Heart and Hope in East Ayrshire
In East Ayrshire work is well underway on an approach to community involvement in planning and commissioning services, known as the Heart Model. Commissioning officer Paula Raymond spoke to the University of Strathclyde’s Talking Hope project about how Heart is building hope for communities and the council. Traditionally, at East Ayrshire we commissioned services as […]
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Talking Hope…and Talking Mats
In this guest blog for the University of Strathclyde led Talking Hope project, Margo Mackay (Operations Director at Talking Mats Ltd) shares what this innovative social enterprise is doing to support and promote balanced conversations in the justice system with young people. What is Talking Mats? The aim of Talking Mats is to create a […]
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Young People and Communities: Inside or Out?
CYCJ’s latest recruit Claire Francis attended the CYCJ ‘Young People and Communities: Inside or Out?’ event. Here she tells us why she found it so engaging, and what it teaches us about the power of working together. Have you ever been to a CYCJ event? I hadn’t, but as a new member of the team, the ‘Young People […]
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