by Leonie Shanks | 15 Oct 2020 | Communities & Volunteering, Covid and Relationships
Shift Researcher Leonie Shanks invites us to explore who the 10m community ‘volunteers’ were who stepped up to support their communities through Covid, and how we can maintain this energy and commitment going forwards.
by Anthony Berman | 20 Oct 2020 | Covid and Relationships, Guest Blogs
In brief In this Joining the Dots blog, Anthony Berman gives a personal account of the befriending charity, HostNation, before and after COVID-19, and the benefits it has brought to refugees and asylum seekers and their befrienders. Anthony Berman Anthony is on the...
by Sam Dalton | 9 Jul 2019 | Guest Blogs
In brief In this Joining the Dots blog contribution, Sam Dalton looks at the gap in intergenerational relationships in today’s society, and what can be done to bridge it. Sam Dalton Policy and External Affairs Executive Sam works on policy and public affairs for...
by Nick Sinclair and David Robinson | 9 Oct 2020 | Covid and Relationships, Economy & Politics, Our thinking
In brief In this blog, Nick Sinclair and David Robinson explore the concept of a ‘social covenant’ discussed in Danny Kruger’s recent report, ‘Levelling Up Our Communities’, arguing it must be formed around values, trust, morality and...
by Immy Robinson and Nick Sinclair and members of the Local Area Coordination Net | 30 Sep 2020 | Covid and Relationships, Our thinking, Our work
In brief The Relationships Project and Local Area Coordination Network have teamed up to surface, share and celebrate stories of lockdown from all across the country. How have your relationships changed through Covid? What’s the Spirit you want to bottle to guide your...
by Immy Robinson | 26 Mar 2021 | Heatmap in Action
Having collaborated with The Relationships Project to create the Heatmap tool, we were excited to try out the Heatmap tool ourselves, and see whether there are any levers we could pull on further to strengthen our approach to relationships.
by Rich Bell | 6 May 2025 | Our thinking, Our work
In David Robsinon’s LSE lecture in 2023, he talked about the idea of responding to the increasing demand for knowledge about relationship-centred practice by developing a new training institution. We published a blog last autumn setting out more detail and invited...
by David Robinson | 20 Jan 2020 | Our thinking, Top Picks
In brief “Working for social progress isn’t about waiting for all the stars to align; it’s about making change for ourselves, by the light that we have.” In this essay, David Robinson considers the state of relationships in 2020 and how to do better in the new...
by Zahra Davidson | 13 Jul 2020 | Guest Blogs
In brief In this Joining the Dots blog, co-founder of Enrol Yourself and friend of The Relationships Project Zahra Davidson discusses the power of Huddles; small, non-hierarchical learning communities who support one another to grow and learn. Zahra Davidson Zahra...
by Erica Young | 13 Sep 2020 | Guest Blogs
In brief In this Joining the Dots blog, founder of the Reliants Project Erica Young argues for the importance of including a network perspective in relationship-centred thinking and practice. Citing some of the leading researchers in the field, she outlines how...
