Paradigm shift: Preventing people from falling into the river in the first place
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OPINION: Should public services focus only on 'pulling people out of the water'? In the second of two blogs, Brendan O'Brien of Bluelight Consultancy describes Asset-Based Community Development, and how it can potentially prevent people from falling in the water in the first place.