In this issue:
We focus on communities. How can more communities play a bigger part in making change happen?
With contributions from Matthew Parsfield, Matthew Taylor, Jess Potter, Justin Forsyth, Anthony Giddens, Hilary Cottam, Jörg Wettlaufer, Indy Johar and Anthony Painter.
Connected communities
Building communities is not only intrinsically good; it can benefit the economy and public services too.
Charities and organisational change
Justin Forsyth, outgoing Chief Executive of Save the Children, argues that charities must embrace organisational change.
Back to basics: rethinking the welfare system
Embracing a citizen income for all requires a radical overhaul of the welfare state. It’s time for a rethink.
A common sense
To solve complex societal problems, we must use both the communitarian and technocratic tools at our disposal.
Mind the gap
Negotiating the pathway from rhetoric to reality in community-centred work is still the major challenge of our times.
Reality bytes
Anthony Giddens and Matthew Taylor discuss what the digital revolution means for both institutions and individuals.
The shame game
Moral emotions have long been used to change people’s behaviour, but is shaming still relevant in modern society?
Lord John Bird, founder of The Big Issue, artist, novelist, raconteur and social entrepreneur, talks with RSA Chief Executive Andy Haldane about his journey from privation to peerage – and what it will take to end poverty once and for all.
The Ideas Foundation provides opportunities for students in less advantaged schools across the UK to build creative and cultural capital through workshops and excursions. Their mission? To nourish a new creative generation.
Community banking is a microfinance model built on trust. In it, the community wins or loses together. It is gaining in popularity on the African continent as community banking goes digital.
