Communities
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Covid-19 Action Fund winner: community response
PageThe Covid-19 Action Fund provides grants for Churchill Fellows to increase their vital contribution to the national effort against Covid-19. Hundreds of pandemic...
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News: New social media site tackles lockdown isolation for older people
News | 9 Apr 2020 |As the lockdown enters its third week, Churchill Fellow Kerry Rooney has come up with an innovative solution to help older people who are finding isolation difficult....
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Blog: How meals on wheels can improve food security during the lockdown
As the coronavirus pandemic unfolds in the UK, food security has emerged as a major problem. Many supermarkets are struggling to keep up with demand and food banks are...
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Blog: Overcoming drug and alcohol problems through recovery communities
Substance misuse affects more than the individual - it also impacts families, employers, communities, local health services and wider society. Treatment and recovery...
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Grassroots Grantmaking: embedding participatory approaches in funding
Hannah Paterson, a charity worker from Manchester, travelled to South Africa and the USA to study participatory grantmaking. She will use her findings to advocate for...
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Learning lessons from third sector property owner relationships from America
David Goodfellow, a social entrepreneur from London, travelled to the USA to explore the use of empty properties and spaces by third sector organisations. He will share...
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Inclusive Towns: Integration in towns and post-industrial communities
Rosie Carter, a policy worker from London, travelled to Germany and the USA to study approaches to migrant integration in towns and areas struggling with economic...
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Community mosaics: Carrie Reichardt’s story
Artist and ceramicist Carrie Reichardt travelled to Chile and Mexico in 2014 to learn from artists who were involving members of the public in the creation of mosaics....
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Brazilian Carnival Arts and their communities
Sam Ward-Hardy, a workshop facilitator and musician from Crook, County Durham, travelled to Brazil to research Brazilian carnival arts and their communities.
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Space, survival and sustainability: the future of community arts organisations
Zain Dada, a writer, community organiser and producer from Finchley, travelled to the USA to study ways in which community arts organisations can survive & sustain...
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Neil Jameson’s Story
Story | By Neil Jameson | Self help initiatives within disadvantaged urban communities to prevent vandalism | 1977Neil Jameson is the Founding Executive Director of Citizens UK, the home of community organising in the UK. In 2016, Neil was awarded a CBE for ‘services to community...
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Towards a Food Revolution: Food hubs and Cooperatives in the US and Italy
In this report, Martin Yarnit, who lives in Sheffield, looks at how food hubs and cooperatives are increasing the bargaining power of small and medium sized farmers in...
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Investigating Community Stroke Rehabilitation and Falls Programs in Australia and New Zealand
Dr Victoria Butler, a Physiotherapist from Kirklevington, North Yorkshire, travelled to Australia to investigate exercise programmes to prevent falls in stroke patients.
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Learning from large-scale health communication projects in New York City
Prof. Tracey Howe, from Glasgow, is Deputy Chair of Glasgow City of Science. She travelled to the USA to learn from large-scale health communication projects in New York...
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Empowering Young People to become Active Citizens
Marc Cairns, from Glasgow, is Director of Participation at Pidgin Perfect in Glasgow. Marc travelled to Albania, Azerbaijan, Serbia and Turkey to investigate how young...
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Parks and people: innovative participation in public urban green space
Susan Palmer, an artist and project manager from Frome, travelled to Germany and North America to explore innovative participation in public urban green space.
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Designing Libraries in the 21st Century: Lessons for the UK
Gemma John, a research consultant from Fulbrook, travelled to Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, and the USA and Canada, to study innovative interior design in public...
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Elders' Care and Animals: developing a sustainable model for change
Ione Rojas is the founder and project manager of 'Furry Tales', which runs animal-assisted activities for older people to combat social isolation. She will be...
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Museums Are...? Making Museums Matter
Korantema Anyimadu is a Freelancer, currently working at the London Transport Museum. She will be travelling to Germany, the Netherlands and the USA to explore how...
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Best-practice in community development through library service design
Gabriel Smales is a senior researcher at Remarkable Cities in Islington. He will be travelling to Lebanon, Morocco and South Africa to investigate best practice in...
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Lessons for London from neighbourhood schools in Sao Paolo and New York
In this report Communtiy Organiser Imogen Moore shares here findings from spending nine weeks visiting Children's Zones and Promise Neighbourhoods along the East...
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Building a future for Community Supported Fisheries in the UK
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Empowering communities through participatory design processes
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Creative renaissance? Poetry of economic change in the U.S. ‘Rustbelt’.
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Strengthening civil society institutions through new forms of land ownership
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Empowering communities and encouraging civic participation through innovative digital applications.
Luke Loveridge travelled to the US to investigate ways of empowering communities and encouraging civic participation through innovative digital applications.