Working, children, friends, domesticity and blogging – can we really do it all I ask myself? Well in keeping with my commitment to try and blog I’m going to give it a go, but it may feel rushed when you read it. You’ll get my drift though hopefully. Everyone tells me to just write –[…]
I’ve met some amazing passionate people who share my belief that democracy is strengthened with more public and partner participation. Believers of building social capital and social networks on and off line they understand the assets within the community that are waiting to be unlocked. They know that when you focus on people, and connect[…]
I know the two aren’t distinct but what I learned this year, more than any other, are the limitations of making the language of social policy a reality. There is a lot of talk about ‘putting the community at the heart of a new way of working’: ‘localism over centralism’; ‘systems change’, ‘behavioural change’,[…]
