by Alison Seabrooke | Nov 7, 2018 | Article, Personal, Report
In October 2018 I concluded a report for Sutton Coldfield Town Council, to consider the health and wellbeing needs of its population of around 100,000 and how a community development and engagement approach could help address local priorities. The Town Council was...
by Alison Seabrooke | Mar 31, 2017 | Article, CDF
Getting real Professional impact of closure There’s not much you can write about an organisation that has closed, other than to note that a year has passed quickly. The Community Development Foundation was around for nearly 50 years and, since it ceased trading on 31...
by Alison Seabrooke | Nov 30, 2016 | Article
It’s often said that the greatest gift you can possess in life is good health. Many of us take our health for granted, that is until something creeps up on us or worse, hits us out of the blue. It might not be our own health that is affected but someone close to us...
by Alison Seabrooke | Apr 12, 2016 | Academic article
Devolution could be transformational if leaders have long-term vision We are constantly told that devolution is needed to give power back to local communities. While an admirable statement, it implies that communities are currently disengaged and unable to offect...
by Alison Seabrooke | Nov 26, 2015 | Guest blog
When philosopher Desiderius Erasmus said Prevention is better than cure, I doubt he thought we would still be stating the obvious over 500 years later. Chapter two of the NHS Five Year Forward View is dedicated to ‘Getting serious about prevention’ and creating a ‘new...
