Place & Systems Change - Renaisi

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News By Kezia Jackson-Harman on 16 Aug 2023

How might we change the funder-practitioner power imbalance?

Our last place-based systems change community meeting was an online event on the theme of funder-practitioner power dynamics. Jenny Oppenheimer, Philanthropy Partnerships Lead at Lankelly Chase Foundation, helped orient a conversation about how to move towards more collaborative and equitable dynamics.

Critical issues for place-based systemic change practitioners

News By Kezia Jackson-Harman on 9 Jun 2023

Critical issues for place-based systemic change

Highlights, ambitions and questions that came out of Renaisi’s first in-person, place-based systems change community meeting. On the 26th April 2023 Renaisi hosted the first in-person, full-day Community of Practice gathering. Many of those attending said it gave them an excuse to leave the office for the day, which we were glad to provide! We

Two young people, wearing hats one holding a white dog, and a man. They're all standing in front of an outdoor stage,

Blog By Molly May Calland on 31 May 2023

What we’ve learnt about enabling social action in socially and economically challenging times

Read the end of phase 2 learning and evaluation report the Place Based Social Action programme.

Events By Kezia Jackson-Harman on 17 May 2023

What does the cost-of-living crisis mean for place-based work?

How is the cost-of-living crisis is affecting place-based systems change, and how to maintain a long-term systemic view during an ongoing crisis?

The place-based change community of practice

Blog By Beth Stout on 21 Feb 2023

Making ‘systems change’ language more inclusive

How do we make systems change language helpful and inclusive rather than academic and inaccessible? We are testing Plain English ways of describing systems change.