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Three reflections on RSA Meetups: Human connectivity and a catalyst for change

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08 Apr 2020

Dr Dee Gray, Alan Henry and Pam Luckock FRSAs

This blog is written as three reflections, inspired by recent on RSA regional ‘meet ups’ in north Wales. It is written by RSA Fellows Dr Dee Gray, Alan Henry and Pam Luckock.
Why mutual aid groups and the NHS volunteer ‘army’ must work together to save lives

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01 Apr 2020

Ed Cox Carey Bamber

Ed Cox & RSA Fellow Carey Bamber explore how to make the most of local volunteers' efforts by looking at the situation in Manchester.
Design principles for democratic innovation

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28 Jan 2020

Ed Cox

Ed Cox on the opening of the International Week of Democratic Innovation at the People's History Museum in Manchester.
Northerners don’t think they get a fair deal from the government

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10 Dec 2019

Ed Cox

Could regional inequality decide the General Election? The results of our new poll of Northern voters.
‘Sorry We Missed You’ shows the need to make care pay again

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05 Nov 2019

Ruth Hannan

Ken Loach’s new film shows that social care workers still care, even when the system doesn’t. Have we lost sight of the difference between delivering a package and delivering care?
Votes at 16? Young people reimagine democracy in the Tees Valley

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16 Oct 2019

Ed Cox

Lessons from when a group of RSA Fellows in the Tees Valley organised a Democracy Day involving sixth formers from across the region.
The UK Accelerator for Climate Action

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07 Oct 2019

Ric Casale

More than half of the U.K.’s 408 principal local authorities have now declared a climate emergency, making it one of the fastest growing environmental movements in recent history, and the first country in the world to reach this landmark.
Finding new ways of doing local politics

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30 Sep 2019

Perry Walker FRSA

RSA Fellow Perry Walker on getting ideas directly from the people – one card at a time.
Forgetting Peterloo

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16 Aug 2019

Ed Cox

The 200th anniversary of the Peterloo massacre has been quiet. Today, we need to remember that the protest was about the link between democracy and inequality.
Why we need a more progressive account of the North’s heritage

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31 Jul 2019

Ed Cox

Boris Johnson invokes the industrial revolution as he backs the Northern Powerhouse, but forgets the North’s more radical history demanding social and electoral reform.