Entries by Mary

Registration is open: The Ideas Collaborative event – Friday 28th October – 9:30am to 12:30pm

Following our workshop announcement last month, registration is now open for the next in our series of free online peer learning workshops. Join us on Friday October 28th for a morning of mixed workshops and peer support. This is for you and your colleagues if you are … • stepping into or changing jobs within […]

Download our free resource: Top Tips for running effective Hybrid meetings

Over on our Resources page there is a pdf guide to running successful Hybrid meetings available to download.  In order to compile the guide we have drawn on our experience of running hybrid meetings and training events, where some participants meet face to face while other participants join the session via video conferencing (typically Zoom […]

Hold the date! Friday 28th October – 9:30am to 12:30pm: The Ideas Collaborative

We are delighted to announce the next in our series of free online peer learning workshops – The Ideas Collaborative – on Friday 28th October. Following on from the first session in June, we will be again offer a morning of mixed workshops and peer support – from 9:30am to 12:30pm – followed by the […]

Final report published: Community responses to Covid 19

In our April blog. Director of Just Ideas – Richard Usher – reflected on how much was learnt and shared over two years working with the Third Sector Research Centre team and being alongside communities across England. Local Trust have now published the final report in the series they commissioned, entitled “One pandemic, many responses: […]

Calling all involved in social and environmental justice or community voice – you are invited!

You are invited to “Connecting, Learning and Growing together” – a free half day workshop by Just Ideas – on Monday 20th June 2022 from 9.30am to 12.30pm on Zoom. What’s on offer This online peer learning initiative is designed to support individuals like yourself to: share learning and build skills, networks and confidence access […]

New report published: Big Local relationships with public agencies

  We are delighted to announce the publishing of a new report – commissioned by Local Trust – which examines the  relationships between Big Local areas and the public agencies they connect with. The report was written and researched by a team from Just Ideas – Directors Helen Garforth and Richard Usher with Leila Baker, Véronique […]

Film: Community responses to Covid 19

A reflection by Richard Usher, Director of Just Ideas.  So much was learnt and shared over two years working with the Third Sector Research Centre team and being alongside communities across England in their responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. This short film brings to life some of the issues and key responses that people in […]