Community and place-based action Archives

Press release

RSA launches national network to transform green spaces into playful learning hubs for children up and down the UK

17 Jun 2025

Today we launched the Playful Green Planet Network. This bold new initiative will roll out nature-based play and outdoor learning across the UK.

Press release

RSA launches new global ‘Connected Places’ partnerships in Ealing, Essex and Baltimore

12 Jun 2025

We’ve announced new Connected Places partnerships in Ealing, Essex and Baltimore- designed to nurture social connections and drive inclusive growth in communities across the UK and US.

Public talks

Keynote address: Shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride

05 Jun 2025 Great Room, RSA House

Join us in the Great Room at the RSA for a keynote address by Shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride, chaired by RSA Chief Executive Andy Haldane.

Blog

Fellows Festival 2025: making the right connections

19 May 2025 Mike Thatcher

Fellows met across cities, countries and continents to discuss the power of connection in the RSA’s event highlight of the year.

Fellowship events

Fellows Festival 2025 Oceania

19 May 2025 Online via Zoom

Explore how to create communities of care that support human relationships and connections to our non-human kin.

Public talks

Justice under siege: Ukraine, war crimes, and the fight for dignity

12 Jun 2025 RSA House and online via YouTube

Join the RSA, Insulate Ukraine, and the Ukrainian Institute London for a powerful fireside chat with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk, in conversation with journalist Gillian Tett.

Fellowship events

RSA Oxford meetup

Oxford Playhouse, 11 – 12 Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2LW

You are warmly invited for drinks at the Oxford Playhouse to connect with other local Fellows.

Expo 2025

The future of sustainability: regeneration rising

RSA Great Room London / UK Pavilion, Osaka, Kansai / Livestreamed worldwide

Hear from innovators who are moving us to the active ‘do more good’ principle of regeneration, and seeding a flourishing future for people, places, and planet.

Fellowship events

RSA Woking: Civic Voice and Community Action

Shafiq hall, The Maybury Centre, GU21 5HD

Come together with local Fellows and friends in Woking, to reconnect, discover impactful place-based work, and volunteer to contribute!

Feature

Trust fall

26 Mar 2025 Rachel Botsman

Technology has enabled our retreat into homebound lives of frictionless convenience – but at what cost? Trust expert Rachel Botsman says it’s time to get up and get out