Published inInside the Joseph Rowntree FoundationStigma and poverty — why and how we are investing in this work.Flipping the usual dynamic of income first approachesDec 15, 2022Dec 15, 2022
Hope and culture change starts with actionI‘ve just returned from a 7 week travelling stint in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo. It is the preserve of rapidly declining…Sep 6, 2022Sep 6, 2022
Locally led collective alternatives to save Borneo’s rainforestWe board a colourful well made Klotok (house boat) that is to be our home for the next 4 days. While we wait to get the next leg of our…Sep 5, 2022Sep 5, 2022
Merabu; a story of hope and imagination for the rainforest, people and planetMeet Franly Oley. A quiet, none assuming guy, smiley and helpful. He will be our guide for the next 5 days as we venture into a remote…Sep 5, 20221Sep 5, 20221
Engaging ‘people with experience of poverty’ in policy and influencing workWe want people’s lived experience to be taken seriously and inform decisions that have an impact on low-income communities. These are the…Jun 24, 2022Jun 24, 2022
Published inInside the Joseph Rowntree FoundationWhy JRF takes a participatory, justice-led approach to policy designDiversity and disruption lead to democracy — that’s what we learned when we tried changing the usual dynamic in a team creating solutions…Jun 9, 20221Jun 9, 20221
Finding hope in a week of numbers filled despair — reflections from conversations with people in…A call for more attention to be paid to the fluffy stuff — because this is the starting point of social change.Feb 4, 2022Feb 4, 2022
Published inInside the Joseph Rowntree FoundationNavigating power dynamics within participatory projectsThis blog is a joint reflection with Hugh Douglas on the process that JRF undertook to co-design policy solutions to in-work poverty.Nov 17, 20211Nov 17, 20211
Published inInside the Joseph Rowntree Foundation10 steps to creating the right culture for equal partnerships.Some musings on my experience of supporting an organisation in a culture shift so that it can genuinely work alongside people with…Apr 27, 2021Apr 27, 2021
Published inInside the Joseph Rowntree FoundationCo-developing solutions to in-work povertyOur intention at JRF is to develop more credible solutions, share power and give people a say on the issues that affect them. In our…Apr 8, 2021Apr 8, 2021
