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Joining the Dots

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

We’re starting a new, open blog series – ‘Joining the dots’ – that will be collectively owned and developed. This blog series will sit alongside, and complement, Shift’s existing work.

As the conversation builds, we will try to give it structure and direction. The common threads will be the simple conviction that relationships matter and an interest in engaging with some of the knotty questions.

So far, we are Iona Lawrence, Michael Little, Rufus Olins, David Robinson, Immy Robinson, Ray Shostak, Nick Stanhope, Clare Wightman and Steve Wyler. Please join us.

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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

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: 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

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

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: Everyday Love

  In this Joining the Dots blog, Linda Woolston offers a humane and insightful reflection on the role of love …

By Guest Writer | August 9, 2019 Posted in Joining the Dots, 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

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: Practicing Kindness

In this Joining the Dots blog contribution, Ben Thurman reflects on the tensions between kindness and risk, relationships and professionalism, …

By Guest Writer | July 16, 2019 Posted in Joining the Dots, Relationships

Joining the Dots: Building Intergenerational Connections

In this Joining the Dots blog contribution, Sam Dalton looks at the gap in intergenerational relationships in today’s society, and …

By Guest Writer | July 9, 2019 Posted in 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

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

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

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

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