Paper from the PASCAL International Observatory Conference, "Making Knowledge Work: Building Sustainable Partnerships through Place Management, Social Capital and Lifelong Learning" October 2005, University of Stirling, Scotland The paper therefore to answer three questions. Firstly, what is the understanding of the concept of Social Capital amongst this group of front line workers, working within marginalized communities? Secondly, how do they experience Social Capital both personally and professionally and how is it affected by the various development initiatives they are involved in? And finally, does co-investigation using popular education techniques have a useful contribution to make to this field of research and what alternative models for research communities is suggested and can be developed in future work?