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How to have it all: relational offsetting
In brief This month, the UK government announced a huge public rollout of AI. If the plans embrace relational offsetting, it could allow us to prioritise human relationships where they really matter. Our hope is that 2025 will be the year when relational offsetting...
The Relationships Academy: Why, What and How
How can we most usefully respond to the increasing demand for knowledge about relationship-centred practice, and for support in turning that knowledge into action on the ground? This is the question that we have been actively exploring since we put forward the idea of...
A glossary of relational phrases
In brief Over the last few years, many of us have been talking more and more about the importance of putting relationships first in our organisations, systems and communities. In being party to some of these brilliant conversations, and developing our own thinking,...
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The man in the hospital
David Robinson reflects on a day at the hospital. As Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting consults on the future of the NHS, David makes...
The Relationships Academy: Why, What and How
How can we most usefully respond to the increasing demand for knowledge about relationship-centred practice, and for support in turning that...
Reflections on our discussion about relational phrases
In brief This week, twenty of us gathered on Zoom to discuss the language we use when talking about relationships. The conversation was inspired by...
“So what are you going to do now?”: Reflection on the US Presidential election
On the morning after the night before, David Robinson offers a Relationships Project perspective on the US presidential election. A friend messaged...
A ‘Society of Service?’: Practical ideas for local and central government
In brief Days after the Prime Minister launched a bold new Civil Society Compact, the Health secretary announced a major public consultation on the...
Doing what anyone would do
Days after the Prime Minister launched a bold new Civil Society Compact, the Health secretary announced a major public consultation on the future of...
A glossary of relational phrases
In brief Over the last few years, many of us have been talking more and more about the importance of putting relationships first in our...
Relationships through the lens of power
Kaiden lives in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal and is a Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness Fellow. As part of their research fellowship, Kaiden's been...
Two years of bringing people together
In brief Back in July 2021, we shared our proposal to the National Lottery Community Fund’s Bringing People Together Fund. In July 2022, we shared...
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