Multi-agency workshops
Events designed to bring together diverse participants from various sectors and roles (e.g., psychologists, GPs, city council, healthcare professionals, artists, service users, local residents, young ...
Journal
Cover Story Mock-up
An engaging activity designed to transform ideas into concrete, inspiring proposals by having groups imagine their successful solution as a front-page newspaper story. Participants articulate their pr...
Open Collective, Airtable and Xero
A combination of digital tools used to manage the financial aspects of the programme with a commitment to radical transparency and accountability. Airtable was used for displaying overall numbers and ...
How Might We (HMW) Statements
A solution-oriented framework used to reframe problems as actionable challenges. Instead of simply stating a problem (e.g., "People have poor mental well-being"), an HMW statement transforms it into a...
Community Researchers / Conversations
A grassroots approach to gathering authentic stories of lived experiences by training community members to be "good listeners". These researchers are trained to have conversations (not interviews) wit...
Kumu
A digital tool used for visualizing and mapping complex relationships, specifically employed to represent the "Map of Belonging" by connecting factors extracted from community conversations. It allows...
Gratitude practices
A simple yet powerful technique to counter negative assumptions and untended "wounds" that can "spoil" relationships and perspectives. Consistently practicing gratitude is suggested as a solution to e...
Collaboration cards
This specific tool is not explicitly detailed in the provided sources. While there is extensive discussion of collaboration and various tools that foster it, "collaboration cards" as a distinct method...
Round Robin Exercise
A co-design activity aimed at sparking imagination and developing ideas together, particularly from people who might be less inclined to speak out spontaneously. It ensures that everyone has an opport...
Map of Belonging
A visual representation of interconnected themes and factors influencing community connection and place-based well-being, derived from numerous community conversations. These factors are defined as pa...
People's Assemblies
Designed as unifying bodies to bring diverse community voices together, enabling everyone to feel heard, exercise democratic muscles, and feel more powerful. They are based on radical inclusivity, act...
Conversation Processing Workshops
Collaborative sessions designed to convert raw conversation fragments into measurable "factors" related to social isolation and loneliness, which are then mapped onto the "Map of Belonging". Participa...