Idea of the Month
Idea of the month: Contact before content. This is a theme of asset based community development and one I think should be remembered and reflected on when starting out on any project.
Guest blog: Measures of wellbeing and impact – who decides?
Researchers Becky Seale and Catherine-Rose Stocks-Rankin share their perspectives on traditional measurement of community-based approaches to health and wellbeing.
Interview with Sue Sheehan, Incredible Edible Lambeth
We caught up with Sue Sheehan, co-founder of Incredible Edible Lambeth and learned all about urban food growing and building the community.
Interview with Well Doncaster
The Well Doncaster team share their exciting approach to wellbeing and what taking a ‘holistic’ view to health looks like on the ground.
The Preston Model – local wealth building
In Preston an innovative collaboration between public bodies, local business, and citizens has helped the city recover from economic recession.
My Best Mistake, by Kerry Bertram
We want to break the taboo around failure! Read Kerry’s reflections on a mistake that led her to learn a new craft – the craft of community.
Report review: Community in the making
We go back to the Bromley by Bow Centre to learn more about how they made sure local people were at the heart of their evaluation
Change please
Change Please is a social enterprise which is using the nation’s love of coffee to reduce the UK’s homelessness population.
The Public Living Room
Adur and Worthing Councils create a space to chat and connect with other people at a public living room based in a local beach hut