Power Up Thetford! Being remote doesn't stop innovation...
Community businesses in one of the most remote parts of the country met up to discuss a challenge they face every day. The third Power...
Power Up Leicester! 'Bigging Up' our local areas - how storytelling can create change
Anne Short from B Inspired Leicester discusses the second Power to Change grantee event – Power Up Leicester. Here, she summarises the...
A new industry for Watchet
Dear Watchet, Re: Invitation to an open community workshop to discuss ideas for a new industry in Watchet, Methodist Church Schoolroom,...
Power Up Bristol! Talkin' Power, Perception & Professionalism
Guest blogger Brendan Tate Wistreich from Coexist talks about the first in a series of Power to Change grantee events for community...
Eight Active Steps to Proving Your Social Value
Something has shifted in my relationship with my step dad. He’s always been a tough cookie to crack. For years he has considered my work...
Introducing Kezia....
Introducing our new work placement at Onion Collective. A huge welcome to Kezia Mitchinson who will be helping us with our work here and...
Planning Permission for East Quay!
We are so thrilled to announce that Onion Collective has been granted planning permission for our East Quay Cultural Enterprise...
Stop telling us what we should do, and help us to do it instead!
“Courage is not having the strength to go on. It is going on when you don’t have the strength.” This quote from the inimitable Teddy...
'Let's just bloody do it!': How friendship leads to agency leads to social change
It was August 2004 when I arrived in Watchet. I was 28, Ian 29. We bought a terraced house with wooden floorboards and a sea view. We...
Are we talking about a revolution? Reflections on the 2018 Community Business Symposiums
Momentum has been building for a new way of enacting economics in the 21st century, and academics have been thrashing out ways to ‘square...
