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.
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No Lycra, No Mirrors: The Story of a Community Gym
The Eastern Rivers Community Gym (Loddon, South Norfolk) is a great example of citizen-led action, collaboration, and a creative way to promote exercise.
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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!
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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.
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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.
Arts, Case Study, Children and Young People, Co-production, Collaboration, Community Engagement, Interview, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Theatre
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Sheffield Flourish
Sheffield Flourish is a growing community of people living with mental health conditions where amazing things are happening
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The Friendly Bench
The Friendly Bench in Nottinghamshire is a simple way of using outside space to connect people to each other and their community.
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Social Prescribing in Frome – the evidence is out there
Frome might provide some of the best evidence we have to combat social isolation and reduce health spending.
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Restoring regenerative public services
This blog includes two great case studies from across Greater Manchester of collaborations between services, communities and citizens to improve wellbeing.
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