by David Robinson and Tony Clements | 21 Oct 2020 | Communities & Volunteering, Councils, Covid and Relationships, Observatory Thinking
In brief Continuing with the work on Developing the Framework for councils to support community action, David Robinson and Tony Clements invite you to share examples of changing council practices that ‘let people in’ and join the conversation about how...
by Immy Robinson | 13 May 2022 | Councils
Our third Relational Councils Convening took place on 25th April 2022, co-hosted by LBBD. Bryony Shannon, author of the excellent blog Rewriting Social Care and Strategic Lead for Practice Development at Doncaster Council, shared her thoughts on why language matters,...
by Immy Robinson and Gemma Drake | 1 Mar 2022 | Councils, Featured About 2
On 14th February, in partnership with LBBD, we hosted our second relational councils convening. In this session, we asked: How could we see relationships as a solution to statutory duties, not as incompatible with them? Our next convening, taking place on 25th April,...
by Tony Clements | 6 Jul 2020 | Communities & Volunteering, Councils, Covid and Relationships, Observatory Thinking, Our thinking
In brief In our report ‘The Moment We Noticed: Learning from 100 days of lockdown’, we invite you to join us in exploring how we might sustain the positives from the pandemic. This paper forms the backbone of our fourth invitation: to join us in developing...
by Tony Clements | 14 Sep 2020 | Councils, Our thinking
In brief In July, we published ‘Developing the Framework’; an extended blog written by Tony Clements which lays out 10 ways in which local authorities can help community engagement to thrive. In this follow up blog, Tony reflects on the subsequent...
