We must move beyond talking about what ‘community’ means, to “doing” community together in meaningful ways....
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2010 study of 46,000 Americans in 26 cities showeda key determinant of local economic prosperity is connection....
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To date the BY spaces have been known for the sum of their problems, not for their abundance of hospitality, gift-giving capacity or associational...
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Individually we can’t create society, as it is the sum of our interactions, intermeshed with knowledge and traditions from the past and concerns, hopes...
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The ego versus eco choice is made every day, it is important therefore, for democratic process and cultural wellbeing that we as residents remind...
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Rather than client or customer, when you refer to someone as a citizen you see them as a primary inventor of a better tomorrow...
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" People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya...
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Two years ago on today's date the national newspaper The Irish Times led with the front page headline: “Economic activity returns to pre-crash levels”. Was this...
Read MoreKirklees Democracy Commission invited me to give evidence on what happens when local democracy works as it should. We explored a range of issues...
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In understanding the democratic deficit, we need to spend less time trying to understand the outcome of elections and more time understanding why so...
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The paper ‘Neoliberalism with a community face?: A critical analysis of asset-based community development in Scotland (MacLeod, MA & Emejulu, A) 2014, is one...
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Have you ever watched room 101? The premise of the show is to invite a panel member to offer their frustrations, with a view...
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