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“It felt like a levelling out”: How people in poverty are changing the system in Trafford
Built on the power of relationships, this project brought together local residents with lived experience of poverty and key decision makers in the public, private and third sectors to...
13th September, 2023
Community engagement • Community Power • Community Voices • Interview • Local government • Poverty and inequality • Public Services
How building trust can help tackle health inequalities
Drawing on recent work in Edmonton, North London, Nicola Steuer charts an impactful and cost-effective route for Integrated Care Systems to tackle health inequalities.
17th January, 2023
Community engagement • Community Power • Community Voices • Health and social care • Participation and co-production
Is it time to retire the term ‘left behind’?
How do people from post-industrial areas – and other economically disadvantaged communities – feel about being labelled ‘left behind’? What could a more inclusive, representative vocabulary look like? James...
By James Morrison
13th October, 2022
It’s the power of communities, not fancy slogans, that will help save our NHS
Building a community-powered NHS that is capable of supporting good health in neighbourhoods and reducing demand pressures on hospitals has never been more needed. But it goes against all...
4th October, 2022
How We Did It: Poverty Truth Commission
In the latest of our ‘How We Did It’ event series, Claire Vibert shares her experience of setting up and running a complex and collaborative Poverty Truth Commission in...
20th September, 2022
Community engagement • Community Voices • How to guide • Interview • Poverty and inequality
Top quotes from Stronger Things
A round-up of some of the most notable take-aways from New Local’s festival of community power.
13th April, 2022
Community Voices • Events • Politics • Strategy and leadership • Stronger Things
“If we don’t involve our people, then what’s the point?” The community-powered mayor.
Adam Lent interviews Rokhsana Fiaz, Mayor of Newham, on how a community power approach shapes the council’s work and her politics.
28th March, 2022
Community engagement • Community Voices • Leadership • Local government • Stronger Things
Community power: sounds great, but how do we do this?
We spoke to TPXimpact’s Claire Hazelgrove about the importance of giving everyone a voice in change and the practical tips to help the public sector embrace community power.
21st March, 2022
Community engagement • Community Voices • Democracy • Events • Stronger Things
Doing Community Power – interviewing the people making it happen
We spoke to some of the leaders speaking on the ‘Doing Community Power’ panel at our Stronger Things event about their big ideas, overcoming doubters, and what they wish...
1st March, 2022
Community Power • Community Voices • Design • Stronger Things
Political reset: Why it’s high time for a Community Power Act
Following the launch of the We’re Right Here campaign, Adam Lent explains why we’ve joined the drive to enshrine the rights of communities in law.
30th November, 2021
Community Power • Community Power Campaign • Community Voices • Devolution • Politics
How to unlock community power by strengthening working-class identities
New Local Network and Events Officer Stephanie Riches explains how the pandemic has changed how she views her own identity and illustrated the importance of taking pride in your...
16th September, 2021
Creating the story of a place
The right narrative or story can make the difference in creating change. How can you develop them? Bonnie Hewson of Power to Change shares some inspiring examples from communities.
By Bonnie Hewson, Power to Change
9th September, 2021
Community engagement • Community Power • Community Voices • Place building
‘Becoming the dog, not the wagging tail’: Transforming a Bristol estate
Mark Pepper was born and bred in Lawrence Weston, an historically neglected estate on the outskirts of Bristol. After one of the area’s last public spaces was closed, Mark...
24th May, 2021
Case study • Community Power • Community Voices • Podcast • Regeneration
“I’ve never felt as close to my community” – Pembrokeshire, the pandemic & me
Neil Prior, Head of Transformation at Pembrokeshire County Council reflects on the transformation that the Covid-19 pandemic fuelled in his council - particularly in forging a closer relationship between...
27th January, 2021
Community Power • Community Voices • Council Voices • Local government • Shifting the Balance • Video
Community Power and Me: Katie Kelly, East Ayrshire
A vlog from Katie Kelly, Depute Chief Executive - Safer Communities, at East Ayshire Council in Scotland. In 2013, Katie helped set up the council's Vibrant Communities Service -...
7th December, 2020
Build Back Better • Community Power • Community Voices • Council Voices • Covid-19 • Interview • Mobilisation • Strategy and leadership