Members of Nundah Community Enterprises Co-operative (NCEC) and coordinator Richard Warner will describe their work creating employment for a group of people society had left behind. Their talk will illustrate the significance of long-term community development in addressing deeply entrenched social issues - achieving a sense of control and ownership for those who most need it.
Speaking on the theme of 'Ownership' they will generously share from practical experience whilst illustrating the key principles underpinning their success. Their work begins with a deep respect for individuals, relies on values of mutuality and enterprise that underpin co-operative and utilize community level structures that enable people to contribute to decision making. It is transformative work on a range of levels and with lasting community impact. This was recently captured in a participatory research project by University of Queensland, which the presentation will refer to.
The result is meaningful relationships and long-term work, a way of life based in contribution to community and the sustainability of an award-winning enterprise - which has grown from informal jobs club to an impressive $800,000 a year business.
It is amazing to the people behind NCEC that a method that has such capacity to turn tables on entrenched social problems, seems barely to figure in the overall political landscape, so that almost every change in policy emerges as a potential threat to the small, the local and people-owned. We meet at the Community Development Conference to keep alive, renew and refresh a development tradition, in keeping with the legacy of Les Halliwell, of local people working locally for the benefit of themselves and others. http://www.ncec.com.au/about-ncec/
Speaking on the theme of 'Ownership' they will generously share from practical experience whilst illustrating the key principles underpinning their success. Their work begins with a deep respect for individuals, relies on values of mutuality and enterprise that underpin co-operative and utilize community level structures that enable people to contribute to decision making. It is transformative work on a range of levels and with lasting community impact. This was recently captured in a participatory research project by University of Queensland, which the presentation will refer to.
The result is meaningful relationships and long-term work, a way of life based in contribution to community and the sustainability of an award-winning enterprise - which has grown from informal jobs club to an impressive $800,000 a year business.
It is amazing to the people behind NCEC that a method that has such capacity to turn tables on entrenched social problems, seems barely to figure in the overall political landscape, so that almost every change in policy emerges as a potential threat to the small, the local and people-owned. We meet at the Community Development Conference to keep alive, renew and refresh a development tradition, in keeping with the legacy of Les Halliwell, of local people working locally for the benefit of themselves and others. http://www.ncec.com.au/about-ncec/