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✦ Enabling connected communities through research and evidence. ✦ Funded by UKRI ESRC ✦ linktr.ee/c4.research

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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New Journal launch 🚀 The inaugural Journal for Community Studies, supported by our Centre, brings together academic research and community voice to explore what helps communities thrive. Read issue one 👇 bit.ly/46YymeF @theyoungfdn.bsky.social
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We are a not-for-profit organisation with a unique understanding the changing role of communities in the 21st century. We build knowledge around the issues people care about, supporting collective...
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We’ve partnered with @localtrust.org.uk to take care of their Learning from Big Local website after the organisations closure, meaning all of the fabulous research will still be available for years to come! 🙌 You can find out more here: c4.ac.uk/resource/loc... 🔗 #learningfrombiglocal #localtrust
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Local Trust & Learning From Big Local - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness is pleased to act as a key legacy partner for Local Trust. We have taken custodianship of Learning f ...
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Heard about Pride in Place but want to know what it’s all about? Who better to hear from than our very own Ellie Lockley, who has been appointed as Chairperson for the Rotherham Board 🌟 c4.ac.uk/reflections-... 🔗 #prideinplace #rotherham #rotherhamprideinplace #proudofrotherham #reflections #c4
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Reflections on the Development of Rotherham Pride in Place: Ellie Lockley - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Young Foundation @theyoungfdn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
🔊 Paid opportunity We're recruiting up to ten people from across the UK to join the C4 Critical Friend Panel designed to represent and embed diverse community voice across the @ukri.org funded @c4research.bsky.social More info and apply 👉 tinyurl.com/4y7v3p5s Deadline: Monday Sept 21, 2026
Graphic promoting a paid UK-wide opportunity to bring community perspectives into research. It seeks people who are active and connected in their communities and can bring a range of views. No research background is needed. Logos for The Young Foundation, C4, and UKRI ESRC appear at the bottom.
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We're setting up a Critical Friend Panel with @theyoungfdn.bsky.social, and are recruiting up to ten people from across the UK to join! 🙌 To find out more about the role and to apply, head over to the opportunity advert on The Young Foundation’s website: www.youngfoundation.org/work-with-us... 🔗
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Join C4’s Critical Friend Panel | The Young Foundation
We’re recruiting up to ten people across the UK for our paid Critical Friend Panel, helping ensure community perspectives shape C4’s research and work.
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We’re thrilled to publish this latest report, written by Dr Vita Terry and Nick Pritchard for their Connecting Talgarth event, along with a great reflection piece by Vita 🌟 🔗 Read the reflective piece here: c4.ac.uk/reflections-... 🔗 Download the full report here: c4.ac.uk/connecting-t...
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Reflections on Connecting Talgarth: Vita Terry - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Looking for some new things to add to your reading list? 👀 This is your reminder that there’s a range of great research resources, papers and insights articles readily available on our website 🙌 Check them out today at c4.ac.uk/insights 🔗 #insights #findings #c4
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Insights - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This week, we’ve written a quick round-up of six free-to-use resources that we think you should know about when you’re working in a community research space. 🙌 c4.ac.uk/six-resource... #community #collaboration #resources #c4 #centreforcollaborationincommunityconectedness
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Six Resources You Should Know About When Working in Community Research - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A couple of weeks ago, a few of our C4 superstars delivered a session at the World Community Development Conference in Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 To reflect on his experience, session co-host Faraja Kirubi has written a lovely piece for our website: c4.ac.uk/learning-thr... #community #panelsession #conference
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Looking for that missing bit of data? Need some evidence to back up your research? 🧐 We’ve partnered with OCSI to bring you the latest 2025 figures from the Community Needs Index, which is available on our website for you to download! 🎉 c4.ac.uk/resource/com... 🔗
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Community Needs Index (CNI) - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
As part of our Centre’s work, we are collaborating with OCSI to bring you an enhanced Community Needs Index in Summer 2026. You can download OCSI’s initial ...
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Our first papers are out now! 🎉 You can now read all five of our Interdisciplinary Research Theme Position Papers via our website: c4.ac.uk/insights/ 🔗 Do give the papers a read and let us know your thoughts! 🙌 #communityconnectedness #c4 #positioningpapers
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Insights - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
This week is Small Charity Week, and we want to say a huge thank you to all of our small charity partners, as well as all of the small charities working across the UK! 🙌 c4.ac.uk/celebrating-... #smallcharityweek #celebrating #thankyou #smallcharities #volunteering #voluntarysector #c4
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Celebrating Small Charity Week: Saying Thank You! - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
In this weeks fantastic article, Fiona Couper Kenney has given us an insight into the amazing research that she, and colleagues at University of Stirling, get up to on a daily basis as part of our project. ✨ Thank you so much to Fiona for sharing this piece with us! 🙌 c4.ac.uk/a-day-in-the...
