Guest blog: Choose life. Choose self-efficacy…
A guest blog from Osca exploring the importance of self-efficacy and how we can turn our public services into engines of self-efficacy.
Interview with David Higham, The Well
David Higham, Founder and Chief Executive of The Well talks to us about their work helping people recover from drug and alcohol addiction.
Commissioning for Personalisation in Camden, London
A fantastic timebanking approach to mental health day services in Camden.
Idea of the Month: A small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world
Our Idea of the Month comes from Margaret Mead and fills us with inspiration and hope for the year ahead.
Guest Blog: What I learnt from 7 years working in a think tank
We hear about what think tanks really do, from someone on the inside, Julia Slay.
Report review: Behaving like a system
This report provides a set of invaluable preconditions for systems changers which both reassure and focus the mind.
Interview with Andrew Donaldson, Staffordshire County Council
Andrew talks to us about Staffordhisre County Council’s work in the local community focused on capacity building, social action and ‘people helping people’.
Idea of the Month: “New culture is created by people who are not afraid to be insecure.”
November’s Idea of the Month comes from Rudolf Bahro, who tells us that pushing against the old culture makes us brave, not just radicals or mavericks.
Report review: Moving from the margins – the challenges of building integrated local services
This report considers three integrated service models and asks why integrated services remain at the fringes of local public services.