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February 2023

Producing what we Consume
February 21, 2023
Journal of a Journey

Producing what we Consume

Yesterday we had a wonderful time hosting a community play day, alongside women from the community. It’s brilliant to see how the women have grown in confidence & can see their skills & capa

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Journal of a Journey
February 20, 2023
Journal of a Journey

The Vulnerables

I’ve realised how lucky I am working in the community I live and being able to see people as human beings as opposed to labels.  It’s rare these days that I sit in meetings where I feel the h

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Journal of a Journey
February 18, 2023
Journal of a Journey

Come and talk to us or can we talk with you?

I’ve been musing on this for a couple of days after seeing a programme put together by professionals for a community. On the programme I noticed ‘come and talk to us’ and I wondered if it should

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Journey of a journal
February 18, 2023
Journal of a Journey

Who Owns the Conversation?

It feels to me like there’s a long way to go in understanding the purpose of community conversations as a tool to build community rather than engage. I heard a story the other day about an instituti

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Journal of a Journey
February 17, 2023
Journal of a Journey

Longing for Belonging

This week I’ve sat alongside those who speak and act like socialists yet vote right wing..folk who rate Tommy Robinson and plan to vote for UKIP at the next election (do they even still exist?!) The

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Knitting and Knife Attacks
February 16, 2023
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Knitting and Knife Attacks

I spent the morning knitting and organising in the beautiful space at Wellgood Socials, listening to people offer and receive peer support and organising community events. A new association has blosso

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Journal of a Journey
February 13, 2023
Journal of a Journey

Finding Compassion in Pain

I haven’t been here for a few days, mainly because something is burbulating and I’ve not found the words for it yet. And, life’s been really busy. Gloriously busy. And yet so difficult and frust

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Journal of a Journey
February 9, 2023
Journal of a Journey

The Slick Machine

For a while now I’ve been writing a poem, based on a haiku with a 5-7-5 syllable format. It’s been a way often of expressing both frustration and hope and it’s really helped me to contain annoya

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Journey of a journal
February 8, 2023
Journal of a Journey

Waiting and waiting

I feel like a kid being excited and promised stuff and then it being taken away. I’m reflecting on a meeting we had a couple of weeks ago with a council worker. The meeting went really well, really

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Journal of a Journey
February 7, 2023
Journal of a Journey

Joy and Pain. Old and New

We are cooking on gas. And at the same time, I can hear my Dad saying, ‘pride comes before a fall.’ Roots and wings. It feels like no one can touch the centre of that which is being created. Like

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Welcome to The Journal of a Journey

We say this work requires an open heart and a strong spine.  Anything that challenges capitalism and those who hoard power is notoriously difficult to do.

On the Springfield, Beech Hill and Gidlow CommUnity website, we document the joyful story of the community becoming more connected.

Here, the journal of the journey intends to talk more about the behind the scenes work that relates to the theory of change. To hold the looking glass as we walk.  

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