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A Day in the Life of a Quantitative Social Researcher: Fiona Couper Kenney - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Huge congratulations to our Management Team Member and Ethics Lead, Dr Ellie Lockley, who has today been announced as the Chair of the Pride in Place Rotherham Board! 🌟 www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/people/...
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'Make your voices heard' says new Pride in Place chair
THE new Chair of the Pride in Place programme, which will see central Rotherham receive £20m in funding from central government, has been announced.
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
To mark Pride Month @catievarley.bsky.social has written a short article, exploring how the current proposals around social media might disproportionately affect LGBTQ+ young people 📱📝 c4.ac.uk/pride-month-... #pride #pridemonth #lgbtq #socialmedia #intersectionality #communityconnectedness #c4
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Pride Month, Online Community and Social Media Bans: How Future Policy Could Disproportionately Affect LGBTQ+ Youth. - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
A huge congratulations to Jack Layton, member of our research team, for the launch of his new book 📚 To celebrate the launch and to tel us a little bit more about the book, Jack has written us a short article sharing the work that went into the project behind-the-scenes. 📝 c4.ac.uk/social-infra...
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Social Infrastructure in Neighbourhoods and Cities: An Edited Collection - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
We’re supporting the National Conversation 💬 The National Conversation is a UK wide-listening initiative that invites people across the country to share what they value about community life. 🌟 Take the survey now and have your say: www.thenationalconversation.org.uk 🔗
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Homepage - The National Conversation
A UK-wide listening initiative, inviting people to share what they value about community life and the communities they want to build together.
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Can we really measure the value of community connectedness? 🤔 In his new article, Professor Chris Dayson, member of our Leadership Team, shares his recent paper exploring the use of the WELLBY tool to measure the monetary value of community connectedness. 📊 c4.ac.uk/what-is-the-...
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What is the Value of Community Connectedness and How Can We Measure It? - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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Local Trust @localtrust.org.uk · 21/05/2026
From June 2026, the current version of the Community Needs Index will be publicly available through the UK Data Service repository, removing the need for a data sharing agreement. Learn more about what the next phase of development could mean for understanding communities: bit.ly/4wH4Ndl [2/2]
Graphic for a Local Trust Big Local blog titled “Community Needs Index: how to access and how it's evolving”. The graphic includes headshots of two speakers on the right: Jack Loughnane, Senior quantitative researcher at Local Trust, and Ian Wilson, Deputy Director at C4. The Local Trust Big Local logo appears at the top left, and the National Lottery Community Fund logo appears at the bottom.
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
In recognition of International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia this Sunday (17th May), we’re sharing this Guest Insights Article written by Professor Eleanor Formby which speaks about LGBTQIA bullying and school-based communities. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ c4.ac.uk/marking-idah...
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Marking IDAHOBIT: What LGBT+ Young People’s Experiences Tell Us About School Communities - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
A huge thank you to Jessica Ko and Jie Qi for their fabulous presentation this morning, sharing their work as a part of our internal seminar series! 👏 It was great to hear all about your work, and to learn more about the thinking behind systematic reviews and evidence synthesis 🥰
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
In a new guest spotlight, PhD student @aliceperkins.bsky.social shares her reflections on last year’s Pride in Place announcements and the history of Community Regeneration Initiatives in the UK. 🌟🇬🇧 c4.ac.uk/what-lessons... #prideinplace #biglocal #newdealforcommunities #guestspotlight #c4
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What Lessons Can We Learn From Previous Community Regeneration Initiatives? - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
“Methods do not arrive neutral. They carry assumptions about time, language, confidence, and power.” 💬 In her “A Day in the Life” article, Nic Dickson shares some of her innovative creative methodology and how she is using this in a new pilot project 🍏 c4.ac.uk/a-day-in-the...
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A Day in the Life of a Community Embedded Researcher: Nic Dickson - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
In this week’s Insights post, Community Embedded Researcher Aunam Quyoum takes us through her day working with Darnall Well Being and as part of Sheffield Hallam University. 📝✨ c4.ac.uk/a-day-in-the...
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A Day in the Life of a Community Embedded Researcher: Aunam Quyoum - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
In our latest Insights piece from the ‘A Day in the Life’ series, our Talgarth Community Embedded Researcher Vita Terry reflects on the things that she’s learned so far in post, and shares some of the incredible scenery on offer in the rural Talgarth community. 🌱 c4.ac.uk/a-day-in-the...
