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Relational Councils: Learning from crisis

Relational Councils: Learning from crisis

by Immy Robinson | 20 Jul 2023 | Convenings, Relational Councils

Mutual aid was driven from the ground up but flourished with appropriate support from local councils. The UK response to refugees arriving from Ukraine was led from the top down but could only succeed with local engagement. What can we learn from this  approach to the...
Sustaining the care: Learning from the Warm Hubs experience

Sustaining the care: Learning from the Warm Hubs experience

by Immy Robinson | 19 May 2023 | Convenings, Relational Councils

What can we learn from the Warm Hubs experience about how to create ‘relational spaces’? And how can this learning, combined with the learning from the community response to the covid pandemic, inform and inspire a bottom up, relationship centred approach to...
Relational Councils and the Cost of Living Crisis

Relational Councils and the Cost of Living Crisis

by David Robinson | 6 Feb 2023 | Convenings, Relational Councils

The Relational Councils Network gathered on 30/1/23 to talk about the cost-of-living crisis and relational responses. Partners from the council and the community in Barking and Dagenham provided the key note experience.  A list of links and resources mentioned in the...
Relational Councils and the cost of living crisis

Relational Councils and the cost of living crisis

by David Robinson and Gemma Drake | 9 Jan 2023 | Convenings, Relational Councils

In the Relational Councils Network we are working to support one another in making the challenging transition from relationships as the extra mile, to relationships as the first mile. If this mission is to be credible and useful in 2023 it must have relevance to the...
Relational Councils: Developing a more relational language

Relational Councils: Developing a more relational language

by Immy Robinson | 13 May 2022 | Convenings, Relational Councils

Our third Relational Councils Convening took place on 25th April 2022, co-hosted by LBBD. Bryony Shannon, author of the excellent blog Rewriting Social Care and Strategic Lead for Practice Development at Doncaster Council, shared her thoughts on why language matters,...
From process-led to relationship-led: Moving towards more relational Councils

From process-led to relationship-led: Moving towards more relational Councils

by Immy Robinson and Gemma Drake | 1 Mar 2022 | Convenings, Featured About 2, Relational Councils

On 14th February, in partnership with LBBD, we hosted our second relational councils convening. In this session, we asked: How could we see relationships as a solution to statutory duties, not as incompatible with them?  Our next convening, taking place on 25th April,...
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