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How churches are contributing billions to the social good of our nation

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07 Jun 2022

Nigel Walter

Can you measure the value of mental health, wellbeing and food for the family on a spreadsheet? The National Churches Trust has done just that, and the figures are staggering

Building connections

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17 Mar 2022

Ian McShane Benjamin Cleveland Philippa Chandler

The pandemic should make us rethink schools as critical neighbourhood infrastructure, one for all the community to engage with.

Whose free speech?

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07 Jun 2021

Nanjala Nyabola

Should political speech be regulated on social media?

Is a Civil Society Britain being born?

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02 Nov 2020

Dr Jim Cowan FRSA

Dr Jim Cowan FRSA on what Britain's future could look like

The Global Partnerships Forum (GPF)

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23 Jul 2017

Amir A. Dossal (United Nations) Trevor Wicks FRSA

Trevor Wicks FRSA and Amir Dossal are working on The Global Partnerships Forum (GPF).

Converging our World

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23 Jul 2017

Louis Horsley

I’ve been a Fellow of the RSA for just over a year after receiving a Young Fellows Bursary. I have been sharing an enthusiasm for launching and supporting social and environmental action projects. During our monthly meet-ups for 20-30+ Fellows, it became apparent that other Fellows in the wider area were doing amazing things to address issues they’d identified in their communities and beyond.

Winchester’s cultural identity

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23 Jul 2017

Paul Coverdale

The first meet up of the new Winchester RSA Network brought together over 30 Fellows and others curious about the RSA on one of the hottest days of the year. It might be a recent development, but there has actually been RSA activity of one sort or another in the city stretching back to 1974 so maybe it’s simply tapping into some latent creativity and enlightened thinking in the area. The evening was kindly hosted by the Winchester School of Art with a theme, appropriately enough, of Winchester’s cultural identity.

Is the future of cities smart?

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20 Oct 2014

In the future, cities will account for 80% of wealth creation, 60% of energy consumption, and almost 90% of global population growth, according to research on city science from MIT. Russel Cooke argues that those cities that understand the value of ‘big data’ within their urbanisation strategies will be better positioned for future improvements.

Can the Professions Serve the Public Good?

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07 Nov 2013

About 50 years ago, the great Harvard sociologist Talcott Parsons wrote that the professions have: "become the most important single component in the structure of modern societies." In an increasingly complex society do we need the professions more than ever in helping us to negotiate the world about us? Or conversely, at a time of much emphasis on empowered investors, stakeholders and citizens is the need for professions diminishing?