(SOLD OUT) Grow Social Capital is partnering with Barry Town Council and community members to mark over 100 years since the 1919 race riots in Barry on Sunday October 24th at Merthyr Dyfan Cemetery. The event shares the stories of the victims, even heroes, and wider...
Recently we had our last Tummler School of the summer season with changemaker Janet Hayward, OBE We found out how one of the world’s top 50 teachers is inspiring transformational change for better wellbeing through children, their families and local communities coming...
As part of our enquiry, on behalf of Wales Council for Voluntary Action, into resilience we are pleased to launch a survey canvassing perceptions and interpretations of the concept in the third sector in Wales. Technically, there are three surveys because we think it...
Resilience is a term that has proliferated in policy and literature related to civil society in the last few years. There was a lack of consensus around the definition of resilience and the factors that promote it pre covid-19. The impact of the pandemic has arguably...
In 2017 Roy Larner took on three terrorists on London Bridge. He got stabbed eight times but remarkably survived. Here Roy explains his motivations to the BBC. But a particular angle in the tale of bravery and courage was his battle cry as he went toe to toe with the...
I had a profound experience this week. I learnt much about myself but also about my identity. And a big reminder of a fundamental lesson: you can’t change the world being a lone wolf. And there are good people out there who can rally around a common cause. For several...
Walking was described as the ‘best medicine’ by the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates. And modern medicine agrees - the NHS suggests five steps for mental wellbeing: Connect with other peopleBe physically activeLearn new skillsGive to othersPay attention to the...
After lockdown are you going for a drink at a Wetherspoons pub? I’m in a dilemma. On the one hand I recognise it offers perhaps the best choice of beers, ciders and food on the High Street. Definitely at great prices. As a company I admire their commitment...
Ahead of joining Grow Social Capital during Social Capital Week 2021 (#SCW21) for a webinar discussing social capital, in a guest blog Jamie Grundy, author of 90 Minutes Of Football about Wales’s only prisoner football team, provides a flavour of the linking social...
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