The Community Development Podcast (@CommDevtPodcast)

Russell Todd
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A podcast about Community Development practice: | Promoting its value | Sharing its learning | Connecting its practitioners

  1. Ep. 55 - When Communities Can Be Part of the Problem in Community-Based Inclusive Development

    Jun 14

    Ep. 55 - When Communities Can Be Part of the Problem in Community-Based Inclusive Development

    This episode draws its title from a chapter written by Kenya-based academics and CD practitioners Daniel Muia, Stellah Masese and Boniface Munene Rufo, in the 2025 book: 'Community-Based Inclusive Development: An Introduction' (eds. Joerg Weber and Shaun Grech) on Palgrave Using disability as a lens through which to explore community based inclusive development Daniel, Stellah and Boniface discuss their work in northern Kenya that shows how communities can create exclusion of persons with disability via myths and misconceptions about disability. Myths and perceptions held by communities often adversely influence conceptualization of disability. Persons with disability often face violence and rejection by the same communities that ought to promote inclusivity. Stereotyping makes persons with disability feel incompetent, devalued and hence demotivated to participate in community-led activities. _________________________ Follow the podcast on Bluesky at: bsky.app/profile/cdpodcast.bsky.social Support the podcast on Patreon at www.patreon.com/TheCDPodcast Produced by Russell Todd (email: russell@russelltodd.cymru) My book Community Development, Social Action and Social Planning: A Practical Guide (co-written with Alan Twelvetrees) is available to order from Policy Press: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/community-development-social-action-and-social-planning-6e

    50 min
  2. Ep.54 - How the Left lost the working class with Joan C Williams (Modern Cockney Festival)

    Mar 3

    Ep.54 - How the Left lost the working class with Joan C Williams (Modern Cockney Festival)

    The 2026 Modern Cockney Festival kicked off with this compelling discussion with Prof Joan C Williams, from the University of California and author of the books 'White Working Class' and 'Outclassed: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America'. With kind permission of Andy Green, co-founder of Modern Cockney Festival, the talk has been made available to the podcast. The rest of the Festival's programme this March is here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/moderncockneyfestival/2060702 Follow the Modern Cockney Festival at: instagram.com/moderncockneyfestival/ www.moderncockneyfestival.co.uk _________________________ Follow the podcast on Bluesky at: bsky.app/profile/cdpodcast.bsky.social Support the podcast on Patreon at www.patreon.com/TheCDPodcast Produced by Russell Todd (email: russell@russelltodd.cymru) My book Community Development, Social Action and Social Planning: A Practical Guide (co-written with Alan Twelvetrees) is available to order from Policy Press: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/community-development-social-action-and-social-planning-6e

    49 min
  3. Ep.53 - Socio-spatial analysis with Ritva Vilppola

    Jan 9

    Ep.53 - Socio-spatial analysis with Ritva Vilppola

    This episode's guest is Ritva Vilppola. Originally from Aotearoa-New Zealand, Ritva now lives in The Netherlands, via Australia, and they discuss the intersection of architecture, design, and communities in different contexts: urban design, parks, resilience planning. To learn more about their practice you can email Ritva or contact them via LinkedIn: ritva.m.vilppola@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/ritvamaria-vilppola You can also hear more about Ritva's current work on the cross-section of community development and labour organising at the upcoming IACD 2026 Conference in Glasgow! Ritva and Russell discuss a range of intellectual influences, documents and texts related to socio-spatial scales: Jason Hickel, David Harvey, Samuel Stein, Jane Jacobs https://architecture-lobby.org/event/visit-organizing-the-lobby-at-the-2025-venice-biennale/ Community Work at Maleny Neighbourhood Centre o Disaster resilience: https://getreadymaleny.com.au/ and my fellowship project: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Organised_Editing/Activities/Maleny_Maps o Housing: https://issuu.com/hinterlandtimes/docs/ht_paper_oct_2022_emag/8 and https://gcnews.com.au/housing-stress-test/ o Community Forums: https://gcnews.com.au/strength-in-forums/ and https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6955728676592246786/ o Active Transport: https://www.sunshinecoastnews.com.au/2022/09/23/maleny-e-bikes/ Urban Design for Health and Wellbeing o https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6825988344275722240/ ________________________________ Follow the podcast on Bluesky at: bsky.app/profile/cdpodcast.bsky.social Support the podcast on Patreon at www.patreon.com/TheCDPodcast Produced by Russell Todd (email: russell@russelltodd.cymru) My book Community Development, Social Action and Social Planning: A Practical Guide (co-written with Alan Twelvetrees) is available to order from Policy Press: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/community-development-social-action-and-social-planning-6e

    51 min
  4. Ep.52 - Putting Freire Into Practice: The Gorgie-Dalry Adult Learning Project

