Find out what we’ve been up to and all our latest news in our blog. We have multiple contributers and cover a range of topics. If there’s something you think we should be writing about, let us know!
Joint response to the Department for Education consultation
A joint response from the Centre of Resilience for Social Justice and Boingboing to the the Department for Education consultation on ‘Character and resilience: Call for evidence’.
Reflections on the Centre of Resilience for Social Justice meeting blog
We arrived and were met with an array of brightly coloured resilience resources. I immediately felt at home, meeting some members of Blackpool Council who were working on the Resilience Revolution, in partnership with Boingboing.
Capturing and expanding the resilience vision blog
Over 50 delegates attended the Centre for Resilience and Social Justice end of year event on 20 June: Capturing and Expanding the Resilience Vision, including those with lived experience, academics, professionals and practitioners.
Transforming Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Conference blog
In this blog, Angie reports back from the ‘Transforming Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services’ Conference in London which took place in February 2019 and gave her some food for thought and the chance to connect with some fab people.
The dark side of co-production article
After spotting this fascinating article putting the boot in a bit for co-productive research in a really organised and systematic way, Angie talks committment, collaboration and management of effective detail.
Boingboinger Lisa Buttery blogs about the evolution of Boingboing
In this blog, Boingboinger Lisa Buttery writes about her own journey volunteering and working with Boingboing. She writes about the evolution of our work and Boingboing’s development over the years she’s been involved.
Boingboinger Anne Rathbone reports back from the European Conference on Resilience in Education, University of Malta
Anne Rathbone reports back from the European Conference on Resilience in Education, Malta. Read all about how she got on at the event.
PhD student Josie blogs from the 4th World Congress on Resilience in Marseille
PhD student Josie reports back from the 4th World Congress on Resilience in Marseille. Read all about how she got on at the event.
Reflections on Blackpool HeadStart Learning Week 2017 blog
This blog is another collective effort; Blackpool Learning Week participants give their thoughts and feelings on year 1 of the ‘Resilience Revolution’.
Final ‘Resilience to drought’ project visit to South Africa blog
We are back in South Africa, but, unfortunately for the final time regarding our Resilience project. I cannot believe that our project has actually come to an end.
Pathways towards hobbies Resilience Forum blog
One of our PhD students, David Glynne-Percy, is speaking at the Resilience Forum today. Astonishing that he actually wanted me to come along. Normally students beg me not be at anything they are speaking at… Can’t think why…
Collective perspectives on co-production from Leandran co-researchers blog
This blog is a collective effort; Leandran co-researchers give their perspectives on the co-productive approach we used to research drought in South Africa.
Co-produced Film Premier in Leandra and RYSE Project in Secunda blog
On Monday morning we returned to Leandra for our final visit of the project, this time we were joined by Josh who is an apprentice from Blackpool HeadStart, in the UK, as a young co-researcher.
Coding our research data in Leandra blog
We began the task of coding all the data. Coding is the process of finding and grouping mentions of specific words and phrases, into common themes across lots of data. In this case it’s the group of transcripts that altogether add up to over 200 pages of data.
Image film-making workshop in Leandra blog
On Day 2 in Leandra, South Africa, as part of our Resilience to Drought project, Simon supports an image film-making workshop with young co-researchers exploring drought, led by Selogadi Mampane
