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...
by David Robinson | 16 Jan 2023 | Dreams and Vision, Economy & Politics, Our thinking, Top Picks
In brief In this blog, published at the start of 2023, David Robinson offers some personal reflections on working towards deep rooted, sustained social change. He draws out two urgent and important lessons from 40 years working in this space: plant trees and stir the...
by David Robinson | 7 Nov 2022 | Our thinking
In brief Language matters. Words shape ideas and ideas shape action. We often use the words relationship-centred practice. In this blog David discusses his understanding of the phrase. This is a discussion piece with a set of working definitions and assumptions. We...
