3 December 2021

Podcast series: ‘Changing it up’ – Ep 9 with Bryony Shannon

We’re following on our podcast series ‘Changing it up’ where hosts Nick Sinclair and Clenton Farquharson chat with people from […]

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23 November 2021

Uncovering the potential of community businesses in health and care

What a great start to my Community Catalysts journey! I’m on a mission to explore opportunities for community businesses to […]

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5 October 2021

What should organisations be doing to influence commissioners?

Moving from a commissioner to a provider – what we can learn. Pip Cannons from Community Catalysts, in discussion with […]

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14 September 2021

Voices for Colourful Lives Project – connecting in a disconnected time

When I started working on the ‘Voices for Colourful Lives’ project with Borough Care last autumn it was against a […]

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22 July 2021

Podcast series: ‘Changing it up’ – Ep 8 with Anna Severwright

We’re following on our podcast series ‘Changing it up’ where hosts Nick Sinclair and Clenton Farquharson chat with people from […]

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14 June 2021

Amplifying voices less heard

In our latest blog, we catch up with our newest member of the Community Catalysts’ Board, Andy Tilden. We’re really […]

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28 May 2021

Podcast series: ‘Changing it up’ – Ep 7 with Noreen Blanluet

We’re following on our podcast series ‘Changing it up’ where hosts Nick Sinclair and Clenton Farquharson chat with people from […]

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25 May 2021

Voices for Colourful Lives

Last October (2020) I started working on the Community Catalysts joint project with Borough Care, a not-for-profit organisation who provide […]

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16 April 2021

Podcast series: ‘Changing it up’ – Ep 6 with Caroline Speirs

We’re following on our podcast series ‘Changing it up’ where hosts Nick Sinclair and Clenton Farquharson chat with people from […]

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13 January 2021

An amazing journey in Thurrock- ending in a service award in 2020!

I first met Les Billingham back in 2014 when he was Assistant Director of Adult Social Care and Community Development […]

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5 January 2021

New Social Leaders – A unique leadership development opportunity and growing movement for change

A Covid Challenge As the pandemic unfolded our ‘social sector leaders’ (and by that we mean those managing and leading […]

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1 December 2020

Thinking back ….and planning ahead………..

It was nearly 12 years ago to the day when Angela Catley and I, with a colleague from Shared Lives […]

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