It was a bit warm out there today so Coco found water whenever he could. Good to bump into my running friend Matt a couple of time on the way round and as we got tea/coffee and toasties

Junior Club yesterday evening - table tennis, FIFA tournament, bead mosaic fidget spinners and then sport session this morning in partnership with @warwickshirecricketfoundation who led the cricket session - was a bit warm to be running round playing football with group of young people!

Really enjoyable round of golf with @simon.jay.9 and I actually played ok. Round in 90 which still want to get lower but struck the ball much better today.

Great to facilitate resident steering group conversation scrutinising community regeneration development engagement plan with lots of good suggestions, challenge and support

What a joy to be present at the AGM and Awards evening celebrating all those people who make a contribution to the building of community life. Some very moving moments as people described the impact on their lives of being part of this extended family including Change Makers

A great time at One Church with one of our RLC Co-Directors who’s the pastor and our amazing Sally preaching using the Beautitudes to comfort and challenge us to live radically in ways that this church already exemplifies. Followed by a Co-Directors meeting at the pub! .

Having travelled down by train on Saturday good to start my Sunday with coffee and doing some work on Brighton beach!

Just want to give a birthday shout out to these two amazing people who give me the privilege of letting me collaborate with them over many years. Paul and Fred thanks for your friendship, skills and passion for a more just world.

What a brilliant 40 miles this morning with @gearupcc at 18.5mph average which is the quickest I’ve done for ages. Bonus bumping into good friends at the coffee stop.

Fun evening at Junior Club. Some outdoor games, then choice of art, table tennis or play station. Fun Fridays!

Played absolutely rubbish today including not being able to get out of bunkers for love or money! Still 3 pars including hitting this 5 iron to 10 feet.

What an absolute privilege to spend time with these amazing people Conrad, @patriciaannewhite1, Charlie as we collaborate together on @econjusticebrum. News about our next gathering and events coming up!

Hope happens here! Great meeting with funder exploring how together we can keep making hope happen with and by our neighbourhood! Followed by planning a workshop developing a bid in another neighbourhood. #ABCDinaction

Really good games of squash (managed to win 3-1!) with @craigbird77 followed by curry and catch up on life and faith

Love the vision of these people post ABCD course for connecting and involving the local community here, many of whom struggle with isolation. So enjoy these coaching sessions

Really good meeting around community regeneration program I am part of facilitating around resident involvement and steering

Now that I’m playing more regularly need to put a bit more effort into practicing so popped to the driving range

A brilliant start to the week doing some coaching and accompanying over coffee and earl grey tea. Thinking ignited into the beginnings of some ideas around ABCD and the arts. Love it!

So proud of Emily being ordained and presiding. She’s a fantastic Board member of the wonderful charity I get to chair and here she’s pictured with the wonderful Project Director Martin (I wasn’t able to be there as but too far away!)

Lovely walk yesterday being glad that it was a bit less hot! Coco still needed water to lay in though. Nice stop for lunch and a chat

On Saturday it was a real privilege to facilitate the trustees away day for @the_springfield_project - am really enjoying accompanying this organisation in governance, strategy and practice as they develop their ABCD complimented by services approach

Great meeting to plan some facilitation I’m doing around homelessness and then spent much of the rest of the day trying to tackle at least some of my multiple email inboxes!

What an absolute privilege last night to drop into Crafty Queen session. She has done ABCD and Change Makers training with me and what a joy not only to see her project developing but how much more confident she is. Pleasure to hear and help think about what development might look like

That was the hottest (not in scoring!) game of golf I think I’ve ever played but really enjoyed it. Couple of pars and plenty of bogey golf in there. Still inconsistent but enjoying playing bit more regularly.

A great morning facilitating @loconomybrum Hidden Voices with some amazing insights from local residents. Shows what you can do if you work bottom up, not just active listening but relocating power and authority

Good to catch up with Thomas and get through a few emails yesterday afternoon

Love getting to accompany this wonderful organisation as they explore how community building/ABCD practice can increasingly be part of their work supplemented by place based service provision. Bit of planning around resourcing the work and planning an away day in facilitating. Bit of a warm cycle!

Loved this afternoons conversation and practical examples thanks to @better_story_ I went as myself but I also Co-Direct @redletters_uk and we have a new book out with app. We totally support these in the work they are doing to make our faith reflect Jesus in the way we interact with the world

Dad definitely was fed properly! Big thanks to my girls for taking me out for Father’s Day. Really grateful for them and making me feel valued and loved with great food!

Coco needed water and ice cream today as it was pretty warm and very humid

Night out with Mrs Evans. Anyone else seen the film as be interested what you made of it

Stopped off at Lichfield Cathedral today and someone had literally just got married so we wished them many congratulations. Little emotion - as they start out on their married journey made me reflect how grateful I am for being with Ria nearly 30 years down the line

Could of beers at the end of 40 miles on the bike with some of the wonderful @gearupcc

Just over 40 miles with @gearupcc at around 16.5mph with stop off for coffee by the beautiful Lichfield Cathedral

Youth club last night. Made cheesecakes, FIFA football tournament and crafts. Plus the wonderful evaluator Carol came to listen to young people. In particular they identified how much they’d grown in confidence because they come to club.

Facilitated the second of our Hidden Voices workshops and then cycled over to Moseley to support some dear friends with some tricky community work decisions. This work so often is life giving and impactful, sometimes we have to navigate tricky waters and a privilege to journey with in those times

If you’re local there’s still spaces to join us on Monday. Be part of co-creating a tool seeking Hidden Voices to be heard by landlords

Been mates with @pippiper64 for 28 years and was a trustee of @_osbd_ so unbelievably privileged to attend showing of @jo_inthewaterfilm that he directed. Story of a woman who simply wanted to swim in the sea without sewage from water companies. Visit the website www.jointhewater.com and go see it!

Wonderful time with the team at Worcester Community Trust with my colleague and friend Carol. Really insightful creative exercise looking at the ecosystem being nurtured collectively and around two ABCD Community Centres.

I get to work and be friends with amazing, wise people. So grateful for collaborations today with Jo, Fred and Carol on Community Treasure and Economic Justice respectively.

I confess to getting a bit emotional as Lewis crossed the line. Written off as being over the hill by many - but he’s flourishing in this cars with the new regulations #f1

Couple of train journeys today as I went from a great meeting with senior leaders in Coventry on the next steps of my ABCD journey with them and then helping facilitate community steering group away session stepping into the next phase of their journey

Lovely walk at Cannock Chase and doing some research in potential of bringing young people here to mountain bike

Friday afternoon and evening with this great organisation. Thinking through youth and families funding priorities and then did youth work session

Profound morning on Friday as our Treasure Tour travellers reflected on the two locations we visited. Thought about what insights we had and what that now meant in terms of what we now care enough about to take action with others. ABCD in action!

Great time white water rafting today. 4 runs down the course although we did have a couple of people end up in the water!

I’m going along to this. Important conversations www.betterstory.info/event-list

Great curry and conversation with the legend Rev @paulnash9363 - we are talking about possibly starting a monthly online space for exploring how we tell stores and explore faith and theology in the context of being present to the suffering and injustices of the world. Would anyone be interested?

Having been a little involved in initial conversations because I felt there was a lack of a structure to bring the voluntary, community and faith youth work practitioners, projects and organisations together, it was great to attend launch of Birmingham Youth Partnership. Well done steering group!

Spent whole day here with 3 different meetings/conversations with fantastic people. Building a movement of community builders through Community Treasure, how we’d do Camino pilgrimage in November, community regeneration planning for next phase of community engagement