by Neil Denton | 6 Oct 2025 | Bridge building, Communities & Volunteering, Our thinking
Last week’s attack in Manchester on one of our Jewish communities, on the holiest day of Yom Kippur, has shaken us all. It left families bereaved, many wounded, and countless more living in
fear. Our first thoughts must be with those who are grieving and injured, and with the Jewish
community who have once again been targeted in a place of worship.
In the wake of violence, communities often ask: what can we do now? Here are some immediate, practical steps to help people come together in ways that build safety, trust and connection.
by Nick Sinclair and David Robinson | 30 Apr 2025 | Active Neighbours, Communities & Volunteering, Our thinking, Top Picks
In brief Nick Sinclair and David Robinson have been mulling over a new blog for a while. It has been almost five years since their pandemic reflection on “the art of the covenant” (2020). A lot has changed since then but the underpinning principles of their thinking...
by David Robinson | 1 Nov 2024 | Communities & Volunteering, Covid and Relationships, Economy & Politics, Our thinking
Days after the Prime Minister launched a bold new Civil Society Compact, the Health secretary announced a major public consultation on the future of the NHS and the Chancellor introduced a budget that squeezed frontline services in the short term, invested in the...
by Immy Robinson | 12 May 2023 | Communities & Volunteering, Covid and Relationships, Our thinking
In brief In this blog, originally written for the Warm Welcome Network, we review what we learnt about community responses to the pandemic to ask how we can sustain and maintain the momentum in community-based responses to the cost of living crisis. In the early...
by David Robinson | 19 Nov 2021 | Communities & Volunteering, Covid and Relationships, Our work
In brief In this blog, David explores the possibilities for Mutual Aid 2.0 and shares our plans for a peer sharing group for anyone interested in the question of how we nurture and sustain community activity into the future. A year ago, You Gov research, undertaken...
by Guest | 25 Mar 2021 | Active Neighbours, Communities & Volunteering
“[It’s] the feel good factor of helping people – it’s that thought: ‘oh I’ve just done something good today for people.’ And it’s just seeing people smile […] sort of grateful because you’ve helped them in some way.”
