This week’s launch of the #DoWith movement marked a significant step forward for those of us working to liberate public services so that they’re better able to enhance and support the creative power of the communities they serve. For us in Public World it was a particularly exciting moment, following as it did our own […]
As another year draws to an end, we’re sending warm Christmas wishes to you and your teams. Our team are closing the doors for a full two weeks this year to allow for a well earned rest after another busy year and the team have each got something different they’re looking forward to . . […]
We were shocked and saddened to learn yesterday of the untimely death of Guillaume Alsac, co-founder and co-director of the innovative French community nursing social enterprise Soignons Humain. Guillaume had lived bravely with a brain tumour for the previous 18 months. Public World had the privilege of working with Guillaume and his organisation for five […]
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During the three early months of the first Covid pandemic lockdown in Britain, from April to June 2020, Public World research associate Rose Rickford conducted online or telephone interviews with representatives of 35 grassroots community organisations around England and Wales. Her aim was to discover how they were working to meet the needs of their […]
Does ‘social prescribing’ guide people towards behaviours that can help them prevent or recover from ill health? Or does the term medicalise ordinary community-based activities in an unhelpful way? Whatever your viewpoint, we can all agree it’s a hot topic as the government plans a big shift towards neighbourhood-based care and illness prevention. A new […]
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We are glad and proud to celebrate the award of a PhD to our Research Associate, Rose Rickford. It was awarded by the University of York for a thesis on a topic that couldn’t be more significant for our work, with this title: What are the characteristics of organisations that are able to meet need […]
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Hearty congratulations to our advisor Anna Dixon, newly elected Labour MP for Shipley! Our team has benefited so much from her wise coaching and expert knowledge . We’ll miss that but we’re so happy not just for her but even more for her constituents and the country to have such a fine public servant working […]