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Spot Us – the future of community journalism?

With many local newspapers having closed over the past year and several others in financial ...

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The value of pedal power

A recent feature in New Start magazine highlighted the problems that increasing volumes of journeys ...

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Unemployment

What can communities do about unemployment – the problem that never went away – as ...

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Refresh time for the Compact

It’s refresh time for the Compact and last week I received a letter asking the ...

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Chain Reaction Sheffield discussion group

New Start, in collaboration with Community Links, is holding a discussion group this afternoon in ...

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Empower councils to boost cycling rates

Tough times amidst the recession are apparently forcing commuters to ditch their cars and public ...

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Britain’s charity shops have much to learn from Australia

As a teenager, I worked in an Oxfam shop for one afternoon a week, selling ...

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Why community leaders must learn to thrive on rejection

While the British Urban Regeneration Association’s (Bura) community inspired regeneration awards ceremony at the House ...

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A chance to do things differently

One thing always strikes me when I meet local people who want to change their ...

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Involving us all in thriving communities – the real work starts now

Sitting on the train on the way back from the bassac conference recently I was ...