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Joining the Dots: Relationships and their impact on Community Hubs

In this contribution to Joining the Dots Arvinda Gohil discusses relationship building in local communities and the importance of organisations …

By Guest Writer | September 20, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, Relationships
Research

Shop Digital: Understanding the influence of digital on shopping behaviours

By Tayo | September 12, 2019

Joining the Dots: Who is helping who? Co-production and professional boundaries within social care services

In this piece Joining The Dots, Nick Andrews discusses the true nature of co production and how good support is founded in, …

By Guest Writer | September 11, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, Relationships
Project

Understanding how digital can nudge a healthier family food shop

The Challenge The shopping experience makes unhealthy food choices easier to find, harder to ignore and more affordable, meaning the …

Project

Increasing access to affordable credit with Fair Finance

The Problem Nearly 13m people across the country would be pushed into financial difficulty with an unexpected bill. Rising living …

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: 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 …

By David | August 2, 2019 Posted in Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, Relationships

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 …

By Matt | July 24, 2019 Posted in Design Thinking, Mental Health

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 …

By Nick | July 24, 2019 Posted in Design Thinking, Joining the Dots, 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

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 …

By Manjul | May 22, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Design Thinking, Digital, Data and Tech, Mental Health

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

Case Study: Supermarkets

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

By Sam | May 15, 2019 Posted in Case Studies: Relationship-Centred Practice, Design Thinking, Relationships

Case Study: START

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

By Sam | May 15, 2019 Posted in Case Studies: Relationship-Centred Practice, Design Thinking, 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

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 …

By Jon | May 7, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Design Thinking

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

VIDEO: Shift’s Development Director on families and food behaviours at #ShopWellEatWell

By Duncan B | April 24, 2019

#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 …

By Rachel | April 24, 2019 Posted in Collective Impact, Design Thinking
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 …

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

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