Blogs & articles

RSA Fellows: bound by a common desire for change

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28 Jun 2013

Alexandra Barker

As a newly appointed Fellowship Development Coordinator, one of the first questions I asked my colleagues from the outset was… so what is the average Fellow like? Of course, I soon discovered that amongst the 27,000, there is no such thing as an average Fellow. The Fellowship is made up of a diverse collection of people who are united by the desire to build a better society.

Debating arts and education in the South West

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20 Jun 2013

Kate Monkhouse

I have spent a lot of time on the M5 recently driving around Devon and Cornwall and, incidentally, found it a good way of catching up with RSA lectures via the listen again app.  The reason for my travels has been to attend a really stimulating series of debates that RSA South West are hosting in partnership with the Dartington Hall Trust.  They are being led by the networks in the South West – Exeter, West Cornwall, Plymouth and North Devon and are focusing on some of the key issues relevant regionally and nationally -

Fellowship Partnerships – we’re scaling up to help further our charitable mission

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11 Jun 2013

It’s been a while since my last blog post, and it’s been a busy 6 months for the Partnerships team!

Ideas in Barry Part 1

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10 Jun 2013

Vivs Long-Ferguson

Guest blog from Catalyst Award winner, Andy Green FRSA

Will it really take 70 years to achieve gender-balanced boardrooms in the UK?

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03 Jun 2013

Guest blog by Carol Jackson, Chief Operating Officer, the RSA:

Social investment: inside out

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31 May 2013

This is a guest blog by Servane Mouazan FRSA, founder and Director at OGUNTE, an organisation that helps women social entrepreneurs to make a positive impact on people and planet by enabling them to learn, lead and connect. They do this through: stakeholder connections and introductions; executive coaching; angels training; leadership seminars and award programmes.

The Big Idea: New Approaches to Making

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29 May 2013

Jamie Cooke

The Big Idea: Using new technologies to bring manufacturing and making into the public sphere.

Five #FRSA tips to get started with crowdfunding

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23 May 2013

Guest Blog by Ed Whiting, At-Large Fellowship Councillor leading the RSA's work on crowdfunding. 

The Big Idea: The Cathedral Innovation Centre

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20 May 2013

The Big Idea: Unleashing religious spaces and communities to create jobs and encourage entrepreneurship.