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A new framework for local involvement
In their new book, Rethinking Community Practice, Gabriel Chanan and Colin Miller set out a powerful new approach to bringing people and public services together. We believe there can be major...
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Abolishing the social fund: when ‘local’ simply means ‘less’
What does the abolition of the social fund mean for local areas? Damon Gibbons finds out. On 1st April the discretionary social fund, which provides support in the form of community care grants and...
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Making community economic development mainstream
What are the benefits of community economic development and how can it become more mainstream? Localise West Midlands has been finding out. As reported in New Start last year, thanks to a small Barrow...
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Economics and governance for city bounce
Cities with strong mutual networks and relationships are more able to bounce back from shocks and adapt to challenges, says Neil McInroy ‘I don’t know what the future will be for the city, but it has...
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Neighbourhood renewal: Learning from Labour’s record
As part of a much bigger programme looking at the impacts of government policy and spending on poverty and inequality in the UK I recently had the opportunity, with Alex Fenton and Amanda Fitzgerald,...
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Relationships, institutions, action: A relational approach to poverty and...
In the first of a series of essays on Poverty in the UK, commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Prospect magazine, Maurice Glasman argues for a new kind of statecraft which incentivises...
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Urban deprivation and the built environment
In the second in a series of essays on Poverty in the UK, commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Prospect magazine, Maria Adebowale argues for the power of placemaking in tackling poverty...
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How to build a new welfare society
In the third in a series of essays on Poverty in the UK, commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Prospect magazine, Neal Lawson makes the case for a new welfare society for an age of...
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Can collaborative leadership reduce stress on frontline housing professionals?
Collaboration is good for communities and frontline workers, but it’s not an easy process. Dominic Macdonald-Wallace offers a step by step approach. The Frontline Futures report last week stated that...
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Why green growth won’t transform the economy
Credit: Post-Growth Institute (http://postgrowth.org/). All rights reserved. Green growth is a myth. Because it ignores the social, political and personal dimensions of sustainability, it can never cut...
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