Just before Christmas 2007, Carnegie began a search for the person who will help us build our rural Community of Practice - an informal network of practitioners who are actively involved in building the resilient rural communities of the future. We received over 30 excellent expressions of interest from applicants as far away as Nepal and Kenya. This was narrowed to a short list of five who were invited to interview. We are now delighted to announce that Nick Wilding has accepted our offer and will start work here in mid-April. 
Nick has ten years' experience as a specialist in action research, transformational learning and group facilitation. He has developed several community leadership programmes with partners from public, private and NGO sectors, as well as co-leading a Masters degree in Human Ecology at the University of Strathclyde. Nick joins us fresh from directing a year-long Rural Leadership Programme with Falkland Centre for Stewardship, Fife (see the RLP report and more about Nick at http://www.community.nickwilding.com)