Love the way you Lye: How community story-telling and partnership changed the town’s image
Read our new document produced in collaboration with Dudley Council and the residents of Lye. It’s an example of the impact of community storytelling!
Upcycled Clothes, Sustainable Fashion, Educating Communities: The story of Stitched Up
Stitched Up are a women-led, grassroots alternative fashion collective who share knowledge, build community, and help the environment by up-cycling clothes.
Loveliness, Curiosity, Adventure: Coney’s Interactive Theatre
Coney use interactive theatre, play, and adventure to engage communities in an exhange of knowledge that is fun and socially responsible.
Young People’s Foundations: Supporting Local Services for Children and Young People Across London
The Young People’s Foundation brings local organisations together to collaborate and deliver services for children and young people.
Nationwide’s Oakfield Campus: How the community can revolutionise housing developments
Nationwide’s Oakfield Campus is revolutionising how we implement co-design and emphasise community at the heart of housing development projects.
A safe place to have fun with no judgement: Talibah Rivers tells us what it means to lead a Tuneless Choir
Maria Passingham interviews Talibah Rivers, a professional singer who started tuneless choirs to improve community wellbeing through singing
Making Manchester: Design Studio Involve 1,000 Members of the Public in Making 2,000 Tiles
A great example of people being engaged through free workshops to contribute towards creating artwork and props for the city’s international festival.
Mind the Gap: affecting social change through learning disability theatre
We spoke to Julia Skelton, Executive Director of the visionary theatre company Mind the Gap about inspiration, collaboration and their new production ZARA.
Lambeth Portuguese Wellbeing Partnership
South London GP Dr Vikesh Sharma reflects on bringing together local people, community organisations and health care staff to tackle health inequalities.