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?
Celebrating inspiring Cockney Women for International Women’s Day
As we approach International Women’s Day (March 8) today we will be celebrating inspiring Cockney women as part of the Modern Cockney Festival. The inspiring stories of working-class London women who overcome adversity to fight for social justice has largely been...
Can Cockneys change their image? the first Modern Cockney Festival (March 3rd to April 4th)
Wake up call to celebrate Cockney identity; or witness it be airbrushed out of history A wake-up call to Londoners and beyond - whether you were born within the inner London Cockney heartland or part of the Cockney Diaspora - to celebrate an identity than helps people...
Try a Social Capital approach during lockdown
Andy Green and Russell Todd, founding Directors of Grow Social Capital, explain how a Social Capital approach to going online during the Coronavirus lockdown will reap benefits once it’s lifted. The obvious response to working from home, social isolation, and the...