Communities in Control: Real people, real power

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Uprising Leadership Programme included in Communities in Control White Paper

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Call for architects to take lead in accommodating UK's ageing population

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Martin Seligman08.09.08
A special lecture by Dr Martin Seligman, Founder of Positive Psychology

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Articles

Clicking with the Residents by Liz Bartlett (July 2008)

This article appeared in New Start magazine on 18 July 2008.

Cutting through the Tension by Vicki Savage and Liz Bartlett (July 2008)

This article appeared in New Start magazine on 4 July 2008.

Promoting wellbeing and neighbourliness by Geoff Mulgan and Nicola Bacon (May 2008)

This article appeared in a Solace publication in May 2008.

Poor Prattle by Yvonne Roberts (May 2008)

This article appeared on The Guardian's Comment-is-free website on 5 May 2008

This is no banker's bet by Geoff Mulgan and Will Hutton (April 2008)

This article appeared in The Guardian on 22 April 2008

Local Matters II: Mulgan for people power by Geoff Mulgan (April 2008)

This article appeared in OpenDemocracy as a reproduction of an Ethos article on 22 April 2008

DIY health care by Yvonne Roberts (April 2008)

This article appeared in The Guardian on 21 April 2008

Coffee, cars and healthcare by Sean Carey (February 2008)

This article appeared in L'Express on 28 February 2008

Let power reflect the people by Rushanara Ali (February 2008)

This article appeared in The Guardian on 18 February 2008

The sting in the Mistry tale by Sean Carey (February 2008)

This article was published in the New Statesman on 8 February 2008

How to develop a local charter by Vicki Savage (February 2008)

This article appeared in New Start Magazine on 1 February 2008

Vera's fag end by Yvonne Roberts (January 2008)

This article appeared in The Guardian on 22 January 2008

'Who'd be a Councillor?' by Saffron James and Ed Cox (November 2007)

This article appeared in New Start magazine on 30 November 2007.

Councillors look for a new role by Saffron James (November 2007)

This article was published in The Guardian on 21 November 2007. 

Resident Action by Liz Bartlett (October 2007)

This article was published in Inside Housing 26 October 2007.

Civil Engineering by Geoff Mulgan (October 2007)

Technology and globalisation have the power to transform communities - but not always for the good

Persuading the people by Geoff Mulgan (October 2007)

Now that the election has been postponed, Gordon Brown must start to define his vision for Britain far more clearly. This means leading public opinion, rather than merely following it.

In praise of the cash economy (October 2007)

Young Foundation Fellow Sean Carey argues that sometimes being too rigorous about tax collection can be bad news for enterprise. This article was published in the New Statesman.

Benetton's Cultural Imperialism by Dr Sean Carey (September 2007)

This article was published in the Mauritius Times.

Luck and The Thing by Geoff Mulgan (May 2007)

As he bows out, Tony Blair may reflect that, helped by good fortune, he has left his country a more decent place, one closer to social democracy.

Mary Douglas remembered by Geoff Mulgan (Prospect, June 2007)

The anthropologist Mary Douglas, who has died aged 86, produced a framework for understanding society that should be part of the mental furniture of every educated adult

An American Liberal by Geoff Mulgan (Prospect, July 2007)

Brown is less of an intellectual "magpie" than he seems. He draws on both liberal and conservative Americans for good reason

Despatches from the frontline (December 2006)

This article appeared in The Guardian.