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Being anti-racist
21 March, 2023
Last summer I went to an incredible conference https://www.jrf.org.uk/blog/new-frontiers-some-reflections which started to open my eyes to the structural...
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Networks = anti-establishment?
14 December, 2022
Recently we’ve taken time to reflect on where we are in Plymouth and POP with regards networks. One of the great challenges is knowing how to spot...
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Learning about partnering - method to the madness?
29 November, 2022
These are some reflections from Matt, our CEO on the Belong in Plymouth programme. For more thoughts from the team, see here https://bipnetwork.groups.io/g/CoreTeam/topic/what_i_m_learning_about/94383085  When...
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MINI SYSTEMS 3: Guardians of the Good Enough
10 November, 2022
By Simon Travers, POP Learning Champion The first two blogs on the POP ‘Mini System’ experiment told the story of how POP allocated a £40,000 grant by...
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The Shape of You: How the ‘shape’ of our Collectives are helping to form learning at POP
22 June, 2022
By Simon Travers In my role as POP’s learning champion, I can see from POP Collectives that collaboration impacts the grassroots voluntary sector. Collaborative...
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POP Collectives Process Keeps Evolving!
01 June, 2022
Since the Collectives Fund was launched in Plymouth in Autumn 2020, POP have worked with over 20 diverse projects to provide meaningful social and environmental...
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Collaborating for grassroots impact
10 March, 2022
In June 2021, Frontier Economics reported an estimate that “a £1 million investment in community-led social infrastructure in a left-behind area could...
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