Connected Communities Catalyst Fund Reports Round 3
The Connected Communities Catalyst Fund 2016-18 is intended to support the consolidation of exciting new ideas arising from the Connected Communities programme. Specifically, the fund aimed to explore the question: What new insights relating to the nature, dynamics and role of communities are emerging from CC projects? . Read more
80by18 Final Report
The 80by18 Project aimed to open up the city of Bristol as a resource for young people and encourage participation in the public, civic and commercial lives of cities. The project resulted in a website with ’80 things to do in Bristol before you’re 18′ generated by young people themselves. Read more
Connected Communities Catalyst Fund Reports 2016-18
The Connected Communities Catalyst Fund 2016-18 was intended to support the consolidation of exciting new ideas arising from the Connected Communities programme. Specifically, the fund aimed to explore the question: What new insights relating to the nature, dynamics and role of communities are emerging from CC projects? Read more
Making-Centric: Community Co-speculation, Prototyping Future Thinking as Living Heritage Report
Maker-Centric is one of a series of participatory arts research projects across the UK that takes a material placed-based approach to engaging communities in speculative co-design. Read more
Taking Yourself Seriously – Final Report
The Taking Yourself Seriously Project set out to explore the relationship between community arts and social cohesion with particular reference to sustainability of projects – beyond the immediate context. Following a writing retreat in December they have produced a final report reflecting on the project. Read more
Universities, Cities & Communities: Co-Creating Urban Living Report
How can cities engage with their their citizens to address longstanding issues and open up new possibilities? This report brings together projects from the Connected Communities Programme and Urban Living Partnership, in order to address the question of urban engagement. Read more
Music From Out There, In Here: 25 Years Of The London Jazz Festival
In Music From Out There, In Here: 25 Years Of The London Jazz Festival, Emma Webster and George McKay have pieced together a fascinating jigsaw puzzle of archival material, interviews, and stories from musicians, festival staff and fans alike. Read more
Adventure Playground
Our community worker Patrick Meleady and artist Steve Pool are leading a research project that explores social cohesion, with a focus on the artist in residence. Steve will support the work of the playground and blog about the experience of residency. Read more
Project › Taking Yourselves Seriously
Voices of War and Peace Showcase events
The 5 AHRC WW1 Engagement Centres are running a series of showcase events for community partners to come along and talk about their projects, meet other community groups working on WW1 projects, and to find out more about the Engagement Centres and how they can help or support. Read more
Project › Voices of War and Peace
Researching the British Empire in the First World War
In 2012 IWM (Imperial War Museums) led the project Whose Remembrance?, an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)-funded investigation into the state of research on the contribution made by colonial troops and others recruited in the two world wars, and the understanding and availability of this research to audiences and communities today. Read more
