Relationships Project
@rshipsproject.bsky.social
We believe everything works better when relationships work well. That's why it's our mission to help spread and embed relationship-centred practice across our systems, organisations and communities. www.relationshipsproject.org
🧵1) "...often, major social changes, from the end of Apartheid in South Africa to women's suffrage in the UK, have been driven by a combination of resistance and filigree bridgebuilding across difference. Yet history doesn’t always make visible this painstaking work."
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🧵1) "...often, major social changes, from the end of Apartheid in South Africa to women's suffrage in the UK, have been driven by a combination of resistance and filigree bridgebuilding across difference. Yet history doesn’t always make visible this painstaking work."
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Some further thoughts about measuring relationships (or actually not!) further to the excellent @rshipsproject.bsky.social discussion today on Relational Readiness.
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Measuring (not) relationships – Noreen Blanluet
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October 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Some further thoughts about measuring relationships (or actually not!) further to the excellent @rshipsproject.bsky.social discussion today on Relational Readiness.
noreen.wales/measuring-no...
noreen.wales/measuring-no...
🧵1) This is a milestone moment. The first (first!) objective of the £5bn UK Government's Pride in Place programme couldn't be clearer:
September 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🧵1) This is a milestone moment. The first (first!) objective of the £5bn UK Government's Pride in Place programme couldn't be clearer:
🧵1) We’ve been thinking about ‘relational readiness’: an individual, organisation or community's receptivity to the values and intentions of relational practice, and ability to embed it in their day-to-day doings. Some places are more ready than others.
September 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🧵1) We’ve been thinking about ‘relational readiness’: an individual, organisation or community's receptivity to the values and intentions of relational practice, and ability to embed it in their day-to-day doings. Some places are more ready than others.
Keen to know more about Human Learning Systems or how to create psychological safety within our teams and across systems?
This Relational Leadership course from ThemPra looks great:
www.thempra.org.uk/thempra/our-...
This Relational Leadership course from ThemPra looks great:
www.thempra.org.uk/thempra/our-...
Relational Leadership - ThemPra Social Pedagogy
www.thempra.org.uk
August 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Keen to know more about Human Learning Systems or how to create psychological safety within our teams and across systems?
This Relational Leadership course from ThemPra looks great:
www.thempra.org.uk/thempra/our-...
This Relational Leadership course from ThemPra looks great:
www.thempra.org.uk/thempra/our-...
"We’d run through fire for people we love but most of us study our phones when faced with a stranger."
In this short, personal blog, David reflects on the power of kindness, and how caring for and about people we do not know is a human superpower: relationshipsproject.org/four-signs-l...
In this short, personal blog, David reflects on the power of kindness, and how caring for and about people we do not know is a human superpower: relationshipsproject.org/four-signs-l...
Four signs: Love is the running to strangers
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June 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"We’d run through fire for people we love but most of us study our phones when faced with a stranger."
In this short, personal blog, David reflects on the power of kindness, and how caring for and about people we do not know is a human superpower: relationshipsproject.org/four-signs-l...
In this short, personal blog, David reflects on the power of kindness, and how caring for and about people we do not know is a human superpower: relationshipsproject.org/four-signs-l...
Our relationships with one another are the foundations, the bedrock, on which all else is built. And yet UK society has consistently undervalued them, marginalising the evidence.
David Robinson maps how we could set a different course and build a different future: Read the essay: bit.ly/3SyahnU
David Robinson maps how we could set a different course and build a different future: Read the essay: bit.ly/3SyahnU
June 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Our relationships with one another are the foundations, the bedrock, on which all else is built. And yet UK society has consistently undervalued them, marginalising the evidence.
David Robinson maps how we could set a different course and build a different future: Read the essay: bit.ly/3SyahnU
David Robinson maps how we could set a different course and build a different future: Read the essay: bit.ly/3SyahnU
Want to engage in conversations beyond your usual circle and meaningfully connect with someone new?@therootsprogramme.bsky.social is running a free online exchange that brings together adults from different backgrounds.
Learn more and sign up 👉: tinyurl.com/yhs2278e
Learn more and sign up 👉: tinyurl.com/yhs2278e
Roots Exchange: Sharing Stories, Perspectives, and Making New Connections
A free 6-week online exchange bringing together people with different life stories to share experiences, reflections & build new connections
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May 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Want to engage in conversations beyond your usual circle and meaningfully connect with someone new?@therootsprogramme.bsky.social is running a free online exchange that brings together adults from different backgrounds.
