Places by: manda brookman

Collective of people sharing wisdom on their use and participation in the Doughnut Economics model, across Cornwall. Participants include Cafe Disruptif, Helston Climate Action Group, Cornwall Council, Conscious Creatives, Shallal Theatre and more.

Community network working on the psychology of change

Urban land could grow fruit and veg for 15 per cent of the population, research shows: see link below for the full article More information: Edmondson, J.L., Cunningham, H., Densley Tingley, D.O. et al. The hidden potential of urban horticulture. Nat Food 1, 155–159 (2020). doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-0045-6 , www.nature.com/articles/s43016-020-0045-6

Transition Homes Community Land Trust is developing a scheme of 27 eco-homes on a site, Clay Park, in Dartington parish. The majority of the homes (70%) are affordable rental & shared ownership for local people with a proportion of market housing required for cross-subsidy.

  Growing Links was created in 2013 to combat food poverty. We were concerned about the imbalance of so much food waste yet people in our community were going hungry. At first we worked with local primary schools setting up edible gardens and teaching young people about seasonality, growing food and Read more [...]

At The Bike Project, we take second-hand bikes, fix them up and donate them to refugees and asylum-seekers in London and Birmingham. The UK is bursting with opportunities – but it’s also expensive. Especially when you’re a refugee trying to navigate the complex asylum process on just £37 a week. Read more [...]

Welcome to Blackpool’s Resilience Revolution……… We’re a mix of people from across the town…basically anyone who lives, works or volunteers in Blackpool is invited to join us and come together to work out how to build a resilient town to grow up, live, work and thrive in. But what does the Resilience Revolution actually mean? Life can be a challenge for lots of different reasons, for some more than others. We want everyone to have the opportunity to learn more about what they can do to overcome these challenges and thrive, for themselves and others (building individual and community resilience) …AND we want to challenge and change the things that make life difficult in the first place (reducing inequalities) We call this beating the odds whilst also changing the odds.

Established ten years ago, the School for Social Entrepreneurs Cornwall (SSE Cornwall) supports Social Entrepreneurs to realise their ambitions and create social change.  As part of a network of global schools SSE Cornwall delivers programmes to support and equip people to start, scale and strengthen their organisations, making a significant Read more [...]

  We can’t fix issues like poverty, climate change and ill-health alone. That’s why the School for Social Entrepreneurs exists. We help 1,000 people a year develop the skills, strengths and networks they need to tackle society’s biggest problems. We run courses that equip people to start, scale and strengthen Read more [...]

  CLES is the UK’s leading, independent think and do tank realising progressive economics for people and place. Our aim is to achieve social justice, good local economies and effective public services for everyone, everywhere.