Courtesy of Matt Mitchell-Camp

Hello! (Word).

Hi, Welcome to this little internet slice of me. I do a lot of work around social networks – not the Facebook kind – human rights and what to do to ensure that people can fulfil their full potential. I’m

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Courtesy of Matt Mitchell-Camp

Hello! (Word).

Hi, Welcome to this little internet slice of me. I do a lot of work around social networks – not the Facebook kind – human rights and what to do to ensure that people can fulfil their full potential. I’m

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These sites are (in a rough South to North zig-zag) the Wick estate in Littlehampton, Arun; SE14 and SE4 in Lewisham, South London; Knowle West in Bristol; Tipton, near Sandlewell; Bretton in Peterborough; the Merseyside L8 area in Liverpool; and Murton, an ex-mining village in County Durham.

Are you well-connected?

A toolkit-in-progress: five ways to thinking about being well-connected.  It is an exciting time in the RSA’s Connected Communities team. Alongside our academic partners UCLAN and LSE, we are approaching an interesting milestone in our seven-site, five year Connected Communities programme that seeks to understand how community and social connections affect

These sites are (in a rough South to North zig-zag) the Wick estate in Littlehampton, Arun; SE14 and SE4 in Lewisham, South London; Knowle West in Bristol; Tipton, near Sandlewell; Bretton in Peterborough; the Merseyside L8 area in Liverpool; and Murton, an ex-mining village in County Durham.

Are you well-connected?

A toolkit-in-progress: five ways to thinking about being well-connected.  It is an exciting time in the RSA’s Connected Communities team. Alongside our academic partners UCLAN and LSE, we are approaching an interesting milestone in our seven-site, five year Connected Communities programme that seeks to understand how community and social connections affect

Stars and Thunderstorms: community weaving in Merseyside

Some of the best things about this job are the wonderful people I work with, and the inspiring projects that they are involved with. This week I went up to Merseyside to playback some of our research findings,and find out

Stars and Thunderstorms: community weaving in Merseyside

Some of the best things about this job are the wonderful people I work with, and the inspiring projects that they are involved with. This week I went up to Merseyside to playback some of our research findings,and find out

Wellbeing 2: which way to happy?

:: Re-blogged from Left Foot Forward ::   The first annual results of the ‘Measuring National Wellbeing Programme’ showed that happiness and subjective wellbeing vary between groups and locations. Whilst figures like ‘Average Happiness is 7.4’ pervade the media, not

Wellbeing 2: which way to happy?

:: Re-blogged from Left Foot Forward ::   The first annual results of the ‘Measuring National Wellbeing Programme’ showed that happiness and subjective wellbeing vary between groups and locations. Whilst figures like ‘Average Happiness is 7.4’ pervade the media, not

Wellbeing 1: It’s complicated!

:: Re-blogged from Left Foot Forward ::   In the Summer of 2012, the Office of National Statistics released the first annual results of its ‘Measuring National Wellbeing Programme’. They found that people’s perceived quality of lifevaries according to who they are,

Wellbeing 1: It’s complicated!

:: Re-blogged from Left Foot Forward ::   In the Summer of 2012, the Office of National Statistics released the first annual results of its ‘Measuring National Wellbeing Programme’. They found that people’s perceived quality of lifevaries according to who they are,

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Excuse me, could I speak to the person in charge please?

::3rd August 2012:: ::Somewhere between Littlehampton and London Victoria::   As a type this I am sitting on a train that has unwittingly and unwillingly gone rogue. We are a train in search of direction. We are driving; we have

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Excuse me, could I speak to the person in charge please?

::3rd August 2012:: ::Somewhere between Littlehampton and London Victoria::   As a type this I am sitting on a train that has unwittingly and unwillingly gone rogue. We are a train in search of direction. We are driving; we have

Slattern’s pasta sauce

The Slattern’s pasta sauce – as they make it in North London.  I’m something of a small dust-town deity in the kitchen. Nothing that will save your life, but you will probably think of my improvised dishes once in a

Slattern’s pasta sauce

The Slattern’s pasta sauce – as they make it in North London.  I’m something of a small dust-town deity in the kitchen. Nothing that will save your life, but you will probably think of my improvised dishes once in a