-
Blog Post
Read more
Knowledge Action Inquiry: Paradigm shift Earlier this week we flagged that one of the elements of our Knowledge Action Inquiry is ‘examining the basis of our collective knowledge system’. By this, we mean that we want to explore the...
-
Blog Post
Knowledge Action Inquiry: Knowledge Democracy
Read more
As a major theme of our Knowledge Action Inquiry, we’ll be examining ‘knowledge democracy’ and its relevance to our work on severe and multiple disadvantage. We’re in the early stages of discovering and engaging with quite a...
-
Publication
Knowledge Democracy Discussion Paper
Read more
Most of us will have studied a very small part of the extensive and diverse knowledge systems of the world, and we will reproduce this understanding of what counts as most valid, credible, robust, accurate, and useful within our thinking and...
-
Blog Post
Knowledge Action Inquiry: What do we know about severe and multiple disadvantage?
Read moreWe all try to make sense of the world we live in: it’s part of the natural state of things to assemble information and act on what we (think or feel) we know. Similarly, the idea of knowledge underpins our whole discourse on severe and multiple...
-
Blog Post
Place based working – what have we learned so far?
Read moreEighteen months ago we set out to work alongside a few partners in places to explore how we can support people and institutions nurture the conditions for change to flourish locally. This followed 18 months of seeking advice and input from as...
-
Person
Mary Ward
Read more
About Mary... What do you value about the work we do at Lankelly Chase? I value that we work together to effect change, and that we challenge ourselves and others to think differently. We all feel passionately about the work we are doing, and...
-
Person
Jenny Oppenheimer
Read more
About Jenny... What do you value about the work we do at Lankelly Chase? Its thoughtfulness, conviction and proactive approach to tackling systemic issues. I also appreciate its openness to risk taking and failure. Ask me...
-
Person
Yasmin Belgrave
Read more
About Yasmin... What do you value about the work we do at Lankelly Chase? I value the people. Through working here, I’ve had the privilege of meeting an array of people doing remarkable and varied work. I am surrounded by people who are...
-
Blog Post
What does the world of tech and big data have to do with us?
Read moreWe’ve had two brushes with big data in the last couple of weeks. Cathy’s been talking to other foundations about it…. On my first day back in the office after returning from a meeting of international foundations on big data, The...
-
Blog Post
Introducing Systems Changers 2018
Read more
The third Systems Changers programme launches this week and I feel particularly fortunate to be involved in it. The Systems Changers 2018 group is made up of practitioners who work specifically with vulnerable young people and the systems they...