Director of Research at The Young Foundation. Passionate about participatory research to support community-led futures. All views my own
Sheffield
Joined February 2013
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📢FREE WEBINAR📷 Join @Al_Mathers, @Sian_Whyte and @alice_kdb at @UKevaluation's online event, exploring #participation in research and how to embed and value equity, diversity and inclusion.
📅 12-1pm, 18 July
💻Sign up >> bit.ly/3xRdfwU
❗️Register by 2pm, 17 July
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Insights from analysis with our peer researchers. These experiences will shape our project 🥰
❤️ @theQCommunity contributions ❤️
Let’s work together across boundaries for positive change! Take a 👀
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#QExchange @solentacademy @the_young_fdn @HealthFdn
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And for great examples of #CommunityResearch in action, explore work produced through our @UKRI_News-funded #CitizenScience programme 👏bit.ly/41U79Gv 3/3
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How can action and research with communities achieve positive change? How can organisations collectively build impact? Visit our #PeerResearchNetwork to read about our approach👇 bit.ly/4bk5Wfc 2/3
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Collaboration is key! Discussing routes to building collective impact through community-led research, our Director of Research @Al_Mathers is with @SCDC_org in Glasgow today, working together with leading thinkers and doers in this space 1/3
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Did you know that INCLUDE+ offers grants up to £5k for rapid response projects to enhance digital equity?
Proposals can be pilots, connective or creative projects which embrace an element of risk or experimentation.
📢Next submission deadline 24th May!
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NEWS 📰| Young people lead the way in tackling youth violence
With the escalating crisis of youth safety and violence, the #PeerActionCollection is taking action to create change in their communities.
Read more about the project 👇
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Our CEO @HelenGou says: “#PeerActionCollective’s youth-led approach has already shown huge potential to reduce experiences of violence and shape a fairer future. I am excited about the power of younger people to effect the change they want to see in the world around them.”
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📢 We're excited to announce our continued role as national partner for the ground-breaking #PeerActionCollective to support young people tackle youth violence.
Funded by @youthendowfund, @coopuk, @tnlcomfund and #iwillFund @dcms find out more here: bitly.ws/V72m
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The UK's biggest campaign to fix the digital divide is every October - Get Online Week.
Hyperlocal organisations striving to deliver digital inclusion in your community can take part. How about some bunting and posters to help! 👇👇👇
Together we can #FixTheDigitalDivide
The deadline to register your Get Online Week event for a free printed marketing pack is this Thursday 21st September at 5pm!
We hosted a webinar to help you plan your events so you can plan and register in time!
Have a watch and plan your event now:
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I just signed the petition demanding @RishiSunak does NOT rip up plans for net zero. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees
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Join the community groups, organisations and networks using #DoughnutEconomics in their work, with this new toolkit for getting started.
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Stop the Closure of Peaks College Sheffield - Sign the Petition! chng.it/VShkpJ6h via @UKChange
@CTGNetworkUK thank you for an incredible day @YSPsculpture sharing interdisciplinary research focused on a more inclusive and equitable future for people with SMI. Inspiring and stimulating! So proud to have been a part of SPIDER @SpanakisPanos!
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We're optimistic about a resilient, rebalanced, regenerative future.
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Read the latest from @JoannaChoukeir and @Al_Mathers ⤵️ ⤵️ ⤵️
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“Transition from what to what? Who makes the decision, how do we learn from history? [...] Communities should be involved not only in consultation but also in decision making and implementation”.
Check out our work on Just Transition and communities' role! @theRSAorg
#RSAJustTransition: In partnership with @scotgov, we ran workshops in #Fife and #Dumfries to see how changes to the #energysystem could impact the areas and bring together citizens to imagine better futures. 🔋 💨
You can read our report in full below!
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With @AELPUK, @UfiTrust wants to hear from you if you're involved in FE, work-based learning or are part of an independent training provider.
What are your experiences of using tech to support learning?
📢 Contribute to new research from @AELPUK and @UfiTrust. Technology in work-based learning.
Survey closes on the 17th February.
Please take a moment to have your say and contribute to this important research project.
surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RCS7TZ8
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Our new image library collection illustrates the experiences of people who are often underrepresented.
We also spoke to those photographed to amplify their voices and experience.
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#RSABlog: What can we learn in a heartbeat that will shape what we do for a lifetime? ❤️ 🧠 👫
@Al_Mathers, our former Director of Research and Learning, explores the importance of introducing reciprocity into the work of social change organisations.
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Reflecting on my time at the RSA, my final blog explores the importance of introducing reciprocity into the work of social change organisations thersa.org/blog/2023/01/reci…