PinnedPublished inAn Archive of my work whilst at The National Lottery Community FundThe Cover Story for this archiveI’ve just finished three years at The National Lottery Community Fund where I worked from November 2018 until November 2021. I was…Dec 24, 2021Dec 24, 2021
Published inPaul Hamlyn FoundationKinship Discovery — Guiding PrinciplesI am working with Paul Hamlyn Foundation on Kinship Discovery-these are the principles that will guide this exploratory phase.Oct 30, 2023Oct 30, 2023
Answering some questions about Imagination Infrastructures.Earlier this week I did a session on Imagination Infrastructures for a few different communities that came together for one event: the…Jan 30, 20231Jan 30, 20231
Imagination Infrastructures at Anticipation ConferenceLast November I was one of the speakers at the Anticipation conference — thank you to Keri Facer. If you don’t know it, I’d really…Jan 7, 2023Jan 7, 2023
More of and less of in 2023Given I’ve done some mammoth blog posts the last few days, I thought it might be good practice to do a really short one! I was also…Jan 6, 20233Jan 6, 20233
Becoming 2023 – some of the things I’ll be doing this year.My previous blog, where I reflected back on my work in 2022 was so long it became a good reminder of why I should begin writing more…Jan 4, 20232Jan 4, 20232
My 2022 and what this means for my 2023.Throughout the year people have asked me “How’s JRF going?” or “How’s Power to Change going?” — I’m not sure people have realised the way…Jan 2, 20232Jan 2, 20232
Help us to design our new Visionaries programme and fund.A few weeks back we (Joseph Rowntree Foundation) shared an update about the work we’re continuing to grow and invest in, in relation to…Dec 20, 2022Dec 20, 2022
Help us continue to grow the field of social and collective imagination“The lack of plural, functional, compelling and active vision(s) in the United Kingdom (actually England, where I currently live) is…Nov 3, 20223Nov 3, 20223