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
Make it Mine Workshops & Power Over
Today was Make it Mine at St Anne’s community centre. A lovely women-led space where we have all kinds of deep and meaningful conversations whilst taking part in art. Gloria from Global Arts was hos
Business Planning
It’s 8am on a Friday morning and the draft budget for this year has been signed off. We’ve been so thrifty with the no strings cash investment in the neighbourhood that we might just have enough f
Wellgood Socials and Self Renovating Neighbourhoods
It’s the 5th Jan and the Well Good socials are about to start again, a space that feeds my heart and soul. We are about to invite in a couple of community members to share some of the Lankelly Chase