The Office for National Statistics have this month (May 2017) just published another edition of the research generated by The Social Capital Project. A featured article from our archive…updated 7th September 2021 The…
Category: Society
Pursuit of happiness is on the global development agenda, but not enough is being done to address learner well-being. UNESCO’s ‘Happy Schools’ framework (pdf) addresses the disparity. The Global Partnership for Education has…
Embed from Getty Images Image: Mother and child in Sweden, ready for winter? Joanna Goddard’s U.S. on-line journal, A Cup of Jo, has been publishing a series of articles in recent years about…
We awoke as a nation on Friday 25th June 2016 to the incredible announcement that Britain has voted to leave the European Union. How and why ever did that happen? As The Economist…
Research from the Community Development Foundation shows that vital contributions from small community groups are making huge benefits nationally to society. Today sees the launch of a research project ‘Tailor Made: how…
What happens in communities when funding for projects is cut back? When plans and development for new centres no longer happens and the traditional means of support is withdrawn, what is the real…
Shekhar Kapur and A R Rahman have created a new Bangalore based social network for creative expression – QYUKI. Using the internet and a web connection to set your mind and your…
Children’s Centres and Volunteering is just the start… (Image courtesy of Pleasent Valley Children’s Centre) What better way is there for parents to get involved in their local Children’s Centre than through volunteering…
Childcare policy and the wider role of the community was the focus of the Daycare Trust annual conference in London on 22 November. A subject one would expect to have been well and…
Charities face closures as local authorities slash funding, making the delivery of community projects somewhere between hard and impossible. ‘Acevo (the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations) had already shown that…
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