In this blog, Shaun and Luke talk about the emergence of a new cohort of highly political and deeply intellectual young people across our cities – a new urban intelligentsia – which the social sector ignores at its peril.
In the first meeting of the community of practice, participants considered the individual’s role in place-based change. The focus of the February place-based systemic change community of practice was sharing experiences to build a way of thinking about the skills and approaches practitioners need to do place-based work. We asked the group to bring thoughts about
Listen to young activists talk about leading change and what community means to them.
Renaisi run an employment service customer satisfaction survey every 6 months. The survey helps to track customer satisfaction and also helps us improve our services for the participants.
Exploring our work engaging local communities through community research to discuss the impacts of air pollution and designing new ways to give underrepresented communities a voice in the space.
In partnership with Impact on Urban Health, our Community Researcher team conducted vital research to provide insight into the impact of Covid-19 on vulnerable groups across Lambeth and Southwark.
In collaboration with The McPin Foundation and Black Thrive, The Social Innovation Partnership and our team of Community Researchers explored the experiences of Black people in Lambeth in relation to employment, COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement. Hear more about the research process and the findings in this blog from Keisha Simms.
Shaun Danquah and Marcus Tayebwa explore the prevalence and complexity of medical scepticism in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, and talk about the need for community-led research to effectively understand this ever-increasing scepticism across the urban locale, in the current context of the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Renaisi’s Amanda Norrlander and Tom French (associate) discuss their collaboration on an evaluation for CAST.
Renaisi is the independent evaluation partner for Power to Change’s Empowering Places programme. Read the interim evalu