Learn more and sign up 👉: tinyurl.com/yhs2278e
Learn more and sign up 👉: tinyurl.com/yhs2278e
Nick Sinclair and David Robinson reflect on recent policy-driven changes that offer opportunities for achieving #relational neighbourhoods: "an area where connections matter as much as, if not more than, geography."
relationshipsproject.org/the-relational-neighbourhood/
@nicksinclair.bsky.social
relationshipsproject.org/the-relational-neighbourhood/
@nicksinclair.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Nick Sinclair and David Robinson reflect on recent policy-driven changes that offer opportunities for achieving #relational neighbourhoods: "an area where connections matter as much as, if not more than, geography."
relationshipsproject.org/the-relational-neighbourhood/
@nicksinclair.bsky.social
relationshipsproject.org/the-relational-neighbourhood/
@nicksinclair.bsky.social
🧵 1) Nine months have passed since the UK general election; the PM and the Chancellor have declared the intent to do government differently.We believe these plans must include a deep and wide commitment to relational practice. In a pair of blogs, we dig into the practicalities:
April 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🧵 1) Nine months have passed since the UK general election; the PM and the Chancellor have declared the intent to do government differently.We believe these plans must include a deep and wide commitment to relational practice. In a pair of blogs, we dig into the practicalities:
"If you want to change the outcomes that emerge from a social system, you need to change the relationships that shape its dynamic and capacity."
What's Reflective Relational Practice and how could it be implemented to assess the health of relationships in your organisation or community?
What's Reflective Relational Practice and how could it be implemented to assess the health of relationships in your organisation or community?
Reflective Relational Practice: Assessing and enhancing the quality of our relationships
“The most important unit of analysis in a system is not the part (e.g.
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March 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"If you want to change the outcomes that emerge from a social system, you need to change the relationships that shape its dynamic and capacity."
What's Reflective Relational Practice and how could it be implemented to assess the health of relationships in your organisation or community?
What's Reflective Relational Practice and how could it be implemented to assess the health of relationships in your organisation or community?
Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz share four ways we can invest in our relationships: ideas.ted.com/how-to-add-n...
1. Feel the power of generosity
2. Practice radical curiosity
3. Communicate understanding back to others
4. Do regular relationship check-ins
Which of the four do you already do?
1. Feel the power of generosity
2. Practice radical curiosity
3. Communicate understanding back to others
4. Do regular relationship check-ins
Which of the four do you already do?
How to add new life to your relationships (even your best ones!)
Want lasting happiness? Invest in your connections to other people, suggest Robert Waldinger MD and Marc Schulz PhD, codirectors of the longest-running scientific study on well-being. Here, they sh…
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March 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz share four ways we can invest in our relationships: ideas.ted.com/how-to-add-n...
1. Feel the power of generosity
2. Practice radical curiosity
3. Communicate understanding back to others
4. Do regular relationship check-ins
Which of the four do you already do?
1. Feel the power of generosity
2. Practice radical curiosity
3. Communicate understanding back to others
4. Do regular relationship check-ins
Which of the four do you already do?
What's unique to human relationships? What is it about human to human relationships that can't be replicated by technology?
Respond to our three-question survey and help us to develop ideas around relational approaches to the rollout of new technologies:
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Respond to our three-question survey and help us to develop ideas around relational approaches to the rollout of new technologies:
forms.gle/dC71FxF1qKLJ...
March 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
What's unique to human relationships? What is it about human to human relationships that can't be replicated by technology?
Respond to our three-question survey and help us to develop ideas around relational approaches to the rollout of new technologies:
forms.gle/dC71FxF1qKLJ...
Respond to our three-question survey and help us to develop ideas around relational approaches to the rollout of new technologies:
forms.gle/dC71FxF1qKLJ...
An 'Impact Gallery' 🖼️ is a tool developed by @neighbourlylab.bsky.social to share and elevate the work happening within communities and industries. It can help share best practice and learnings, celebrate success, and bring people together. Learn more: www.neighbourlylab.com/impact-galle...
Impact Galleries – What are they and why are they so impactful? - Neighbourly Lab
At Neighbourly Lab we have been busy developing a new and exciting output called the Impact Gallery. The premise of the gallery is simple, it is a tool to share and elevate the work that is going on w...
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March 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
An 'Impact Gallery' 🖼️ is a tool developed by @neighbourlylab.bsky.social to share and elevate the work happening within communities and industries. It can help share best practice and learnings, celebrate success, and bring people together. Learn more: www.neighbourlylab.com/impact-galle...
🔑 Relational offsetting 🔑
Thank you to all who came to last week's conversation on 'relational offsetting'. We left with a lot to reflect on, both in terms of the potential & associated risks.
💡 Full blog 👉 relationshipsproject.org/how-to-have-...
🗨️ Takeaways 👉 docs.google.com/presentation...
