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 […]
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 […]
30 November 2020
Strengthening local economies and creating choice
In our latest blog Sian Lockwood, Community Catalysts reflects on how, despite Covid, community enterprises have continued to flourish, strengthening […]
19 November 2020
Podcast series: ‘Changing it up’ – Ep 4 with Rita Goodhead, Angela Gault and Natalie Scarlett
We’re following on our podcast series ‘Changing it up’ where hosts Nick Sinclair and Clenton Farquharson chat with people from […]
18 November 2020
Local Area Coordination conference 2020
Hear unique perspectives on the 10 principles that guide Local Area Coordination and how they can help bring about positive […]