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Deliberative Democracy: A Practice Worth Embedding

Image designed by Freepik Investing in Deliberation: A Cornerstone for Stronger Democracy As public budgets…
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Reachable moments

I want to ask you a question. Did you know or realise that due to…
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The impact of a local community engagement intervention on residents’ fear of crime and perceptions of the police

This document is a summary of the findings of an independent evaluation of the work…
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How can Strength-Based Community Engagement directly contribute to the goal of reducing levels of violent crime?

The Government’s July 2018 report ‘The economic and social costs of crime – second edition’…
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Protecting Communities from Serious Crime

Serious crime is an issue that blights many of our urban and…
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Positivity is nothing without action: My experiences of leadership in Litherland, Merseyside

…… there seems to be a common theme of me writing my…
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People matter to MutualGain

I have been working with MutualGain for the last three years and I reflected…
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Why community coaching?

The following blog was drawn from an interview with Jenny Oklikah and first appeared on http://www.WhatCharity.com…
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Your purpose always has a way of finding you

A few weeks ago, I would never have pictured myself in the position I am…
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Delivering Coding and Analysis training in Kempston, Bedfordshire

…… please indulge me briefly while I give a little background before I share…
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(It’s not) only the lonely’: thinking about loneliness in a NHS foundation trust

‘If only society was friendly and non-judgmental then maybe we wouldn’t feel lonely’, commented one…
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Leadership and Trust from those in authority

A few weeks ago Susan and I were fortunate to be invited…
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Great things don’t come from comfort zones!

So exactly whose comfort zones am I talking about? Maybe I would be…
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Speke Up – Tackling Serious and Organised Crime Through Strengths Based Engagement in Speke Merseyside

“There is evidence that suggests a strong correlation between low social capital and high levels…
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Capturing Thoughts About PCSOs and Engagement

I am writing this blog for three reasons: The practice of PCSOs is changing…
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Some further reflections on whether ‘community is the best medicine’

In October 2018 MutualGain had the opportunity to meet a range of health and social…
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Policing: Inspiration and Despair – knife crime is not our only problem

I’ve been talking all things policing over the last couple of weeks with…
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Modern Neighbourhood Policing – form or function?

Over the past few months I have shared a number of platforms with the College…
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Eureka!

Fourteen years I’ve been a police officer. Ask me why, and I’ll give you a…
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