    10/27/2025

    Ep.52 - Putting Freire Into Practice: The Gorgie-Dalry Adult Learning Project

    Stan Reeves joins the podcast in this episode to look back at the Adult Learning project that ran for a number of years from 1979 in Gorgie-Dalry in west Edinburgh. It very explicitly drew on the teachings and ideas of the Brazilian educator Paulo Freire (1921-1997). In 1989 a book was written about the ALP and subsequently re-published several times. It can be accessed here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-6091-552-9 Music credit: Robert Fish Band - '2/4 Marches (Gay Gordons)': https://youtu.be/A7OgOnDJeqI?si=MnfZRVDasn7Sg5ZC ________________________________ Follow the podcast on Bluesky at: bsky.app/profile/cdpodcast.bsky.social Support the podcast on Patreon at www.patreon.com/TheCDPodcast Produced by Russell Todd (email: russell@russelltodd.cymru) My book Community Development, Social Action and Social Planning: A Practical Guide (co-written with Alan Twelvetrees) is available to order from Policy Press: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/community-development-social-action-and-social-planning-6e

    1h 20m
  5. Ep.51 - COMING SOON: The CAER Heritage Podcast

    09/01/2025

    Ep.51 - COMING SOON: The CAER Heritage Podcast

    Later this week the National Centre for Co-ordinating Public Engagement (NCCPE) will release the first episodes in a brand new podcast series that Russell has produced all about the CAER Heritage project in Ely and Caerau in Cardiff, Wales. This is a short excerpt from episode 5 in which Dr Dave Wyatt, one of CAER's founders, gives a flavour of what the series covers. ________________________________ Follow the podcast on Bluesky at: bsky.app/profile/cdpodcast.bsky.social Support the podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TheCDPodcast Produced by Russell Todd (email: russell@russelltodd.cymru) My book Community Development, Social Action and Social Planning: A Practical Guide (co-written with Alan Twelvetrees) is available to order from Policy Press: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/community-development-social-action-and-social-planning-6e

    4 min
  6. Ep.50 - "Being the change you want you to see": Youth-led action with the Grange Youth Forum

    08/05/2025

    Ep.50 - "Being the change you want you to see": Youth-led action with the Grange Youth Forum

    For episode 50 Russell heads to Cardiff's Grangetown district in the south of the city to chat with two of the founders of Grange Pavilion's Youth Forum (GPYF) - Nirushan Sudarsan and Shoruk Nekeb. They tell the story of GPYF's origins as a project within the wider Community Gateway project in Grangetown, a long-term community-university civic mission project. They also give a flavour of some of its activities and how GPYF acts as a crucible for discussions about global citizenship, resistance and organising for young people. We also hear from other members of GPYF: Eleeza, Mahima and Amira. You can find out more Grange Pavilion Youth Forum: instagram.com/gpyouthforum/ https://grangepavilion.wales/youth-forum-page/ To learn more about the Community Gateway project: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/community/our-local-community-projects/community-gateway ________________________________ Follow the podcast on Bluesky at: bsky.app/profile/cdpodcast.bsky.social Support the podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TheCDPodcast Produced by Russell Todd (email: russell@russelltodd.cymru) My book Community Development, Social Action and Social Planning: A Practical Guide (co-written with Alan Twelvetrees) is available to order from Policy Press: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/community-development-social-action-and-social-planning-6e

    1h 1m
  7. Ep.49 - Cross-border community collaboration in Ireland

    07/21/2025

    Ep.49 - Cross-border community collaboration in Ireland

    For this episode the podcast returns to Ireland and specifically the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland at Derry where Caitriona Mullan is based, and which has featured in the academic work of Dr Giada Lagana. Caitriona is a Derry native and has specialised in cross-border collaboration and policy across Europe in her career in European Union (EU) Affairs, Regional Development, Local Government, Health & Social Care and Communities policy. Giada is a Leverhulme Postdoctoral Fellow & Lecturer in Politics at Cardiff University. Giada's 2021 book 'The European Union and the Northern Ireland Peace Process' on Palgrave outlines the European Union’s approach to conflict resolution and peacebuilding in Northern Ireland. It is available here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-59117-5 Giada and Catriona discuss the importance of not only the EU in the peace process in Northern Ireland but the role of communities and community leaders, in particular women, in ensuring that that policy framework is complemented by community dialogue and collaboration. You can follow Catriona at: x.com/catrionamullan linkedin.com/in/caitriona-mullan-4a46234 You can follow Giada at: linkedin.com/in/giada-lagana-035474159 https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/laganag The Irish Association of Contemporary European Studies website is: https://www.iaces.ie/ Follow the podcast on Bluesky at: https://bsky.app/profile/cdpodcast.bsky.social ________________________________ Produced by Russell Todd (russell@russelltodd.cymru) My book Community Development, Social Action and Social Planning: A Practical Guide (co-written with Alan Twelvetrees) is available to order from Policy Press: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/community-development-social-action-and-social-planning-6e

    1h 13m
  8. Ep.48 - Introducing the CAER Heritage podcast

    07/02/2025

    Ep.48 - Introducing the CAER Heritage podcast

    A quick introduction to a short podcast series all about the CAER Heritage project in Cardiff, civic mission and how universities and communities can work together. Subscribe to https://soundcloud.com/nccpe-bristol where the series will be hosted by the National Centre for Co-ordinating Public Engagement (NCCPE). ________________________________ Produced by Russell Todd (russell@russelltodd.cymru) My book Community Development, Social Action and Social Planning: A Practical Guide (co-written with Alan Twelvetrees) is available to order from Policy Press: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/community-development-social-action-and-social-planning-6e

    2 min
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