Abstract Over recent years, resilient attitudes and behaviour are widely seen within the Global North to be potential solutions community developmental challenges. Although greater international emphasis is being placed on ‘bottom up’ approaches, learning from existing levels of resilience among communities such as residents in informal settlements has aroused limited attention. Instead analysis tends concentrate multitude environmental, economic social problems that many share...

This study examines how residents of Kibera, an multi-ethnic informal settlement and opposition stronghold in Nairobi, Kenya, understood negotiated political instability the run up to, during, contested elections 2017. Much scholarship on election violence has been gender-blind, ignoring ways which gender roles shape experiences but also nature conflict. When women's during conflict war are considered, it is typically relation to sexual violence. By contrast, our gendered across multiple...

Abstract Therapeutic photography is the practice of using in order to explore issues and reach defined outcomes with people who use services. It has been deemed be an accessible tool which can have a positive impact on self-esteem, self-efficacy empowerment. Using interpretive phenomenological analysis, this research analyses observations focus group feedback from participants receiving support third-sector organisation for mental health issues. Specifically, data were analysed look at how...

Empowerment is an often used concept and the work of Paulo Freire has helped to define application outcomes approaches. The researchers visited Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, during periods political activity which had previously resulted violence. Community members identified strategies employed attempt curtail heightened risk. These factors were analysed evaluate whether empowerment, as espoused by Freire, was still relevant community development work. multi-faceted highlighted that they...

Adult safeguarding is a complex area of social work and requires the practitioner to draw upon many skills as they engage with challenges referrals, information gathering, multi-agency working asserting rights adult at centre each case whilst striving for best outcome. The Safeguarding Practice Handbook by Spreadbury Hubbard an attempt bring focus this valuable practice aims guide practitioners through some that may be encountered in work. book well laid out Chapter 1 gives overview scope...