by Guest | 6 Sep 2021 | Joining the dots, Observatory Sightings
In Lockdown and Deep Tissue Damage Sam wrote about the challenges that will remain when the worst of the pandemic is over. Relationships within families, particularly in families that were already struggling pre Covid, is an area of particular concern. Here...
by Guest | 15 Jun 2021 | Joining the dots
In brief Covid has shone a light on the relationship between social care and social connections. With the UK Government’s social care reforms on the horizon, Sam Dalton makes an argument for social care models in which care and connection come hand in hand. Sam...
by Immy Robinson and Iona Lawrence | 9 Nov 2020 | Field building featured, Joining the dots
In brief 6 weeks ago, we (Iona Lawrence and Immy Robinson) set out to explore whether a ‘field of relationships’ could, should, or does already exist. We’re still at the early stages of this exploration but have been lucky enough to pick the brains of some very...
by Anthony Berman | 20 Oct 2020 | Joining the dots
In brief In this Joining the Dots blog, Anthony Berman gives a personal account of the befriending charity, HostNation, before and after COVID-19, and the benefits it has brought to refugees and asylum seekers and their befrienders. Anthony Berman Anthony is on the...
by Iona Lawrence and Immy Robinson | 30 Sep 2020 | Field building featured, Joining the dots
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 can all gather around. You can read the first blog, which lays out what we’re up to, here. Share your...
by Erica Young | 13 Sep 2020 | Joining the dots
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 relationship-centred thinking and practice. Citing some of the leading researchers in the field, she outlines how...
