3 September 2020 by Rachel Berry

Alexandra Park Food Forest

In the early days of the coronavirus crisis, the UK saw empty shelves at the supermarket for the first time in a generation. But in some parts of the country there is a historic lack of access to good food. We hear from a community project in Glasgow looking to change that.

Co-design, Collaboration, Community Based, Community Engagement, Coronavirus Crisis, Food

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7 July 2020 by Sarah Davis and Emma Quintal

Sex and Cancer

Sarah Davis and Emma Qunital from Macmillan's London Cancer Community share their story of starting a project to support people whose sex lives have been affected by cancer or treatment and how lockdown has affected their plans.

Co-design, Co-production, Collaboration, Coronavirus Crisis, Guest Blog, Health, Sexual Health

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27 June 2019 by Azad Sharma

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.

Case Study, Co-design, Co-production, Collaboration, Community Engagement, Housing

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13 June 2019 by Maria Passingham

RHS Bridgewater, a champion garden for health and collaboration

The Royal Horticultural Society are teaming up with award-winning Landscape Architect Tom Stuart-Smith to create a huge public green space for 2020.

Case Study, Co-design, Health, Place Based, Wellbeing

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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

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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

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5 July 2018 by Anna Eaton

Co-production in action

In celebration of co-production week Miranda Keast of The Grace Eyre Foundation tells us about her experience of co-producing a community club night and learning to let go

Asset Based, Co-design, Co-production, Community Development, Guest Blog, Learning Disabilities

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3 July 2018 by Anna Eaton

Event: Unleashing Healthy Communities

We spent a warm summer's evening celebrating and learning about Bromley by Bow's latest report on the centre's community based approach to health and wellbeing.

Arts, Asset Based, Co-design, Collaboration, Community Engagement, Event, Health, Participation

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