Hi all, this is Podcast Conversation #1 (26 minutes) on my latest book - Three Rivers Flowing ... thanks Rachael RD podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter…

Have you registered for the Worlds Premier Community Development event of 2023? We are excited to invite practitioners, academics, governments, NGOs & community workers &organisers to join us in Darwin for 3 amazing days wcdc2023fromtheedge.org.au/registrations/ #WCDC2023 #larrakiacountry #Darwin

Just in case anyone wants to watch the Brisbane book launch of Three Rivers Flowing - a fab conversation with Lynda Shevellar: youtube.com/watch?v=heZKgj…

This is the fifth and final episode of the Three Rivers Flowing series - an audio only of the 18th April Brisbane book launch in conversation with Dr Lynda Shevellar. It's a blast: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter…

Hi all, here's the 2nd conversation with Richard Warner @nundahcoop about the Nundah Community Enterprises Cooperative 25 year social enterprise and community development journey. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter…

Cornel Hart reviews "Does community development work? Stories and practice for reconstructed community development in South Africa", edited by Peter Westoby and Lucius Botes, in our July '23 issue buff.ly/3PivHDh #CDJ #BookReviews

[OPEN-ACCESS] Sarah Banks, Lynda Shevellar & Pradeep Narayanan contributed the Editorial for Vol. 58, Issue 1, setting the scene for exploring community development practice through an ethical lens, and embedding ethics in everyday practice buff.ly/43ia5Ml #CDJ #Ethics

Cornel Hart reviews "Does community development work? Stories and practice for reconstructed community development in South Africa", edited by Peter Westoby and Lucius Botes, in our July '23 issue buff.ly/3PivHDh #CDJ #BookReviews

Thank you for this. People please read. Take it on to your hearts and souls

You are invited to attend the last Care Together Social Care Community of Practice webinar for 2023, where we will lift the lid on the first three Care Together projects. Discover the goals of the projects and the challenges they aim to address. Register: caretogether.coop/events-educati…

Peter Westoby reviews "Rekindling Democracy: A Professional’s Guide to Working in Citizen Space" by Cormac Russell in our October '23 special issue buff.ly/40fMiNn #CDJ #BookReviews

Peter Westoby and co-authors present a story of community development practice within paediatric palliative care and the bereavement space, and how participatory CD is amplified and reified through phenomenological reflective practice buff.ly/3u5CxFv #CDJ

Thanks 🙏

We would like to extend our sincere thanks for your support of the Care Together Program this year. May this holiday season bring joy to you and your loved ones. Our offices close on 21 December and reopen on 15 January 2024. We greatly look forward to working with you in 2024.

"Housing co-operatives are a growing trend in Australia, with approximately 8,000 people living in co-ops around the country." - Urban Development Institute of Australia's magazine The Urbanist. cstu.io/5c38b9 #CollaborativeHousing #CooperativeHousing #TheFutureOfHousing

To= everything done, is to us & without us. (Medical Model) For= everything done, is done for us; without us. (Charity Model) With= nothing for us without us. (Social Model/Coproduction/Co-design, Asset-based approaches) By= done by us for us. (Asset-based Community Development)

Great news from Canada about government support for affordable housing co-ops. Housing co-ops give people the security and autonomy of home ownership. We look forward to working with the Australian government to increase co-op housing in Australia. youtu.be/yUdPdgHROoo

Care Together's Gillian McFee (Program Director) and Dr Peter Westoby (he/him) (Co-op Development Adviser) recently met with local stakeholders in Wagin, Western Australia to explore how co-operative care models could support their community. #CareTogether #Wagin

Peter Westoby and co-authors present a story of community development practice within paediatric palliative care and the bereavement space, and how participatory CD is amplified and reified through phenomenological reflective practice buff.ly/3NA2R1r #CDJ

Cornel Hart reviews "Does community development work? Stories and practice for reconstructed community development in South Africa", edited by Peter Westoby and Lucius Botes, in our July '23 issue buff.ly/48Xtkyf #CDJ #BookReviews