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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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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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
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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.
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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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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.
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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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The Remakery
We headed down to the Remakery to take part in an open workshop and find out about upcycling, community crafts and skills sharing.
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Centrepoint Sport, using sport to heal and connect
Read all about the great work they are doing to bring young people experiencing homelessness together through the beautiful game.
Case Study, Children and Young People, Community Engagement, Homelessness, Loneliness, Mental Health
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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
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Selective Mutism and the power of peer support
We meet Jane Salazar, a pioneer who overcame the numerous challenges of developing a peer support group for people who could not talk.
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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
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