14 January 2021
What’s in a day – does Covid offer a once in a generation chance to rethink day support?
For decades people with a learning disability have shouted loud and proud that they want what should be unremarkable from […]
23 December 2020
Valuable AND Vulnerable… coproduction and unexpected shifts
Our new project with a focus on the positive – working with people who were formally or informally shielded and […]
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 […]
11 November 2020
Help us SHOUT ‘people are valuable not vulnerable’
Covid has challenged us individually and as a society. Here at Community Catalysts we know that many people, particularly those […]
30 September 2020
Esk Valley community gets together while staying apart
With Covid restrictions in force across the country communities have been finding creative ways to get together. Over in the […]
28 July 2020
Ten years of amazing people (and enterprise)
Sian Lockwood, CEO of Community Catalysts, takes us on a journey of the last 10 years; from the launch of […]
8 July 2020
Co-production in a changing world
I sat down to write something for #coproweek and realised I wasn’t totally sure where my head was at on […]
16 June 2020
A little colour in Covid times – 6 weeks of The Buzz
When Rotherham was gripped with Coronavirus, The Buzz opened up on Facebook to provide adults with additional needs a daily […]
5 May 2020
Rotherham’s Bright Lights respond to the coronavirus
As a Community Catalyst it’s no surprise to me that the community has responded so courageously to what is an […]
30 April 2020
The Buzz
Catalysts Harry Clarkson in Rotherham and Zoe Miller in Birmingham, work in partnership with their local authorities. They explain what […]
23 April 2020
Is small finally beautiful?
Helen Allen talks to #socialcarefuture about how the approaches taken by Community Catalysts, helping local councils and partners to enable […]
8 January 2020
Come on, let’s get together
We’ve been supporting community enterprises to start and grow for 10 years and during that time we’ve got to know […]