NED is established for the purposes of fostering social and personal evolutionary processes within Australia and the world.
We seek the emergence of an invigorated, unifying Australian ethos, and then beyond this we advocate an Australian role in helping humanity steer itself to secure a future on the Earth.
The Foundation's main action strategy is to use NED volunteers to assist and encourage individuals and groups to adopt the principles of 'involvement', and in each person's case to do this through a broad, species-nurturing, interpersonally developmental approach to how they tackle their particular specialised work role or field of interest.
If you've got the big idea and need funding to help get the project going, we'd love to hear from you. Together, we'll develop your idea and make the necessary grant application.
Community grants of up to $10,000 are currently available to small community based organisations or individuals who are interested in working with us on projects that build human potential, implement restorative practices and sustain our planet.
What is The Social Developer's Network (SDN)?
The Social Developers' Network is a non-profit, free association of people with a commitment to personal and social development.
Social Developers meet at national and regional workshops, to contribute and share knowledge and experiences.
Between workshops Social Developers keep in touch in person, by phone and mail, and online.
In 1975 two long-standing friends, John Russell from Melbourne and Ned Iceton from Armidale organized a first workshop ...
Restorative practice is a strategy that seeks to repair relationships that have been damaged, including those damaged through bullying. It does this by bringing about a sense of remorse and restorative action on the part of the offender and forgiveness by the victim. The NED Board has an interest in encouraging and supporting the adoption of Restorative Justice practices in Australia. The founder of NED, Ned Iceton was instrumental in bringing the value of this work to the attention of the NED community.
After retiring in 2016, I was asked by the NED board to explore the possibility of Newcastle becoming a Restorative City (I live at Lake Macquarie). I had done similar successful work in the ACT.
After a few false starts I was introduced to staff in the Law Faculty of the University. An enthusiastic steering committee, headed by Tania Sourdin, the Dean, and an advisory group of people from the Newcastle community, was formed and we started work in earnest.
On the afternoon of Sunday 2 July 2017, a memorial was held for the late Ned Iceton on the walkway dedicated to his mother, Ailsa Iceton (commemorating her extensive community service in Gunnedah).
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Ned would have been exceedingly pleased at the event, and the gathering of his close friends to honour his life.