Children, Families and Communities : Creating and Sustaining Integrated Services
by Broadhead, Pat; Meleady, Chrissy; Delgado, Marco AntonioEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-12-01
Publisher(s): Open University Press
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Summary
This book draws on the work of Sheffield Children's Centre, a well-known community cooperative which is recognized worldwide for its cutting edge approach and models of good practice that have emerged from community participation.
Author Biography
Pat Broadhead is Professor of Playful Learning at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.
. .Chrissie Meleady is Chief Executive of Early Years Equality, founding member, previous Head of Centre and ex Chair of the Management Committee of Sheffield Children's Centre, UK.
..Marco A. Delgado is working in Mexico for a Non Government Organisation called ACUDE - translated as 'Towards a Democratic Society'..
Table of Contents
| Series editors' preface | p. vii |
| Foreword | p. ix |
| A note on the authors | p. xiii |
| Acknowledgements | p. xvi |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The evolution of Sheffield Children's Centre: developing a project identity | p. 6 |
| Valuing children means valuing families | p. 23 |
| A community co-operative: growing and sustaining the services, and the tensions in being a cutting-edge provider | p. 42 |
| Diversity as a cornerstone of centre development | p. 60 |
| International networks and global justice: a reciprocal highway for ongoing evolution | p. 77 |
| From cradle to grave for children, families and communities: understanding the holistic dynamic | p. 93 |
| References | p. 111 |
| Index | p. 115 |
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