In the third in our series, we meet Danna Michelle Quinones Rodriguez, a member of our Community Researcher team who talks about her upbringing and experiences first in Colombia, her journey to joining the Community Research team in London and her desires to truly drive social change.
In this blog, Shaun Danquah and Paul Addae look at the inequalities of environmental engagement and impact across the urban locale. They explore the reasons why the issue doesn’t resonate with Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities and discuss why a dramatic shift is needed on people who should be involved in driving the environmental agenda forward.
Recapping our activities during Black History Month (and beyond) to support the Black history makers of the future through an event series called Promoting Black Leadership Through Entrepreneurship
In this video John Hitchin presents the learning from the Funding Place-Based Systemic Change enquiry. With contributions from Natsayi Sithole of Save the Children UK and Stephen Skeet from Volunteering Matters.
The Chief Executive of West London Zone, says those engaged in place-based work may find it easier to communicate what they are aiming for if they adopt the PBSC framework’s language and benchmarking.
A recap of our Young Black Men’s Unconference in partnership with The Shoreditch Trust, Hackney CVS – the first step in a journey to co-design a new health and wellbeing service.
Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire case study about a local organisation evolution approach to place based systems change. The funding place-based systemic change project includes a series of case studies from places and organisations that are learning to change systems.
Learn more about our work with Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity pioneering innovative programmes including research which is led by and for the community and participatory grant-making through a community-led fund.
John Hitchin describes the scenarios and issues that move people to begin to work differentally and invites funders to test some practical tools to help places and organisations move towards systemic change in a place.
Working in partnership creates additional capacity and expertise for our work but more than that, it brings new perspectives and challenges us to think differently. In this conversation Sarah Thelwall, MyCake Founder and Renaisi’s Head of Learning, Alice Thornton discuss the value of their partnership. How did you come to partner up? Alice: We’ve worked
