Written by Michelle Dunscombe The last few months have been challenging for me as the current disastrous bushfires burn across my beautiful Australian landscape from bush to beach. At times I have been catapulted back to February 2009, when my own community faced the full ferocity of Black Saturday. An event that changed me, my…
Based on reflections of the concept of The Natural and the Open from The Apparatus, by Giorgio Agamben Written by: Dee Brooks The overview of Conscious Co-Design (CCD) offers a space for inquiry and conscious decision making when practically applying a number of community engagement and development frameworks, including their practices, processes, patterns and guiding…
Download December Newsletter Everyone at Jeder Institute would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy healthy and productive 2020. Jeder Yarns is our new look newsletter to share stories, let you know about training opportunities and more. We hope you enjoy this first edition. We will be coming to you every…
Written by Charlotte Saunders, Behaviour Support Practitioner Due Date: December 2019 Publish Date: December 2019 According to the Human Rights Commission, international law, and national law, we all have the right to make choices for ourselves and have control over our own lives. This includes (but is not limited to) making decisions we feel are…
Ethan grew up in Sydney’s inner west where he also went to school. He is a young man living with Autism and a moderate intellectual disability, but that doesn’t stop his from living his best life. A few years ago, Ethan and his Mother Claudia made a sea change and moved to the Illawarra region.…
A Jeder Institute Project Written by Aleks Jovanovic Due Date: December 2019 Publish Date: December 2019 The music in you “There’s a musician and an artist in all of us.” – AJ Jeder Institute members Aleks Jovanovic and Mark have set out to explore the power of music by looking for people who…
Art of Participatory Community Building – East Sussex 2019 Date: 9th – 21st June 2019 Location: East Sussex Core Team: Dee Brooks, Michelle Dunscombe, Jackie Saul-Hunt (Rother Voluntary Action), Terry Hume and Jen Walls (East Sussex County Council), & Julia Roberts (Culture Shift) Many of the challenges faced by individuals and communities require transformational change,…
“A comparison study was undertaken between the asset-based community-led development (ABCD) approaches versus the traditional needs-based approach to community development relating to community leadership
