📰 We've been reading this article from Demos about how people are experiencing the welfare system and how in contrast that is to how they (and we) think public services should be run (spoiler: we both believe in relational approaches).

🔗 demos.co.uk/blogs/puttin...

Second, this new partnership between @jrf-uk.bsky.social and @kinship.works - The Centre for the Edge. Helping leaders in our struggling public institutions to support the emergence of alternatives.

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Re-sharing two things we published this week @kinship.works

First, some thoughts on the UK government’s Pride in Place programme. Six ways to make it a success. (1/n)

How can leaders in our struggling public institutions support the emergence of alternatives? 🤝

Find out about our new initiative with @kinship.works in this blog from @mssophiaparker.bsky.social and @jamestplunkett.bsky.social: medium.com/@jamestplunk...

📣 Today we're launching a new initiative: The Centre for the Edge 📣 with @jrf-uk.bsky.social

How can leaders in our struggling public institutions support the emergence of alternatives?

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@mssophiaparker.bsky.social and @jamestplunkett.bsky.social

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Welcome news! The government is investing “Pride in Place” funding in 330+ deprived communities. Our research published today shows why this matters.

Read the full report on why community power is essential to tackling discontent, restoring trust, and driving national renewal buff.ly/MIQNu9O

At Kinship Works we'll have a big focus on the granular detail of building relational capacity in reality.

Reach out if you'd like to support work on these topics.

There's more context here on who we are and on the work we have planned for autumn!

medium.com/kinship-work...

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Relational state capacity is the capacity to foster positive relationships, either between a public service and citizens or between citizens themselves.

You can read more about this idea at relationalstatecapacity.com - a multi-year funded academic project led by @danhonig.bsky.social

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We're big fans of the Relationships Project - they are doing great work to build out the field of relational practice. relationshipsproject.org

Traditionally, our goal was to build capacity of public institutions to do things *for* people, or *to* people. We need "relational state capacity".

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This post from Tony Clements is a great example of the movement we're supporting at Kinship Works. Making social connection and relationships a core part of the work of local government.

🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/tony-c...

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📣 I'm excited to announce a new venture: Kinship Works!
Supporting the energy at the edges - and building a human alternative to our struggling bureaucratic settlement.
More details here, along with teasers on some wonderful work we'll be doing this Autumn:
medium.com/@jamestplunk...

To stay in touch, you can sign up to our newsletter on our lovely (if minimalist) new website: www.kinship.works

You can also follow us here on Bluesky or over on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/company/kins...)

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There are already many wonderful people in this movement and Kinship Works will do what it can to help.

We can't wait to dive deeper into the work and build new partnerships. More on all of this soon!

www.kinship.works/projects

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9 months ago @jamestplunkett.bsky.social went full-time supporting the energy at the edges. Our old bureaucratic institutions struggle more each day. This is a movement to build a more human alternative.

👀 medium.com/@jamestplunk...

Our thanks to the many people who have shaped the thinking.
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