Next month, we're off to Leicester in the English East Midlands for the latest Saturday Heritage Fair hosted by our friends at the Documentary Media Centre and the Independent Heritage Network. Leicester is one of the UK's most diverse cities and a motivation behind...
Grow Social Capital at the Fate of Britain Convention
At a time when the UK is divided over use of its own flag, with widening social division and polarisation, there’s a welcome event, The Fate of Britain Convention at the Conway Hall, London, where Grow Social Capital will be speaking and sharing our insights from our...
Grow Social Capital at SxSW
Last week our Andy Green was a guest panellist at South by Southwest in London discussing questions of English identity in modern day Britain and so-called ‘culture wars’. Last year, SXSW expanded its global footprint, taking the iconic annual event from Austin,...
‘Social Capital Comms’ – transform your communications and changemaking using social capital
We are privileged to host a special visit to Cardiff of Tristan Claridge, the Australian-based President of the International Social Capital Association and Director of the Institute for Social Capital who is visiting as part of a UK-wide tour. He will be joining our...
Why do we need the Dublin Conversations?
This weekend Grow Social Capital will be in Sligo in the Republic of Ireland. We know, we know....it's a dirty job but someone's got to do it. Specifically, we are heading to Ireland for the launch of Dublin Conversations (#ConversationsFest), a weekend event like no...
Modern cockney festival on the BBC News website
A huge 'Tom Hanks' to BBC London reporter Adriana Elgueta for spending time with our Andy Green and Saif Osmani and reporting on the Modern Cockney Festival for the BBC News website: Do you need to be from London to be a cockney?