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4 July 2019 by Azad Sharma

The Art of Coproduction – A Guerrilla Guide

We celebrate the launch of a guerrilla guide to coproduction. Whether you're new or experienced this is an invaluable source of all things coproduced!

Asset Based, Co-production, Collaboration

23 May 2019 by Maria Passingham

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.

Arts, Asset Based, Community Engagement, Place Based

11 April 2019 by Anna Eaton

Amazing animated film about foodbanks co-created by young people wins film awards

The film is a great example of how we can tell important stories together and how these stories are even more powerful when they are told, made and shared by those affected by the issues the stories are about.

Arts, Asset Based, Children and Young People, Co-design, Co-production

28 March 2019 by Anna Eaton

Idea of the Month: contact before content

Contact before content is a theme of asset based community development and one I think should be remembered and reflected on when starting out on any project.

Asset Based, Co-production, Idea of the Month

21 March 2019 by Becky Seale

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.

Asset Based, Community Based, Guest Blog, Research

2 February 2019 by Azad Sharma

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.

Asset Based, Co-production, Food

22 November 2018 by Anna Eaton

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.

Asset Based, Interview, Participation, Place Based

18 October 2018 by Azad Sharma

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.

Asset Based, Citizen-led Action, Collaboration, Community Development, Community Engagement

25 September 2018 by Anna Eaton

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.

Arts, Asset Based, Best Mistake, Collaboration, Guest Blog

7 August 2018 by Helen Sharp

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

Arts, Asset Based, Co-design, Community Development, Community Engagement, Report

10 July 2018 by Helen Sharp

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

Asset Based, Case Study, Community Development, Community Engagement, Loneliness

“The Hub acts as a glue bringing together people and organisations who are doing so much to positively disrupt their local systems.”
Burcu Borysik, Mayday Trust