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Blog: David Bowie lived downstairs – how we build heritage from personal histories

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26 Jan 2016

Jamie Cooke

In a personal reflection on the recent death of David Bowie, Head of RSA Scotland Jamie Cooke shamelessly steals his mum’s connection to the star in order to reflect upon the importance of personal heritage.
Blog: The Collaborative Democracy

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22 Jan 2016

Keith Harrison-Broninski

Keith Harrison-Broninski FRSA explores the political swing from big society to local grassroots movements, and the integration central and local democracy.
Article: Mind the gap

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20 Jan 2016

Hilary Cottam

Negotiating the pathway from rhetoric to reality in community-centred work is still the major challenge of our times, says social entrepreneur Hilary Cottam.
Blog: Something old, something new - a case study in building a community

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14 Jan 2016

Andy Gawin Warby

How do you convert an old, derelict space into something fit for the modern day, and build a sustainable business model around it? Read how one Fellow and group of committed local residents did just that in Camden.
Blog: Bringing the Heritage Index to life

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13 Jan 2016

Jamie Cooke

The Heritage Index was intended to not just be a collection of data, but a call to arms for greater engagement of communities with the heritage which surrounds them and shapes the identities of their communities. With a Heritage Question Time event coming up in Dundee on the 28th January, Head of RSA Scotland Jamie Cooke explores why this is the ideal time to engage with the Heritage Index.
Blog: Cameron on ‘life chances’ – thoughtful but falling short

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12 Jan 2016

Anthony Painter

Anthony Painter outlines why - as argued by the Prime Minister - security is so crucial in alleviating poverty but suggests a Basic Income, whilst not a miracle solution, is better than the current policy direction.
Blog: Regeneration - here we go again

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10 Jan 2016

Matthew Taylor

Five years after the end of the New Deal for Communities, David Cameron is apparently planning to launch a new regeneration initiative. Let's hope he is willing to be bold and to learn from the past.
Blog: Engaging Ashford, and the fountain of delight

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06 Jan 2016

Joanna Massie

Ashford is going through extraordinary and exciting changes, and underneath Ashford’s significant growth programme is a market town with a valuable history dating as far back as early prehistoric times and a long heritage, rich in business and trade. Find out how the town is making the most of its heritage in looking toward the future.
Blog: In London’s fair city

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06 Jan 2016

Joe Hallgarten

Five months to go before London’s Mayoral Election, here are five ideas to make London more just and equal
Blog: Rethinking your drinking?

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22 Dec 2015

Jackie Ballard FRSA

Most of us will know someone who is having a Dry January. Four years after the charity Alcohol Concern launched the behaviour change campaign, Jackie Ballard FRSA highlights why they hope even more people will join in 2016.