Community Development | Dr Andrew Leigh: The Importance of Social Capital in Building Communities

Politician and author, Dr Andrew Leigh speaks with Chris Barry from Communities@Work about the importance of social capital in building citizen-driven communities and his work in helping organisations cross-pollinate these ideas.

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About Communities@Work

Communities@Work is Canberra’s largest not-for-profit community organisation, working to enrich the lives of people in our community in life changing ways.

With over 42 years working and living in the Canberra community, Communities@Work delivers positive educational outcomes, and creates resilient, sustainable and socially inclusive communities across the ACT and capital region, building better futures for the Canberra community through a variety of services and programs including community development.
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Community Development

Communities@Work’s Community Development program uses a strengths-based approach called Asset Based Community Development (ABCD), which empowers individuals to participate in and co-design their local community. Our initiatives focus on sustainability and resilience, working to deliver powerful and positive outcomes that are meaningful and long lasting.

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The Power to the People Conference

In 2019, Communities@Work partnered with the Bank of I.D.E.A.S to deliver the popular and successful ‘Power to the People’ conference in Canberra, which brought together speakers and attendees from around Australia and internationally, all passionate about building citizen-driven communities with an Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) approach.

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