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Our takeaway: What we’ve learnt running a healthier local food business

In late 2019, with support from Impact on Urban Health (then Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity), we launched Medleys, an …

By Alice | March 4, 2021 Posted in Community, Design Thinking, Food
Research

The Moment We Noticed: The Relationships Observatory & Learning from 100 Days of Lockdown

Bringing together learning from 50+ contributors after 100 days of lockdown, this report explores how we can build back better …

By David | July 7, 2020

Redesigning Libraries, Archives and Museums Post-COVID-19

Shift’s US family offer five ways we can rebuild the cultural sector beyond COVID-19 in ways that better reflect the values of an equitable society.

By Jon | May 12, 2020

Introducing the Relationships Observatory

Inviting you to observe, capture and share amazing examples of responses to COVID-19 that have relationships at their heart – all to help us learn for the future.

By David | April 1, 2020

Coronavirus and social disruption

A view from the Relationships Project on how our lives and relationships are changing as a result of coronavirus.

By David | March 14, 2020
Research

The Relationship-Centred City: Building a better London by building better relationships

A report from the Relationships Project unearths learning for cities the world over.

By Sam | March 13, 2020
Research

Case studies: relationship-centred practice

A collection of inspiring examples of relationship-centred practice from across the UK.

By Immy | February 2, 2020

Imagining a relationship-centred London

In brief In this blog, David shares his reflections on an thoughtful, energetic event in which 25 Londoners reimagined the …

By David | December 12, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Relationships

Blueprints, Clues and Cues for relational practice

In brief In this blog, Immy outlines the Relationship Project’s upcoming plans to develop practical tools that support the design …

By Immy | December 12, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Relationships

Joining the dots: The case for relational resettlement

In this piece for Joining the Dots Sam Boyd – Head of Policy, Impact and Communications at Switchback – describes the transformational …

By Guest Writer | December 12, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, Relationships
Research

Massive Digital Community Archives in Colombia: An International Partnership Towards Peace

This chapter in The Routledge International Handbook of New Digital Practices in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Heritage Sites explores …

By Jon | November 18, 2019

Joining the Dots: Relationship-Centred Public Services

In this piece for Joining the Dots Ray Shostak considers the “enabling conditions” for developing relational practice and suggests a framework for …

By Guest Writer | October 14, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, Relationships

Joining the dots: Wallpaper and relationships

In this contribution to Joining the Dots, The Relationships Project Founder David Robinson reflects on the importance of visual clues …

By David | September 30, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, Relationships

Joining the Dots: Politics as usual or a new beginning?

In this Joining The Dots blog (written back in the days when parliaments sat and terms were predictable, which is …

By David | August 30, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, Relationships

Joining the Dots: Finding and keeping a home

In this contribution to Joining the Dots, Maeve McGoldrick discusses the importance of relationships in meeting the needs of the 170,000 people …

By Guest Writer | August 22, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, Mental Health, Relationships

Joining the Dots: My journey with the Campaign to End Loneliness

In this Joining the Dots blog, In this blog Laura Alcock-Ferguson, the founding Director of the Campaign to End Loneliness, …

By Guest Writer | August 16, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, Mental Health, Relationships

Joining the Dots: Embracing the Mess to do What’s Best for People

In this contribution to Joining the Dots, Toby Lowe and Dawn Plimmer discuss funding, commissioning and managing services in a world where …

By Guest Writer | July 5, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, Relationships

Joining the Dots: In praise of small everyday relationships

In this Joining the Dots contribution, Steve Wyler discusses the concept of conviviality and the importance of shared spaces where small …

By Guest Writer | June 28, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, Relationships

Jon’s Antipodean adventure

Recently, Shift’s US Director Jon headed over to Australia and New Zealand for a tour of library, museum and community …

By Jon | June 24, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Digital, Data and Tech

Joining the Dots: The gift through the fence

In this Joining the Dots contribution, Clare Wightman discusses the importance of relationships in removing stigma and reducing exclusion. Clare is CEO …

By Guest Writer | June 17, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, Mental Health, Relationships

Case Study: OTR

As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …

By Sam | June 7, 2019 Posted in Case Studies: Relationship-Centred Practice, Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Mental Health, Relationships

Case Study: WEvolution

As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …

By Sam | June 7, 2019 Posted in Case Studies: Relationship-Centred Practice, Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Relationships

Case Study: Big Picture Learning

As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …

By Sam | June 7, 2019 Posted in Case Studies: Relationship-Centred Practice, Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Relationships

