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Explore our policy work aiming to shift power to local communities
Ruby Frankland introduces the action research programme in partnership with NHS...
A response to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
Exploring the impact of social fabric on young people’s wellbeing and...
Examining young people's wellbeing, through the lens of those living and...
This paper explores the question of whether a person’s social capital...
This paper explores the effects of strengthening social capital on mental...
How social capital can offer a valuable entry point to improving...
This paper explores evidence that strengthening social capital can improve outcomes...
Exploring the role social capital can play in securing better outcomes...
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