At our last Community of Practice, we were joined by four social housing providers to discuss the role of social housing in enabling place-based systems change. Anthony Morrow, Community Connector Manager at Sanctuary Scotland, expands on the role of trauma-informed practice in asset-based community development, and why it’s instrumental in creating meaningful community-led change.
Social housing providers have a long-term presence in places and a vested interest in ensuring these communities are welcoming, safe and connected for residents. Join us at our next Community of Practice to learn more about the potential that social housing has the offer when it comes to enabling place-based change.
For too long, funding has been shaped by short time frames, rigid outputs and imbalanced power dynamics. City Bridge Foundation’s Anchor Programme offers a compelling alternative.
Our inquiry into how to sustain place-based systems change is supported by a group of partners who share our belief that funding practice needs to change in order to make lasting change in local places possible. Today we share a guest essay from Asher Craig, CEO at Pathway Fund, delving into their side of the story and why they decided to support this inquiry.
Our inquiry into how to sustain place-based systems change is supported by a group of partners who share our belief that funding practice needs to change in order to make lasting change in local places possible. Today we share a guest essay from Asher Craig, CEO at Pathway Fund, delving into their side of the story and why they decided to support this inquiry.
As part of our inquiry into sustaining place-based systems change, we are excited to share a literature review on funding and investment approaches for place-based systems change initiatives.
In our most recent Community of Practice meeting, we shared findings emerging from our current inquiry into sustaining place-based systems change. This inquiry, which is running till spring 2026, maps out the approaches that places have used to sustain local systems change work over time.
Learn more about Sanctuary’s partnership with Renaisi-TSIP, where we supported their shift from more traditional models of impact measurement to ways that are more grounded in asset-based community developments principles.
Progress has been made to give young people greater influence within the services and organisations designed to support them. Yet when youth engagement is under-resourced or poorly defined, it risks causing harm. We developed a new model that supports young people and organisations to do youth participation in a way that is honest, developmental, and ethical.
Associate Director Cathy Hearn explores what happens when participatory methods are used in evaluations, and why they can sometimes cause more harm than good.
