Economic Development

Is it the fiddler really a rogue?

There are people who believe that to work with a corporate is to dance with the devil. The Salvation Army for example declined the offer of free advertising in the final issue of ‘News of the World’. Barnardo’s on the other hand was happy to accept a donation of more than £900,000 from the profits generated by that final edition.

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Seeing through ‘the fog’: Local government resource review in London

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Power to the people

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Big Society, big economic shift?

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Business as usual?

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Community activism hub

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Crunch time

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Putting young people at the heart of solutions

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Capital gains

If social capital lies at the heart of our health and wellbeing, how do you build it up? Sarah Frost visits Canada and the United States and discovers a little lateral thinking can go a long way

Sarah Frost with the Fremont Troll in Seattle, one of the first Neighborhood Matching Fund projects.

People with high levels of social capital are generally happier and healthier than similar individuals with low levels of social capital. But what mechanisms can help build and increase social capital in communities with a view to improving wellbeing?