Community and place-based action Archives

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The Student Design Awards’ most ambitious year yet

25 Sep 2023 Anna Markland

Learn about our legacy of active inclusion and our commitment to making 2023-24 the boldest and most far-reaching Pupil and Student Design Awards cycles yet.

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Last Word: action

20 Sep 2023 Matt Winning

Comedian Matt Winning on environmental action and why we all need to prepare for our personal climate journey.

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From one plastic bag to 1,100 trees

13 Sep 2023 Miranda Paul

How Isatou Ceesay created an umbrella of environmental solutions in The Gambia.

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Survive and thrive

4 Sep 2023 Jo da Silva DBEâ¯RDI

Dame Jo da Silva talks about resilience as a new frontier for design that can help communities to respond and adapt to an uncertain future.

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Make it authentic: Teacher experiences of youth social action in primary schools

11 Jul 2023 Nik Gunn, Aidan Daly, Mehak Tejani

Youth social action brings all sorts of benefits to young people and communities. But how do teachers experience it? And what can we learn from that experience?

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Assembly required

29 Jun 2023 Claudia Chwalisz

Read about the potential impact of citizens’ assemblies on the future of political decision-making.

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Our Malawi

28 Jun 2023 Singalilwe Chilemba

Read about Malawi’s tipping point in the journey towards a free and fair democracy.

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Through the Grapevine

28 Jun 2023 Mel Smith

How one organisation is ‘going deep’ on a journey to empower communities in Coventry and Warwickshire.

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RSA Fellows making an impact in the LGBTQ+ community

26 Jun 2023 Maeve Devers, Kirby Fullerton

Learn about just a handful of RSA Fellows doing innovative work to bring about social change in the LGBTQ+ community.

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The economics of Citizen Smith

16 Jun 2023 Andy Haldane

RSA CEO Andy Haldane discusses whether Citizen Smith’s time has now come as the ‘power to the people’ rallying cry is embraced by the UK’s two main political parties.