Our Work

We deliver community and economic development.

We offer a range of organisational management, economic and community development services to assist organisations to sustain their activity.

Capacity Building and Organisational Development

Training and Capacity Building

We offer training and support to communities on a range of areas from training residents as community researchers to supporting groups on areas such as roles and responsibilities and communication.

Addressing Serious Youth Violence

Working with the Greater London Assembly on serious youth violence and working with Big Local areas on how this can be addressed by working together across agencies.

CB1 Community

We work with stakeholders on the CB1 Estate in Cambridge both in the initial facilitation of workshops for stakeholders and now in continuing community engagement work on the mixed use estate.

Local Trust

Big Local Rep for Wormley and Turnford, the Barnfield Estate in Greenwich, Farley Hill in Luton and Elthorne.

Grahame Park Theory of Change

We worked with WSA Community Consultants to develop and pilot a Theory of Change for Grahame Park regeneration involving community groups and stakeholders.

Community Hubs

We have worked with various partners on community centres and community hubs whether it is developing new hubs or working with existing hubs to support organisational development.

Bang Edutainment

We worked with Bang Edutainment to evaluate their NoLimitz project for young people. It demonstrated the great work they have done, and how they could expand their reach.

Stockwell Hall of Fame

We worked with Network Homes to carry out a consultation on Stockwell Hall of Fame, an internationally recognised graffiti wall in a Stockwell Estate.

Chalkhill Community Centre

We worked with Chalkhill Community Centre, supporting them through a period of change, helping them to gain new trustees, develop their processes and further their business plan.

Serious Youth Violence

Paul Bragman and Sian Penner have been working with a range of groups and communities across London and beyond to help tackle youth violence. Both, Paul and Sian have extensive facilitation and support experience in the field of serious youth violence.

The approach they take is to focus on challenging power imbalances as well as addressing the needs of the community; both of which are fundamental for community development. The aim of this approach is to have:

A more successful community response in managing the complexity of youth violence.
A shared and collective approach to stopping the issue from increasing.
Increased support for those involved or affected by youth violence.

Find out more »

What people say…

Thanks again for all your support, the work gave an excellent start to the ambition of building a new community hub and resulted in a full package for the group to draw from to propel their visions forward!

Rachel Pearson

Community Assets Manager

Optivo

Paul was instrumental in bringing together local community organisations in Grahame Park to create a Theory of Change (ToC) model promoting collaboration and working towards shared outcomes on the estate and in the wider Colindale area.

Steve Nicola

Social and Economic Regeneration Manager

Notting Hill Genesis

Paul and his team have been hugely successful in helping LSHA deliver a new Community Investment Strategy. Their ability to engage positively with stakeholders and tenants has ensured we are in a position to deliver a clear set of objectives with a meaningful and lasting impact. I was particularly impressed by Paul’s ability to understand the strategic environment in which we operate alongside very practical and refreshing approach to problem solving.

Mark Jackson

Chief Executive

Lambeth and Southwark Housing Association

Paul provided consultancy support to one of our grantees through our ‘funding plus’ work. He quickly got to grips with the brief and worked collaboratively with the staff and trustees at the client to develop something that met their needs and helped to move them on as an organisation. We particularly appreciated his honest, open and timely communication.

Susie Dye

Grants Manager

Trust for London

Paul and his team are professional, impartial and proactive with an integrative approach to their work which has been ever helpful in the complexities of developing a region leading mixed use scheme.

Daniel Fordham

Bidwells LLP c/o CB1 Management Company Ltd

The Ponders End Community Development Trust (PECDT) are very grateful for the help we received from Paul and Vicky. Our ‘Love Ponders’ community engagement events were a great success, due to their vast knowledge and professionalism. With their support we were able to bring people together to discuss local issues around our built up area and identify what changes we need to work towards. Looking forward to working with the team again on the next part of our journey.

Maria Aciyan

Coordinator

PECDT