Sometimes you need to just trust people when they say come on a journey. That’s what we did when UnLtd (a lab partner) invited us to Hastings for a thunderously damp day-and-a-bit by the sea learning journey. The heavens opened and ideas poured in. Lorna Prescott, Louise Cannon and Nick Booth spent the day with a …
Commscamp 2018 – what I heard and what I learnt
These are notes from Commscamp 2018, held in Birmingham 12th July 2018. Session: Public Health Campaigns The general view is that public health messages often fall flat. One public health team not keen on meeting the public, instead they do a leaflet. Often the message comes better from the GP, not the council. At one …
What is the loop of generosity?
I often use the phrase ‘loop of generosity’ to describe the good stuff I see happen in communities. It sits at the root of the most enjoyable work we get to do. But what is it? I think it is elegantly described by Terry Pratchett in A Hat Full of Sky: “Filling what’s empty and …
Notes from the #Locality17 session on: Community Health and Wellbeing – what works
These are just notes from a session at the Locality Convention 2017. Meena Bharadwa introduced the session and explained that locality has a place to link real community groups into the academic research on this subject and translate between the two. She briefly reminded us that Community Wellbeing is Complex. Andy Pennington – University of …