Case Study: Every One, Every Day

As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …

By Sam | June 6, 2019 Posted in Case Studies: Relationship-Centred Practice, Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Relationships

Case Study: Social Violence Reduction Unit

As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …

By Sam | June 6, 2019 Posted in Case Studies: Relationship-Centred Practice, Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Relationships

Joining the Dots: Caring for Carers

In this important and moving piece for Joining the Dots, David Grayson examines the caring relationship and proposes a “new social …

By Guest Writer | June 6, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, Relationships

Joining the Dots: Relationships, A Transformative Power

In this Joining the Dots piece, Thomas Neumark shares his learning about relationships from a personal as well as a professional perspective. …

By Guest Writer | June 5, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, Relationships

Joining the Dots: The Measurement Challenge

In this Joining the Dots blog series, Immy Robinson – Research and Innovation Lead at Shift – explores some of the knotty …

By Immy | May 31, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, Relationships

Joining the Dots: Tending the Spaces

In this Joining the Dots blog series, Michael Little reminds us that relationships are hard won, not always positive, and inevitably influenced …

By Guest Writer | May 28, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, Relationships

Joining the Dots: We can do this, we’re doing it now

In this Joining the Dots blog, Shift board member and community worker David Robinson shows what a relational approach looks …

By David | May 22, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, Relationships

Joining the Dots: Relationships in the Workplace

In this Joining the Dots blog series, Rufus Olins reflects on the importance of data in making the case  for a more …

By Guest Writer | May 17, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, Relationships

Joining the Dots: Together We Create Community

In this Joining the Dots blog series, Iona Lawrence offers a personal reflection on what relationships mean to her. Iona was the founding …

By Guest Writer | May 14, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, Relationships

Case Study: Amplify NI

As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …

By Sam | April 29, 2019 Posted in Case Studies: Relationship-Centred Practice, Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Relationships

Case Study: COOK

As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …

By Sam | April 29, 2019 Posted in Case Studies: Relationship-Centred Practice, Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Relationships

An ‘equation’ for relationship-centred design

Over the past few months, we’ve been developing a bank of case studies which, we think, demonstrate relationship-centred design in …

By Immy | April 29, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Relationships

Joining the Dots: A Common Field

The Relationships Project is working with others on sharing and discussing ideas. We hope this work will ultimately help to …

By David | April 29, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, Relationships

Case Study: The Frome Model of Enhanced Primary Care

As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …

By Sam | April 29, 2019 Posted in Case Studies: Relationship-Centred Practice, Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Relationships

Case Study: Big Lunch & Great Get Together

As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …

By Sam | April 29, 2019 Posted in Case Studies: Relationship-Centred Practice, Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Relationships

Case Study: The Scottish Men’s Sheds Association

As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …

By Sam | April 29, 2019 Posted in Case Studies: Relationship-Centred Practice, Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Relationships

Case Study: GoodGym

As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …

By Sam | April 29, 2019 Posted in Case Studies: Relationship-Centred Practice, Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Relationships

Case Study: Migrateful

As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …

By Sam | April 29, 2019 Posted in Case Studies: Relationship-Centred Practice, Community, Design Thinking, Relationships

Case Study: Grow Well Cardiff

As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …

By Sam | April 10, 2019 Posted in Case Studies: Relationship-Centred Practice, Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Relationships

Case Study: Timpson

As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …

By Sam | April 10, 2019 Posted in Case Studies: Relationship-Centred Practice, Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Relationships

Case Study: Appliances Online

As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …

By Sam | April 10, 2019 Posted in Case Studies: Relationship-Centred Practice, Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Relationships

Feedback on Relationship-Centred Design Considerations: Round 1

Last month, we (the Relationships Project team) shared a first attempt at a set of relationship-centred design considerations with our …

By Immy | March 28, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Mental Health, Relationships

Extending the Circle

Amongst the responses to the previous blog from the Relationships Project (Talking a little, learning a lot), which discussed ‘circles of …

By David | March 15, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Mental Health, Relationships

Introducing MadeByPlay – a new venture born out of Shift

Today sees the launch of a new Shift venture that’s built on our 10 years of work strengthening communities in …

By Louise | March 6, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Community, Design Thinking, Relationships
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MadeByPlay: social games that ignite dialogue, empathy and action

The challenge In order to make progress in any context, whether it’s a community or a workplace, well-functioning diverse groups, …

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