Playbox Surprises 01
We said goodbye to the Playbox on Monday and it’s now time to reflect and wonder what might happen next. We’ve started by having conversations with the organising group and then we’l
Freedom
A space to play. We’ve been in the park for 6 afternoons now and whilst I know this must end, I also know that it’s also a beginning. Yesterday marked the start of week two. It was a really
Playbox Living
I’ve been mulling on what the playbox offers to community building in ways that traditional community engagement approaches cant reach. There’s lots I feel. Here’s one of my thoughts for s
Peer Support and Mutual Care
It’s no secret that the part of the community that the Playbox is living in has experienced a lot of loss of late. Too many have been lost to suicide and too many have been lost to premature deaths,
Play – The Real Work
This year we’ve a smashing community led play programme. And to think this has only been cooking up by community members for just over a year is amazing. We’ve travelled a good distance collective
This Area is Monitored
The other morning I happened to be at the shops in Norley Hall. I haven’t been there for a while. They were my local shops when my family lived there in my early years. And the area where I worked a
Grass Roots of Wigan
This week has been a glorious week in many ways and this morning capped it off when we officially agreed some kind of governing ideas for Grass Roots of Wigan, GRoW. This work has grown out of t
A Storm is a Brewin’
There’s something a brewing, I can smell it in the air. I can feel it in my bones too. There’s a change in the weather. I shared that I felt trouble was a brewing at a cultivating community gather
The Guest List
This week Gill and I participated in a stakeholder interview for the Wigan Deal refresh, a £90,000 six month contract won by Collaborate CIC and IPPR. I’d like say I feel hopeful about the process,
Community Led
Today we hosted the second of the community led afternoon teas, and it made me think about that term ‘community led’. I suppose we define it locally as centring those who are usually recipients, f