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Loving the Stranger in the Time of Coronavirus: The Story of HostNation
In brief In this Joining the Dots blog, Anthony Berman gives a personal account of the befriending charity, HostNation, before and after COVID-19,...
Capturing the spirit of the 10m
In brief In this Observatory Sighting, Shift Researcher Leonie Shanks invites us to explore who the 10m community 'volunteers' were who stepped up...
The Art of the Covenant
In brief In this blog, Nick Sinclair and David Robinson explore the concept of a 'social covenant' discussed in Danny Kruger's recent report,...
Observatory Sighting #10: The Changing Weather
In our tenth Sighting we reflect on the 'changing weather' and ask how we can stem the tide and nurture more warmth, connection and...
Changing for good
In brief In this blog, originally written for and published by Nesta, David asks the question:What can we do to keep the community spirit that was...
Relationships: An idea to organise around?
In brief In this - our second blog exploring the field of relationships - Iona Lawrence and Immy Robinson ask for your help in finding something we...
Share your #SpiritOfLockdown
In brief The Relationships Project and Local Area Coordination Network have teamed up to surface, share and celebrate stories of lockdown from all...
Developing the Framework: An update
In brief In July, we published 'Developing the Framework'; an extended blog written by Tony Clements which lays out 10 ways in which local...
Including the network perspective in a relationship-centred practice
In brief In this Joining the Dots blog, founder of the Reliants Project Erica Young argues for the importance of including a network perspective in...
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