In this contribution to Joining the Dots, Maeve McGoldrick discusses the importance of relationships in meeting the needs of the 170,000 people …
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, …
Joining the Dots: Time for ‘relationship-centred government’? How about it Mr Johnson?
In this Joining the Dots blog, David Robinson, who leads the Relationships Project, challenges the UK’s new Prime Minister to …
Empowering single parents towards financial resilience: what we’ve learnt so far
In this blog, Partnerships Director (and dad of two) Matt shares what we’ve learnt from working with the charity Gingerbread to support …
Joining the Dots: Digital technology isn’t the enemy of warmth within services
In this Joining the Dots blog, Shift’s CEO (and dad to a 3 year old) Nick Stanhope explores ways in …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Case Study: OTR
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
Case Study: WEvolution
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Gaming to tackle anxiety: what BfB Labs learnt from a low-fi pilot
The team at BfB Labs works to empower young people to improve their mental health by building engaging and effective digital …
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 …
Case Study: Supermarkets
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
Case Study: START
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
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 …
May/June 2019 Shift US Dates and Workshops
Wow, this is a crazy couple of months for the Shift US team! Here are some places we’ll be and …
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 …
Case Study: COOK
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Case Study: GoodGym
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
Case Study: Migrateful
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
VIDEO: Shift’s Development Director on families and food behaviours at #ShopWellEatWell
#ShiftReads: From our bookshelf to yours…
As we head into Spring, the Shift team shares some of the writing that has inspired and challenged us in our …
Project
Working with a housing association to help households be more financially resilient
A few days before my first Universal Credit payment, they told me how much I was going to get. I …
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 …
Case Study: Timpson
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
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 …
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 …
Extending the Circle
Amongst the responses to the previous blog from the Relationships Project (Talking a little, learning a lot), which discussed ‘circles of …
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 …
Project
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, …
Building the Ecosystem: an alternative to building the next new thing
Roles, collective assets and putting people at the heart of ecosystems. Blog from CEO Nick Stanhope.
Five things we learnt about Tip in beta
For two years now, Shift has been working in partnership with NCT, the UK’s largest parenting charity. Our project, which …
Talking a little, learning a lot
As we have been shaping our ideas about relationship centred design we have been talking a little and learning a …
Research
Hot, prepared revolution: A summary of two years work looking at takeaways
Shift has developed the UK’s most detailed understanding of takeaway food, families’ relationship with it, the role hot, prepared food …