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Coordination in place
On 13 April 2021.
NPC has been working closely with local community coordinators in Buckinghamshire, Coventry and Sutton to learn how ways of working and attitudes to collaboration have shifted during the coronavirus crisis.
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How to build upon recent changes to place-based coordination
By Abigail Rose .
On 12 January 2021.
In October, we released interim findings from our 'Coordination in place' project, which aims to investigate place-based local action during the Covid-19 pandemic. How can charities, funders and commissioners continue to improve local collaboration?
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How has place-based coordination changed?
By Abigail Rose .
On 22 October 2020.
We’re tracking three areas to understand how places are adapting to meet evolving needs in their communities. NPC has published an interim paper for this 'Coordination in place' project. This blog sets out some findings from our research so far.
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Coordination in place: Interim report
On 22 October 2020.
This is an interim report for our 'Coordination in place' project. We’re tracking three areas, to understand how these places are adapting to meet evolving needs in their communities.
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Place-based approaches in response to Covid-19
By Clare Wightman.
On 13 August 2020.
Grapevine chose to create the space to get ahead on future issues, rather than focusing on emergency response during the pandemic. We must now start to proactively build the economic and social capital needed to take action on the causes of tomorrow’s problems.
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Five questions your trustees should ask about place
By Nicola Pritchard .
On 3 March 2020.
We recently ran a seminar to explore what place-based working means in the context of trusteeship. Place-based approaches involve coordinating work at the local level to achieve outcomes that meet the needs of local people. What can boards be doing to help implement these approaches?
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Build on the social aspect of towns
By Dan Corry .
On 13 February 2020.
Dan Corry argues the 'levelling up' discussion about towns must take into account the social side not just physical infrastructure, which will require local and national government to get to grips with the social sector.
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Where are England’s charities?
On 16 January 2020.
Are they in the right places and what can we do if they are not? In this provocation paper Dan Corry uses data to ask if the current distribution of charities around the country is what we would want in an ideal world and explores what government, funders and charities could do about it.
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Place-based work in the charity and international humanitarian sectors
By Elizabeth Parker .
On 15 October 2019.
In recent years there has been renewed interest both in the UK charity and international humanitarian sectors, in place-based approaches. Why is this? Are they talking about the same kind of work? And does terminology matter?
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Transforming young people’s experience of Shakespeare
By Jacqui O’Hanlon.
On 10 September 2019.
In this guest blog, Jacqui O’Hanlon from the Royal Shakespeare Company shares how to use place, partnerships and youth leadership to engage young people in arts and culture.
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Our framework for Place
On 14 August 2019.
The places where we live and work define who we are and what we do. We've developed this framework to share common characteristics we’ve identified from our consulting and think tank work, which we believe will prove invaluable for developing your own place-based projects.
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Radical roots to practical action—the case for place
On 8 July 2019.
What does ‘place’ mean in the context of policy? And what does it mean for charities, policymakers and private funders?
