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...
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Inclusive tribalism
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...
How I am learning to rewrite the story of me, Cockney, and to give it a future tense
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...
Walk your way to wellbeing and new routes to inspiration
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...
Drinking at Wetherspoons – a moral dilemma or opportunity to tackle UnSocial Capital?
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...
Prison Perspectives on Social Capital
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...
Reducing the phoniness of lockdown life with social capital
Last week The Guardian and other news outlets carried an article in which the boss of Unilever – one of the UK’s biggest and most valuable companies – predicted that his firm’s office workers: will never return to their desks five days a week On behalf of Undod Cymru...
Can Investments in Social Capital Keep Communities Safe?
Earlier in 2020 our Andy Green and Russell Todd were thrilled and honoured to be published in Planet - The Welsh Internationalist as the inaugural article in its new series 'Possibilities for a Post-Pandemic Society' The article draws on the experience...
Record shops as social infrastructure
With national Record Store Day due to have been taking place tomorrow Russell Todd, a founding director of social enterprise Grow Social Capital, shares some thoughts - to accompany today's RSD20 inspired Random Act of #SocialCapital on Twitter -...
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