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
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
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
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
Live Well
At the Live Well conference this week, expertly organised by Tabz and a co-creation group I had a question percolating that I wanted to ask Andy Burnham and didn’t get the chance, so I’m going to
Healing- A Function of Community?
It was probably 18 months ago when Danny McGowan approached me to contribute an article to ‘Class in Context’. Healing – A Function of a Connected Community was produced in April 202
Victims of Our Own Success
Sunday 21st April 2024 Currently I’m in the lakes, resting up and attempting to switch off from work. I’m literally exhausted and wondering how I might carry on. Noticing too that the exhausted fe
Meet Sammie
You may have read one of our recent journal entries ‘Women of Wigan’. That came about as we decided to put some questions to local women during our International Womens Day Celebrations. W