Dixon-Fyle, Dora, Ferguson, Sandra, Mitra, Anita, Snow, Emma, Stewart, Jacyntha and Williams, Simon (2025) A personal and networked practice account of how voluntary and community sector leadership works in Bermondsey. In: Reimagining voluntary sector leadership : the influence and impact of place. Bristol University Press, pp. 83-96.

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Abstract

The chapter describe voluntary and community leadership in Bermondsey, England, where the authors worked together as partners in a regeneration programme. They describe how they provided grassroots, networked leadership from the ‘bottom up’, working together in response to chronic austerity and the growing failure of the welfare state. This place-based leadership was based on an understanding of the unique circumstances in Bermondsey, committing to this and tailoring their work to fit. The authors argue that what deprived places need ultimately is a guaranteed minimum level of state support but a place-based approach has intense value through partnership working across the public and voluntary and community sector.

Item Type:	Book Chapter or Section
Identifier:	10.51952/9781447372356.ch007
Keywords:	networked leadership; collective leadership; voluntary and community sector; community development; place-based leadership
Subjects:	Social sciences
Date Deposited:	15 Oct 2025
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/14181

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