by Alison Seabrooke | Nov 30, 2013 | CDF, Guest blog
Through my work at the Community Development Foundation (CDF), and my personal experience of setting up and running many community organisations and a large social enterprise, I know how powerful it can be when people come together with a vision of improving where...
by Alison Seabrooke | Oct 30, 2013 | CDF
Reflecting on the Remaking Cities Congress in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which took place in mid-October, I can honestly say it exceeded my expectations and surprised me in a number of ways. I felt privileged to have been invited to this second Congress, the first of...
by Alison Seabrooke | Oct 15, 2013 | CDF
This summer, out of the blue, I received an invitation to attend the Remaking Cities Congress in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I could only surmise how the invitation had found me. On the face of it, it appeared to be very much about buildings and the urban...
by Alison Seabrooke | May 31, 2013 | CDF
Cuts to welfare payments could deal another blow to struggling local economies, with the Government’s reform programme, which aims to move people off benefit and into jobs, taking an estimated £19 billion a year out of working age social security between now and 2015....
by Alison Seabrooke | Apr 30, 2013 | CDF
You may – or may not – know that CDF has been a grant funder for nearly 15 years and during this time we have provided funding to communities on behalf of many Government Departments. These include the Cabinet Office, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural...
