by David Robinson | 26 Jun 2023 | Convenings, Our thinking, Our work
Coming soon The Relationships Project is planning an interdisciplinary learning network focused on Relationship-Centred Practice. Along with our friends from the After Disasters Network, we are hosting an open Zoom meeting to talk about the plan at 2-4pm BST on 21st...
by Immy Robinson | 22 Jun 2023 | Convenings, Our thinking
On the 15th June 2023, 85 of us came together to explore whether a transactional approach to co-production can ever be appropriate. Co-production has become something of a buzz word. Done well, it can transform outcomes, but too often co-production becomes a...
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 and Immy Robinson | 26 Apr 2023 | Key Concepts, Our thinking, Our work
We posted some ideas about Relationship Centred Practice (RCP) in this blog last November. Based on comments at the time, discussion at our Northumbria Convening and further work by the Relationships Collective we are now posting part two. Here, we share our initial...
by Iona Lawrence | 16 Mar 2023 | Our thinking
In brief The stories and ideas we consume shape our views, belief systems and our sense of what is possible. In this blog, Iona Lawrence offers some personal reflections on the shortcomings of her bookshelf and asks who else she should be reading and what needs to...
by David Robinson | 21 Feb 2023 | Dreams and Vision, Our thinking
In brief The UKRI recently published a call for a new world-leading Centre in Community Participation and Connectedness. Bringing together academics, policymakers, practitioners and community members, the Centre will have a bold ambition to make a meaningful...
