As with many students at the University of Bath, a large proportion of my time in second year was focussed on securing an internship position to gain valuable work experience and develop transferrable skills that could be used in my studies and beyond. Along with most other aspects of life in 2020, this was flipped[…]
I want to ask you a question. Did you know or realise that due to COVID we have arrived at a reachable moment? And if you are one of the many that does hold the belief that we are at such a moment in time – and belief is very important here – then what comes[…]
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The Covid-19 crisis has reinforced what MutualGain have been promoting for a decade – that the most wicked, deep-seated and destructive of problems faced in society – crime, poverty, disadvantage, social care among them – requires high levels of collaboration to address and bring about change. During this intense period of isolation we have seen[…]
This summary contributes to the repository of knowledge that we think has the potential to create a #newworld after we leave this period of ‘lockdown’. See What if a #newworld could be created as a result of Covid-19? for more information. Author: Ian Loader, Oxford. This is Insight Paper 2 for The Police Foundation and forms[…]
First up: if you read this and are intrigued by what could come of some of the questions posed at the end, would you kindly share across your networks and ask people to do three things: Point to any research that can think about this more deeply Share across your networks and mobilise others Share[…]
This document is a summary of the findings of an independent evaluation of the work that MutualGain undertook with Durham Constabulary. The findings can be downloaded via this link https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3409ikpat35dw3n/AABO_CrWPXNMy0ZkNkMMB_WLa?dl=0 The full article citation is shown below, but essentially the article confirms the views of MutualGain that building social capital can have a positive impact on[…]
The Government’s July 2018 report ‘The economic and social costs of crime – second edition’ found that the cost of crimes against individuals exceeds £50 billion each year. While every violent crime with injury was found to cost over £14,000, £2,500 of that total is associated with the costs of responding to, and investigating those[…]
Serious crime is an issue that blights many of our urban and rural communities. Dealing in drugs, weapons, fake cigarettes and booze are all part of a growing concern within policing. We have recently seen reports of gangs using children as young as seven to carry drugs for payment. The term county[…]
…… there seems to be a common theme of me writing my blogs while contemplating things sat on the train. I am coming back from the Participatory Budgeting Event that we held at Hugh Baird College in Litherland, Merseyside. I reflected that this may be the final time that I am going[…]
