—produced by The Calabash Trust in South Africa. I like how it discusses the idea that the health of our minds and hearts affect our material well-being. Too much … Continue reading →

Posted in Strengths-based approaches & ABCD, Working with communities | Tagged ABCD, Asset based community development, Community development, For students, Video | 2 Comments

Transition Newcastle – some videos we used to spark an evening of conversation

Posted on 29 March 2018 by Graeme Stuart

At a recent Transition Newcastle evening one of our members (Stuart Carter) led us in evening of conversations around the idea of a new story for a Living Earth. After each video we had small group conversations about our reaction to the … Continue reading →

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An example of asset-based community development

Posted on 2 August 2017 by Graeme Stuart

Asset-based community-driven development (ABCD) is built on four foundations (Kretzmann, 2010; Kretzmann & McKnight, 1993; Mathie & Cunningham, 2003): It focuses on community assets and strengths rather than problems and needs It identifies and mobilises individual and community assets, skills … Continue reading →