Thank you to all who came to last week's conversation on 'relational offsetting'. We left with a lot to reflect on, both in terms of the potential & associated risks.
💡 Full blog 👉 relationshipsproject.org/how-to-have-...
🗨️ Takeaways 👉 docs.google.com/presentation...
March 5, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🔑 Relational offsetting 🔑
Thank you to all who came to last week's conversation on 'relational offsetting'. We left with a lot to reflect on, both in terms of the potential & associated risks.
💡 Full blog 👉 relationshipsproject.org/how-to-have-...
🗨️ Takeaways 👉 docs.google.com/presentation...
Thank you to all who came to last week's conversation on 'relational offsetting'. We left with a lot to reflect on, both in terms of the potential & associated risks.
💡 Full blog 👉 relationshipsproject.org/how-to-have-...
🗨️ Takeaways 👉 docs.google.com/presentation...
📅 ONE WEEK TO GO 📅
Join us on 24/02 1-2.15pm GMT to explore the concept of relational offsetting
🤔 Could you see it having benefit in your place?
🤔 What are the risks?
🤔 Where can tech help and where is a relationship required?
Read more & RSVP 👉 relationshipsproject.org/how-to-have-...
Join us on 24/02 1-2.15pm GMT to explore the concept of relational offsetting
🤔 Could you see it having benefit in your place?
🤔 What are the risks?
🤔 Where can tech help and where is a relationship required?
Read more & RSVP 👉 relationshipsproject.org/how-to-have-...
February 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
📅 ONE WEEK TO GO 📅
Join us on 24/02 1-2.15pm GMT to explore the concept of relational offsetting
🤔 Could you see it having benefit in your place?
🤔 What are the risks?
🤔 Where can tech help and where is a relationship required?
Read more & RSVP 👉 relationshipsproject.org/how-to-have-...
Join us on 24/02 1-2.15pm GMT to explore the concept of relational offsetting
🤔 Could you see it having benefit in your place?
🤔 What are the risks?
🤔 Where can tech help and where is a relationship required?
Read more & RSVP 👉 relationshipsproject.org/how-to-have-...
🧠 Why our brains need other people 🧠
www.theguardian.com/books/articl...
Relationships are vital to the way we think, and can even determine the degree of cognitive impairment following a brain injury or stroke.
www.theguardian.com/books/articl...
Relationships are vital to the way we think, and can even determine the degree of cognitive impairment following a brain injury or stroke.
The big idea: why your brain needs other people
Your own thoughts are just part of the picture – relationships are vital to the way you think
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February 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🧠 Why our brains need other people 🧠
www.theguardian.com/books/articl...
Relationships are vital to the way we think, and can even determine the degree of cognitive impairment following a brain injury or stroke.
www.theguardian.com/books/articl...
Relationships are vital to the way we think, and can even determine the degree of cognitive impairment following a brain injury or stroke.
🍰 "Social capital is the cake, not the icing, of a strong, well functioning economy"
Andy Haldane and David Halpern demonstrate the importance of trust and collaboration within communities
Guardian article 👉 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Full paper 👉 demos.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Andy Haldane and David Halpern demonstrate the importance of trust and collaboration within communities
Guardian article 👉 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Full paper 👉 demos.co.uk/wp-content/u...
February 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🍰 "Social capital is the cake, not the icing, of a strong, well functioning economy"
Andy Haldane and David Halpern demonstrate the importance of trust and collaboration within communities
Guardian article 👉 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Full paper 👉 demos.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Andy Haldane and David Halpern demonstrate the importance of trust and collaboration within communities
Guardian article 👉 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Full paper 👉 demos.co.uk/wp-content/u...
We've had lots of thought-provoking feedback on the concept of 'relational offsetting' (lnkd.in/eQtxZGCk).
Join us on Zoom on 24/2 1-2.15pmGMT to think about how relationships can be taken out of one part of a service in order to double down on relationships in another
RSVP 👉 lnkd.in/eVBDCQYv
Join us on Zoom on 24/2 1-2.15pmGMT to think about how relationships can be taken out of one part of a service in order to double down on relationships in another
RSVP 👉 lnkd.in/eVBDCQYv
February 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We've had lots of thought-provoking feedback on the concept of 'relational offsetting' (lnkd.in/eQtxZGCk).
Join us on Zoom on 24/2 1-2.15pmGMT to think about how relationships can be taken out of one part of a service in order to double down on relationships in another
RSVP 👉 lnkd.in/eVBDCQYv
Join us on Zoom on 24/2 1-2.15pmGMT to think about how relationships can be taken out of one part of a service in order to double down on relationships in another
RSVP 👉 lnkd.in/eVBDCQYv
We're delighted to see relationship-centred practice gain ever more prominence in the youth justice space.
