by Immy Robinson | 26 Jul 2023 | Our work
In brief Back in July 2021, we shared our proposal to the National Lottery Community Fund’s Bringing People Together Fund. We were delighted to be awarded the funding and we now find ourselves one year into our two year plan towards a 20 year vision of a world built...
by Tony Clements | 6 Jul 2020 | Communities & Volunteering, Covid and Relationships, Our thinking, Relational Councils
In brief In our report ‘The Moment We Noticed: Learning from 100 days of lockdown’, we invite you to join us in exploring how we might sustain the positives from the pandemic. This paper forms the backbone of our fourth invitation: to join us in developing...
by David Robinson | 22 May 2019 | Economy & Politics, Our thinking
In brief In this blog, Relationships Project founder, Shift board member and community worker David Robinson shows what a relational approach looks like, and how it might work, across the sectors. What is a relationship-centred council or relationship-centred economy,...
by Immy Robinson | 11 Sep 2024 | Our work
In brief Back in July 2021, we shared our proposal to the National Lottery Community Fund’s Bringing People Together Fund. In July 2022, we shared what we got up to in the first of our two years of funding – from recruiting the Relationships Collective to...
by Tayo Medupin | 4 Sep 2020 | Covid and Relationships, Guest Blogs
In brief In this Observatory Sighting, Shift’s Innovation Director Tayo Medupin explores the potential of a more people-powered future, and highlights the underinvestment in individuals stepping up and stepping in to help others in their community....
by Immy Robinson | 23 Oct 2024 | Key Concepts, Our thinking, Our work, Top Picks
In brief Over the last few years, many of us have been talking more and more about the importance of putting relationships first in our organisations, systems and communities. In being party to some of these brilliant conversations, and developing our own thinking,...
by Hannah Hoare | 10 Jun 2020 | Guest Blogs
In brief In this timely contribution to the Joining the Dots series, Hannah Hoare explores the theme of power and inequality, describing the efforts that The Blue Thread are taking to redress the power imbalance between funder and grantee. Hannah reminds us that power...
by Iona Lawrence and Immy Robinson | 10 Sep 2020 | Our thinking, Our work
In brief In this blog, Iona Lawrence and Immy Robinson ask whether taking a field-building approach could be valuable to the ‘field of relationships’ and ask for your ideas and partnership as we set out on this inquiry. If you’re someone who puts relationships...
by Iona Lawrence, Immy Robinson and David Robinson | 12 Oct 2022 | Dreams and Vision, Our thinking, Our work
In brief It’s been a while (almost 18 months!) since we first shared our application to the Lottery’s Bringing People Together Fund to help strengthen and grow the field of relationship-centred practice. We’re delighted to say that our application was successful...
by David Robinson | 2 Aug 2019 | Economy & Politics, Our thinking
In brief In this blog, David Robinson, who leads the Relationships Project, challenges the UK’s new Prime Minister to take a relationship-centred approach to government, and makes some suggestions for how to go about it. This blog also appears on A Better...
