Neighbourhood Transformation: ABCD

Assets Based Community Development

• Use community resources
• Treat relationships as assets
• Mobilization of Community assets
• Identify “Invisible” assets
• Community driven economic development
• People better than programs to engage & create relationships
• Not problem based
• Connects people’s need with assets from within their community
• Asks questions of people
• Intentional
• Dialogue of what is there already – “Web” of gifts & assets
• Discovery of assets, gifts, skills
• Church initiated but “non-threatening”

5 Key Elements of ABCD

1. Individuals & their gifts
2. Associations
3. Institutions
4. Physical Assets
5. Connections

SOCIAL CAPITAL:  Synergy – reciprocal, allows success through relationships