Class
Today we had a lovely session at Make it Mine. Therapeutic time with clay in the company of women. A new to us local councillor came to see us. Sheila, she’s standing this year. I think she’ll be
Rest is Resistance
A week has gone by since I last put pen to paper. I’ve been resting. Learning that rest is resistance, and practising being with the survivor’s guilt that appears whenever I do take a break. H
Parks and people
Well Good Socials today, a new face and a few familiar ones. At one point, there was so much chatter it was really quite loud. After the coffee morning, I caught up with some of our newest community c
Women
Our weekly Make it Mine session this morning, and I ponder the fact that no one may turn up today as we had to cancel last week’s session. Questions around promoting the space better fill my min
Participatory Budgeting and Community Organising
Spent the morning with the Vocal Eyes group making consensual decisions around the participatory budgeting pot. The potential for how we can grow together, as a group, over the longer term is becoming
Feeding and Healing
I’m carrying the January tiredness that can lead to lowness. It’s so cold out there. Today I was truly humbled listening to a local person talk of their experience of hosting community conversatio
A Diverse and busy day in the community
Life is really busy in the community at the moment. Lots going on and it’s only Tuesday! Possibilities hatching all over the place. On Monday we had two great meetings with Wigan Council, one explor
Gatekeepers of Support
It’s a Friday too! Today I’m thinking about power over and agency. I’ll tell you why. GM Poverty Action have produced a toolkit, called MART, one for each of the Greater Manchester boroughs. I
Coaching and Collaboration
Yesterday I was thinking about new chapters and today I’m thinking more about trees as another branch is starting to shoot. Perhaps, Proper Good is really proper good after all as they’ve agreed t
Conversations, Benches and a Cruel Government
Today was the start of another chapter in the local story. We met with two local women whose skills are needed and whose contribution to the community has an economic value that needs to be accounte