2 March 2021
A ‘larger us’ or ‘them and us’?
Neil Crowther, co-convener of the #socialcarefuture movement, offers a personal reflection on the recent ‘valuableandvulnerable’ campaign and suggests that from […]
19 February 2021
Podcast series: ‘Changing it up’ – Ep 5 with Sian Lockwood
We’re following on our podcast series ‘Changing it up’ where hosts Nick Sinclair and Clenton Farquharson chat with people from […]
11 February 2021
Valuable and Vulnerable – we want your help
Everyone is vulnerable and everyone is valuable, but we think this is currently getting forgotten. On the 16th February we […]
5 February 2021
Valuable Stories
Over the past year many people have been shielding from Covid-19. Some people’s doctors told them to shield. Many people […]
1 February 2021
Exciting new community enterprise project in Wrexham
Community Catalysts are excited to be working with Wrexham County Council and other local partners on the community enterprise project […]
29 January 2021
New grant launched for Small Good Stuff members!
Small Good Stuff is part of the wider Community Catalysts family and we’re all passionate about helping local people to […]
28 January 2021
Local people helping other local people in Ryedale
We were commissioned by North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) in 2019 to deliver an innovative project, nurturing new and existing […]
27 January 2021
Embracing and thriving in the ‘new normal’
As we approached the end of 2020 it was clear that the global pandemic would unfortunately be seeing in the […]
18 January 2021
The 10 Principles of Local Area Coordination – conference videos now available
At the end of 2020, a uniquely complex year for humankind, the Local Area Coordination Network wanted to reflect on […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]