by David Robinson | 19 May 2020 | Covid and Relationships, Dreams and Vision, Our thinking
In brief In this short blog, David takes stock of what we’ve learnt from The Relationships Observatory and offers a positive reflection on what we take forward as we rebuild. This blog has also been published as part of Compass’s #BuildBackBetter...
by Iona Lawrence and Immy Robinson | 20 Jan 2023 | Convenings, Our work
Introducing The Relationships Collective The Relationships Collective is a group of 9 individuals who together represent just some of the brilliant, enthusiastic, creative and diverse people who are putting relationships first and pioneering a relationship-centred...
by Kaiden Kanagarajan | 22 Oct 2024 | Our thinking
Kaiden Kangaranjan (he/they) Kaiden lives in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal and is a Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness Fellow. As part of their research fellowship, Kaiden’s been supporting The Relationships Project to build a Pattern Library for Relationship-Centred...
by Dr Nick Barnes | 28 Apr 2020 | Guest Blogs
Dr Nick Barnes In this extraordinary contribution to the Joining the Dots series Dr Nick Barnes looks ahead to a post-Covid future, arguing that to build a better society, we must address inequality and redress power structures. Nick works as a...
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...
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 Immy Robinson | 4 Sep 2023 | Our thinking
Earlier in the Summer of 2023, we launched The Relationships Map: a growing directory of the many brilliant individuals and organisations putting relationships first in all that they do. It’s our hope that the map will act as a springboard for connections to be...
by Immy Robinson | 15 Feb 2024 | Key Concepts, Our thinking
Key Concepts | What we mean by good relationships We often use the word ‘relationship’ to mean different things – from the relationship we might have with our bank to the relationship we might have with a family member. To draw out what we mean by good relationships,...
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 David Robinson | 31 Jan 2022 | Covid and Relationships, Our thinking
In brief In this milestone blog David Robinson takes the temperature as we approach the second anniversary of Covid 19. The UK is stuck in a pattern of “shuffle and repeat” with fears for the future, but also the possibility of hope. The past two years have caused...
