We are delighted to be working with Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) to deliver these workshops next month across Berkshire, engaging communities in developing the Local Nature Recovery Strategy for Berkshire. If you’re in Berkshire, please join us at your nearest event – or for the online workshop – and do spread the […]
Empowering Patient Voice: Showcasing our work with NHS England A big part of what Just Ideas do is to grow the voices, confidence and influence of individuals working and volunteering within community engagement roles. This includes delivering training for patient voice representatives – volunteers who share their lived experience – within NHS England. Working with […]
In 2023 our work with InterClimate Network (ICN) has scaled up due to the formation of a team of climate conference associate facilitators. We have worked with ICN to expand the conferences delivered to include a range of formats, hosted by individual schools, as well as in town halls across England. The 10th Reading schools’ […]
We’re delighted to share the publication of ‘Building Community Leadership’ the culmination of work with IVAR as evaluation and learning partners to Local Trust’s Community Leadership Academy (CLA). Learning from the experience of participants and delivery partners over the last three years, the report sheds light on how the CLA supported individuals in communities to […]
In a blog for Local Trust, Director Richard Usher has written about Just Ideas’ role as delivery partner for the Local Trust ‘Reflect Recharge‘ support offer. This facilitated support package gives Big Local partnerships the space to reflect on their achievements to date as well as inviting deeper thinking about what support is needed in […]
Mycelium: the underground network of branching fungal threads that heal the soil and facilitate the sharing of nutrients between plants and trees. In a whistle stop tour of our 15th year, the cover image * of the 2022 Just Ideas’ annual review depicts mycelium, reflecting this year’s theme of growth. Growth through networking and partnership. […]
Timed to coincide with the annual COP talks – this year in Egypt – the InterClimate Network Schools’ Climate Conferences have become a fixture in the Just Ideas’ calendar. This year we have been working together to create a group of facilitators – comprised of our Just Ideas associates – to roll out the delivery […]
During the pandemic, Just Ideas teamed up with Cornwall Council Public Health to help them apply a Human Learning Systems approach to working with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors. In this blog Just Ideas’ Director Helen Garforth shares her insights into the positive results and valuable learning that came from working in this […]
Just Ideas continue to work regularly with Local Trust Big Local communities. There are 150 English neighbourhoods that receive capacity building support and funding through the Big Local programme. The @LocalTrust Community Leadership Academy (CLA) was formed in 2019 to help recognise and develop leadership skills which the nominated partnership members then bring back to […]
Thank you to everyone who has booked on to the next in our series of free online workshops aka The Ideas Collaborative. As promised, below are the details of the session and more information on the agenda for our morning together. When: Friday 28th October, 9.30 – 12.30 Agenda: Over the course of a morning […]
Berkshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy workshops – registration is open!19th March 2024 - 11:08 am
Sharing highlights from Just Ideas’ 2023 review of the year17th January 2024 - 5:43 pm
Guest blog: Inspiring Change – Reflections on the Reading Schools Climate Conference 202319th December 2023 - 8:46 am