by Verity Howorth | 19 Jul 2024 | Guest Blogs
In brief In this blog, Verity Howorth – Relationships Collective member and Director of Training at Reach Foundation – speaks to Jonathan Black, Headteacher at Bridgewater College Academy, about the need to centre relationships in our schools. Only by...
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 David Robinson | 23 Nov 2020 | Covid and Relationships
In this, our twelfth Observatory Sighting, we share stories of ‘pissedoffness’ and explore some of the differences between this lockdown and the last one. âPissedoffnessâ might not be in the dictionary but it pretty much captures the mood amongst several...
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 | 24 Jul 2024 | Economy & Politics, Our thinking
In brief In a breakout session at the Changing our Permissions event on July 12th we discussed working with the new government. We heard from Rob Mc Cabe about his experience of working on changing systems with the Birmingham Pathfinder team and others contributed...
by Guest | 6 Sep 2021 | Guest Blogs
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 David Robinson | 7 Nov 2024 | Economy & Politics, Our thinking
On the morning after the night before, David Robinson offers a Relationships Project perspective on the US presidential election. A friend messaged me on the morning after the US election: âSo what are you going to do now?â He has always been sufficiently interested...
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 âthe art of the covenantâ (2020). A lot has changed since then but the underpinning principles of their thinking...
by Immy Robinson and Sam Firman | 28 Oct 2021 | Convenings, Covid and Relationships
The Lookout is a space for understanding how life has changed for young people during Covid. During recent Lookout discussions, the double-edged nature of digital connection has come up frequently. In this Sighting, we explore the complex effect of digital technology...
by David Robinson | 6 Mar 2020 | Economy & Politics, Our thinking, Relationship-Centred City
In brief In the wake of our latest report, ‘The Relationship-Centred City’, David calls on the Mayor of London to create an environment in which relationships can thrive by getting behind a London Relationships Commission. Read the report A couple of...