This paper by HM Inspectorate of Probation offers us an evidence-informed model for effective relational working 👉
lnkd.in/ewhv-gyV
This paper by HM Inspectorate of Probation offers us an evidence-informed model for effective relational working 👉
lnkd.in/ewhv-gyV
February 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We're delighted to see relationship-centred practice gain ever more prominence in the youth justice space.
This paper by HM Inspectorate of Probation offers us an evidence-informed model for effective relational working 👉
lnkd.in/ewhv-gyV
This paper by HM Inspectorate of Probation offers us an evidence-informed model for effective relational working 👉
lnkd.in/ewhv-gyV
What is relational offsetting? Could it transform public services and allow us to prioritise human relationships where they really matter?
We think so: relationshipsproject.org/how-to-have-...
We think so: relationshipsproject.org/how-to-have-...
February 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
What is relational offsetting? Could it transform public services and allow us to prioritise human relationships where they really matter?
We think so: relationshipsproject.org/how-to-have-...
We think so: relationshipsproject.org/how-to-have-...
Our friends at the Roots Programme bring together neighbours in neutral spaces to listen deeply and reimagine their place.
Read more about how they're bridging gaps and supporting lasting relationships:
relationshipsproject.org/the-roots-pr...
Read more about how they're bridging gaps and supporting lasting relationships:
relationshipsproject.org/the-roots-pr...
Growing Connection: The story of the Roots Programme
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January 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Our friends at the Roots Programme bring together neighbours in neutral spaces to listen deeply and reimagine their place.
Read more about how they're bridging gaps and supporting lasting relationships:
relationshipsproject.org/the-roots-pr...
Read more about how they're bridging gaps and supporting lasting relationships:
relationshipsproject.org/the-roots-pr...
Dignity, purpose, understanding. These are things we can't get from a machine, or from AI. They are things we can only get from one another, and things that we all desperately need.
Important thoughts from Dr Allison Pugh on the value of connective labour 👉 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Important thoughts from Dr Allison Pugh on the value of connective labour 👉 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I set out to study which jobs should be done by AI – and found a very human answer | Allison Pugh
Much of the power of work such as counselling lies in a relationship where we properly see each other. And tech just can’t do that, says sociology professor Allison Pugh
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January 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Dignity, purpose, understanding. These are things we can't get from a machine, or from AI. They are things we can only get from one another, and things that we all desperately need.
Important thoughts from Dr Allison Pugh on the value of connective labour 👉 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Important thoughts from Dr Allison Pugh on the value of connective labour 👉 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
👋 TIME TOGETHER 👋
Do you want to connect with others interested in relationship-centred practice?
Join a small group conversation on Zoom in which we can share a bit about each other’s work & make new connections
Sign up 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It'd be a pleasure to have you there 😊
Do you want to connect with others interested in relationship-centred practice?
Join a small group conversation on Zoom in which we can share a bit about each other’s work & make new connections
Sign up 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It'd be a pleasure to have you there 😊
Time Together
As you might have guessed, building relationships really matters to us.
In 2025, we're starting Time Together: a monthly group space for conversation about relationship-centred practice. It's an oppo...
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January 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
👋 TIME TOGETHER 👋
Do you want to connect with others interested in relationship-centred practice?
Join a small group conversation on Zoom in which we can share a bit about each other’s work & make new connections
Sign up 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It'd be a pleasure to have you there 😊
Do you want to connect with others interested in relationship-centred practice?
Join a small group conversation on Zoom in which we can share a bit about each other’s work & make new connections
Sign up 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It'd be a pleasure to have you there 😊
Having a consistent relationship with the GP - 'continuity of care' - has been shown to:
💫 Increase life expectancy
💫 Reduce hospital admissions
💫 Increase medical adherence
💫 Reduce over-prescribing
Everything works better when relationships are put first
theconversation.com/why-seeing-t...
💫 Increase life expectancy
💫 Reduce hospital admissions
💫 Increase medical adherence
💫 Reduce over-prescribing
Everything works better when relationships are put first
theconversation.com/why-seeing-t...
Why seeing the same doctor could save your life
So-called ‘continuity of care’ has many health benefits, yet it’s becoming increasingly rare.
theconversation.com
January 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Having a consistent relationship with the GP - 'continuity of care' - has been shown to:
💫 Increase life expectancy
💫 Reduce hospital admissions
💫 Increase medical adherence
💫 Reduce over-prescribing
Everything works better when relationships are put first
theconversation.com/why-seeing-t...
💫 Increase life expectancy
💫 Reduce hospital admissions
💫 Increase medical adherence
💫 Reduce over-prescribing
Everything works better when relationships are put first
theconversation.com/why-seeing-t...