Participation In Creative Arts Drives Value-Led Social Change
Today I visited Bristol to attend the ArtWorks Alliance forum meeting. Taking place at the Acta Centre a short walk from the city centre, the […]
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Mapping Community Media – Reflections
Keeping the ethos of community media relevant in a changing world was at the heart of the discussion that took place during the Mapping Community […]
Emphasising Social Gain – My Personal Thoughts on David Lloyd’s Report
I’ve just given David Lloyd’s Radiocentre commissioned report, ‘Small-Scale Radio in the UK – How Local Commercial and Community Radio can Co-Exist,’ a more detailed […]
Is it Possible to Develop an Alternative to Community Radio Advertising?
The Problem with Advertising: Community media advocates have for many years been seeking a solution to the funding challenges of running not-for-profit media projects. Funding […]
Unhealthy Communities With No Local Voice
It’s widely reported today that British highstreets with the highest concentration of fast-food shops, betting shops and nailbars, correspond with the greatest ill-health and shortest […]
Podcasting as Therapy 01
We live in an age of social anxiety, in which we are more easily able to say what we care about, than what we care […]
Finding the Words for a Unique Proposition
I’m working on my proposition statement, so that I can start to seek out clients and collaborators for any future work I want to engage […]
Decentered – Services Development Outline
I’m going through the process of sketching out what services and activities I want to develop once I am working independently. I have some thoughts […]
Role Evaluation – My Achievements
I’m changing jobs at the end of September. Having worked at De Montfort University for over twenty years, I felt it was time to move […]
Welcome to Decentered – Media for Social Accountability
Decentered is a new departure for me as I start to work independently supporting community, social and sustainable media practices. I’m going to be using […]