Great ideas and inspiring stories about communities, collaboration and co-production.
Rajwinder Kaur Cheema reflects on the shifts in mood, conversations and community she's noticed during this crisis, whilst raising key questions about how we value our public services and personal wellbeing.
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Cat Duncan-Rees explores what opportunites the coronavirus crisis might offer whilst navigating personal loss and seeing first-hand health and care systems being rapidly transformed.
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Video calls and virtual meetings are providing vital connections during the coronavirus crisis. Yet I believe we should not be afraid to say that virtual work meetings, are not that easy.
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Local Councillor and former MP Laura Smith reflects on how community organising has never been more important or more powerful during this time of crisis.
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How a local community in Scotland came together to run a bustling independent greengrocers, suppling ehtical, local and organic produce.
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Nicola Wood (Tameside & Glossop NHS) writes the 5th in our Greater Manchester series of blogs exploring person and community centred heath and social care.
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Sarah Pearce (Action Together in Rochdale) shares her experiences of innovating the processes of collaboration through compassion and kindness.
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The third blog in our Greater Manchester series looks at Stockport council's efforts to democratise their process of collaboration.
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Nick Dixon explores how person and community centred approaches to health and social care are changing the landscape in Greater Manchester.
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Following the footsteps of its namesake, Edinburgh's Eric Liddell Centre is providing inspiring holistic care for those suffering with Alzheimer's/dementia.
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The first instalment of a six-part series of blogs explores how devolution and a new health/ social-care prospectus can reform Manchester's public services.
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Storytelling is a powerful way of helping charity work. Robin Forrester looks at three charities who use storytelling to great effect.
Read article“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