🧵3) Gwen is inviting bridgebuilders to be a part of the research in Britain. Do you know anyone who might be interested? Please tag them in the comments.

🧵2) @gwenburnyeat.bsky.social is a lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. In this blog she introduces her work researching people seeking to create and nurture relationships across complex political divides:

relationshipsproject.org/bridgebuilding-in-colombia-and-britain/

🧵3) Pride in Place is the first regeneration programme, stretching right back to the Urban Programmes of the 1960s and 70s, to recognise prominently and explicitly the power and importance of relationships.

www.gov.uk/government/p...

🧵2) "All places should have strong relationships and a collective sense of belonging to their community. This helps bring people together to build community cohesion and resilience, helping people to feel proud of their area and safe in their neighbourhood..."

🧵3)Relational Readiness:
📝 Sign up to the Zoom: lnkd.in/et5-46pa
📖 Read more on our blog: lnkd.in/eCxNxvrK
💭 And whether or not you can make the Zoom, we'd love it if you added any thoughts to this doc: bit.ly/relationalreadiness

🧵2) What are the indicators that a place is ready to embrace and embed relationship-centred practice?

@commcats.bsky.social

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🧵 3) And here, Rich Bell argues that to unleash the potential of mission-based government, ministers should lean into relational practice, as: "Relationships are the bedrock upon which trust is built – they are catalysts for collective action."

relationshipsproject.org/how-a-drive-...

🧵 2) Here, Paul Morrison sets out 5 ways the government could design policy in a way that recognises change happens through networks of people and organisations:
relationshipsproject.org/a-relational-approach-to-public-policy-why-its-now-essential/