I write this blog at with images of community at the forefront of my mind, having watched the news of this week with tears in my eyes both with horror at the explosion and with admiration as the capacity of human kindness and of the immediate heartfelt love that Manchester as a city wide community […]
May 2017
There is often an assumption that social media are good for businesses as well as for charities. Social media can help organisations to engage their stakeholders and reach out to new audiences, enabling them to share, cooperate and mobilise supporters, or so the mantra goes. But is it always the case? And how can small […]
Last month ARVAC co-hosted a seminar on the topic of social media and community action, at Barrow Cadbury Trust in London. Social media seems not to have been adopted as widely by community organisations as might have been expected. Using mixed methods, our study explored the gap between claims for the transformative power of […]
Arts Methodologies are the creative expression of complexity; of recognising the multiplicity of interpretations of social cohesion and reinventing them using creative means. We think this involves embracing complexity and diversity using creative methods, The Taking Yourselves Seriously team are engaging in interpretative work, linking people working in communities with reflective understandings of what is […]