Rippling in Wigan – action learning
This is a long read and acts as an online repository of learning resources collected as part of a ripple effect capacity building programme in Wigan. Funded by a successful application to Awards for A
annual report
It’s been customary for us to produce an annual report. We do it to be transparent and also to record the journey in our mission to become a self organising and renovating community. This year i
Community Led Play
I think it’s fair to say that play has been at the heart of community building efforts in this community. From parties in the park, to afternoon tea, trips to the seaside, play in the woods and
James and the lemon drizzle cake
I first posted this story on the 3rd February 2021 on the website of my currently sleeping training company RIPEN. As anything shifted / changed in the last 4 years?…. Imagine if, our call to he
Festival of Learning fireside chat
On the morning of Monday 12th May 2025 we began the Festival of Community Led Learning with a fireside chat. With hindsight, with the good weather and deck chairs in the public living room perhaps we
Festival of learning
It’s three weeks since we hosted the Festival of Learning and it feels timely to begin to put on record some of the learning and shared experiences. We asked the question, ‘What reveals it
Annual Report 23-24
We’ve spent the last few weeks pulling together the annual report ready to accompany the accounts in the New Year. Here is the report. And if you fancy some dulcet Wigan tones, you can take a li
Here Comes Grinch
Sorry to be the party pooper in the run up to the festive season, but I just find all this poverty soothing so difficult to watch and it’s really ramped up at this time of year. You might want to st
The Hills are alive with sense making
Anyone who knows me well, will have heard me say, that hill walking is where I make sense of things. In the midst of nature, as a tiny dot on the landscape, things just start to make sense and d
Your Story and Friendship
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m usually one that can be found asking people to really consider and think very carefully before sharing personal stories. Especially people who’ve been through th