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Using community insight to create ‘social brokerage’ between institutions and unheard voices

Using community insight to create ‘social brokerage’ between institutions and unheard voices

In this blog, TSIP Consultant, Georgina Hammerton and Director of Operations at Centric, Sylvana Walcott reflect on the impact of the last eighteen months of cementing tensions and mistrust between many ethnic minority groups and institutions such as the NHS. They also look to the future and propose solutions for reconciliation through using a ‘social brokerage’ model of facilitating honest conversations between these two groups resulting in deeper understanding and clear action points.

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Introducing our new Non-Executive Board member: Mercy Shibemba

Introducing our new Non-Executive Board member: Mercy Shibemba

In this blog our Managing Director, Genevieve Laurier, sits down in conversation with our newest Board member, Mercy Shibemba, to talk about her journey to TSIP and what she hopes to bring to the role.

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A Day in the Life with Disruptor Jordan Taylor of Vamp Sneaker Cleaning

A Day in the Life with Disruptor Jordan Taylor of Vamp Sneaker Cleaning

Over the past year, TSIP and Centric have worked with and researched what we call 'Disruptors'. Disruptors are successful entrepreneurs and creative young people from underrepresented communities. In this blog, Sebastian shares his perspectives on what a day with a Disruptor looks like and how they inspire him and others.

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‘Sometimes in life, things are just meant to be’ – my journey bringing the issues around air pollution to life through film

‘Sometimes in life, things are just meant to be’ – my journey bringing the issues around air pollution to life through film

Creator and Filmmaker, Ade “rowdy Sharman” Bademosi talks about the life changing journey he embarked on to explore the effects of air pollution and how he turned this into a creative piece of work, the short-film, Fuming.

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What It's Like To Help Co-Design A Fund - A Community Participant Perspective

What It's Like To Help Co-Design A Fund - A Community Participant Perspective

Community connectors, John and Betty explore what it’s like to co-design a fund in an interview with community participants who were involved in the co-design process of the Ideas Fund in partnership with the British Science Association.

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Stand for something or you mean nothing: The new political energy of our young people

Stand for something or you mean nothing: The new political energy of our young people

In this blog, Shaun and Luke talk about the emergence of a new cohort of highly political and deeply intellectual young people across our cities – a new urban intelligentsia – which the social sector ignores at its peril.

shaunWebsite Editor23 April 2021youth engagement, urban localeComment

An Equitable Recovery from COVID-19: Insights from community research in Lambeth

An Equitable Recovery from COVID-19: Insights from community research in Lambeth

In collaboration with The McPin Foundation and Black Thrive, The Social Innovation Partnership and our team of Community Researchers explored the experiences of Black people in Lambeth in relation to employment, COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement. Hear more about the research process and the findings in this blog from Keisha Simms.

KeishaWebsite Editor10 February 2021community research, community engagement, black thrive, employment, healthComment

How community-led research can help unpack the cultural nuances surrounding medical scepticism and hesitancy

How community-led research can help unpack the cultural nuances surrounding medical scepticism and hesitancy

Shaun Danquah and Marcus Tayebwa explore the prevalence and complexity of medical scepticism in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, and talk about the need for community-led research to effectively understand this ever-increasing scepticism across the urban locale, in the current context of the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine.

marcus, shaunWebsite Editor3 February 2021community voice, community engagement, vaccine hesitancy, medical scepticismComment

The Ecology of Community and the Future of Research

The Ecology of Community and the Future of Research

In this think piece, co-authored by Shaun Danquah, Marcus Tayebwa and Muhammed Rauf, our three team members reflect on an important and impactful year in their respective journey’s, navigating the ever-evolving world of Community Research and beyond.

shaun, marcusWebsite Editor22 December 2020community research, cultural nuanceComment

Addressing the impacts of air pollution: It all starts with awareness

Addressing the impacts of air pollution: It all starts with awareness

For our second air pollution forum meeting, we split into groups to discuss key questions to address the lack of representation within the air pollution agenda. Read more for Muhammed Rauf’s reflections – a member of the community researcher team who led one of the discussions.

Website Editor11 December 2020air pollution, community research, environmentComment

Community Voice: Change starts at home – Meet Yusif

Community Voice: Change starts at home – Meet Yusif

Meet Yusif Morris, a member of our Community Research team. In this blog, Yusif shares the realities of growing up in South-West London as a Black man and how his experiences have shaped his passion to make change through Community Research.

Website Editor10 December 2020community voice, community research, Community Researcher StoriesComment

Reflections on Ten Years of The Social Innovation Partnership

Reflections on Ten Years of The Social Innovation Partnership

Ten years after launch, Executive Chair and Founder of TSIP, Stephen Bediako reflects on what TSIP has done, what it’s achieved, what it’s got wrong, what it’s learned - and what might be next.

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Community Voice: Change comes from within – Meet Sylvana

Community Voice: Change comes from within – Meet Sylvana

The next blog in our community voice series was written by Sylvana Walcott. Read her story as she shares her journey from leaving school at 16 to becoming a mother, entrepreneur and Community Researcher.

Website Editor2 December 2020community voice, community research, Community Researcher StoriesComment

Discussing the impacts of air pollution and designing new ways to give underrepresented communities a voice

Discussing the impacts of air pollution and designing new ways to give underrepresented communities a voice

The Social Innovation Partnership (TSIP) was recently funded by Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity to engage local communities in Lambeth and Southwark to discuss the impacts of air pollution and design new ways to give underrepresented communities a voice in the space. Our intern, Josh Fatoye, shares his reflections after our first air pollution forum meeting.

Website Editor1 December 2020air pollution, community research, environmentComment

Designing funds for resilience: lessons from the VAWG grassroots sector

Designing funds for resilience: lessons from the VAWG grassroots sector

Tyler Fox reflects on the VAWG Grassroots Fund which launches today in partnership with MOPAC and London Community Foundation. In this blog, Tyler explores the co-design process for the fund, which is jointly designed with the incredible ‘by and for’ organisations that support so many women across London and talks about the challenges faced as well as lessons for funders supporting the grassroots sector.

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Community Voice: ‘Believe in change’

Community Voice: ‘Believe in change’

In the third in our series, we meet Danna Michelle Quinones Rodriguez, a member of our Community Researcher team who talks about her upbringing and experiences first in Colombia, her journey to joining the Community Research team in London and her desires to truly drive social change.

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"What they say about us, without us": exploring the inequalities of environmental engagement across the urban locale

"What they say about us, without us": exploring the inequalities of environmental engagement across the urban locale

In this blog, Shaun Danquah and Paul Addae look at the inequalities of environmental engagement and impact across the urban locale. They explore the reasons why the issue doesn’t resonate with Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities and discuss why a dramatic shift is needed on people who should be involved in driving the environmental agenda forward.

shaunWebsite Editor10 November 2020air pollution, environment, inequalityComment

Promoting Black Leadership Through Entrepreneurship

Promoting Black Leadership Through Entrepreneurship

Recapping our activities during Black History Month (and beyond) to support the Black history makers of the future through an event series called Promoting Black Leadership Through Entrepreneurship

KeishaWebsite Editor9 November 2020black leadership, entrepreneurship, community research, community voiceComment

Co-designing a new health and wellbeing service with young black men in Hackney

Co-designing a new health and wellbeing service with young black men in Hackney

A recap of our Young Black Men’s Unconference in partnership with The Shoreditch Trust, Hackney CVS - the first step in a journey to co-design a new health and wellbeing service.

marionWebsite Editor29 October 2020human-centred design, design, health, civic hubComment