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In our first blog of 2021, TSIP’s Managing Director Genevieve Laurier reflects, not only on the past 12 months but also ten years of TSIP and what this all means going forward.

In this think piece, co-authored by Shaun Danquah, Marcus Tayebwa and Muhammed Rauf, our three team members reflect on an important and impactful year in their respective journey’s, navigating the ever-evolving world of Community Research and beyond.

Find out what the City & Hackney Anchor Collaborative has been able to achieve together even while responding to the pandemic.

In this post Renaisi’s Head of Learning, Alice Thornton, reflects on how combining approaches designed to build evidence with rapid learning methods has helped to support clients to respond to the pandemic.

For our second air pollution forum meeting, we split into groups to discuss key questions to address the lack of representation within the air pollution agenda. Read more for Muhammed Rauf’s reflections – a member of the community researcher team who led one of the discussions.

Meet Yusif Morris, a member of our Community Research team. In this blog, Yusif shares the realities of growing up in South-West London as a Black man and how his experiences have shaped his passion to make change through Community Research.

Ten years after launch, Executive Chair and Founder of TSIP, Stephen Bediako reflects on what TSIP has done, what it’s achieved, what it’s got wrong, what it’s learned – and what might be next.

The next blog in our community voice series was written by Sylvana Walcott. Read her story as she shares her journey from leaving school at 16 to becoming a mother, entrepreneur and Community Researcher.

The Social Innovation Partnership (TSIP) was recently funded by Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity to engage local communities in Lambeth and Southwark to discuss the impacts of air pollution and design new ways to give underrepresented communities a voice in the space. Our intern, Josh Fatoye, shares his reflections after our first air pollution forum meeting.

Tyler Fox reflects on the VAWG Grassroots Fund which launches today in partnership with MOPAC and London Community Foundation. In this blog, Tyler explores the co-design process for the fund, which is jointly designed with the incredible ‘by and for’ organisations that support so many women across London and talks about the challenges faced as well as lessons for funders supporting the grassroots sector.