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A Day in the Life of a Community Embedded Researcher: Vita Terry - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
“There isn’t really such a thing as a “typical” day as an embedded researcher, and that’s probably the point.” 💬 Check out this fantastic Insights article written by our Belfast Community Embedded Researcher, Neal Halforty! 👏 🔗 c4.ac.uk/a-day-in-the... #communityembeddedresearcher #community #c4
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A Day in the Life of a Community Embedded Researcher: Neal Halforty - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
The Centre is a collective of researchers, practitioners, policy makers, funders and residents collaborating to deliver an ambitious vision for better connected communities across the UK. Our vision is to establish the Centre to transform policy and practice and develop connected communities across the UK.
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
For the first in a new Insights mini-series ‘A Day in the Life of an Embedded Researcher’ - Community Embedded Researcher Franca Roeschert has shared her reflections and thoughts on her time in post so far 🙌 c4.ac.uk/a-day-in-the... #communityembeddedresearcher #embeddedresearch #c4
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A Day in the Life of a Community Embedded Researcher: Franca Roeschert - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Celebrating 15 years of community action 🎉 Big Local has now come to a close, having successfully supported 150 communities across England with long-term, resident-led funding to create lasting change. @localtrust.org.uk’s campaign shares its stories, insights and legacy: bit.ly/4t5st8n
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We are Big Local: A legacy of resident-led action
After 15 impactful years of resident-led action, we’re celebrating the successes of Big Local areas, as the programme comes to a close.
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Yesterday we were able to host our first internal seminar in a new series for Centre staff and partners. 🌟 A huge thank you to Dr Katie Shearn for presenting an insightful session, and to everyone who attended and engaged with the session! 🙌
A poster for the seminar session, featuring a photo of Dr Katie Shearn, the title of the session and the logo for the Centre.
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Today is Global Recycling Day ♻️ You might not have thought about it before, but in this article, Professor Peter Matthews explains how recycling, waste, and most of all, bins, actually bring us together as a community 🚮 c4.ac.uk/global-recyc... 🔗 #globalrecyclingday #communityconnectedness
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Global Recycling Day: Environmental Services and Community Connectedness - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Aunam Quyoum, our embedded researcher working in Sheffield, has co-authored a new article. The article is titled ‘‘Zine-ing’ research otherwise: care, joy, and creative co-design with racially marginalised communities’. Check it out at the link! bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Franca Roeschert, our fantastic Embedded Researcher, has co-authored ‘Between solidarity and hostility: exploring the paradox of community through peer research’ in the Ethnic and Racial Studies Journal. 📚📝 Make sure to give this great article a read using this link: doi.org/10.1080/0141... 🔗
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Between solidarity and hostility: exploring the paradox of community through peer research
This paper explores migrants’ experiences of settling in Greenwich, London, using peer research and taking into account the socio-political context and specific place-based politics unfolding in lo...
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
We’re delighted to be able to share this update piece from our Clackmannanshire Community Catapult site on behalf of Dr Nic Dickson (University of Stirling), Anthea Coulter (CTSI) and Professor Peter Matthews (University of Stirling). 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Hear more about it on our website: c4.ac.uk/clackmannans... 🔗
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Clackmannanshire Catapult Site: Deepening Collaboration and Community Insight - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
February is LGBTQ+ History Month 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ This month, Professor Peter Matthews and Charlotte Llewellyn have co-authored a fantastic article reflecting on LGBTQ+ communities across the UK. 💭💡 Be sure to check it out at the link: c4.ac.uk/queer-y-ing-... 🔗
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Queer-y-ing Communities: LGBTQ+ Communities Across Time - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
ICYMI 🌟 Didn’t get chance to attend our All Together Now conference back in November? No problem! 😉 You can now download all six of our published research posters exploring our initial research themes on our website today. Why not take a look at the link: c4.ac.uk/from-social-... 🔗
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From Social Infrastructure to Digital Inclusion: Six Themes Driving Our Work - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
A couple of weeks ago, we welcomed our new team members to Sheffield for a ‘get-to-know-you’ session, discussing all of the great things that they have been up to as part of the Centre so far! 👋🥰 Read all about the day in our latest blog post here: c4.ac.uk/bringing-the... 🔗
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Bringing the Team Together: Getting to Know Our New Researchers - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
We’re excited to share a brilliant new resource created by @localtrust.org.uk Learning from Big Local: 150 communities. 15 years of learning. Your resource for community-led change. This new website is packed full of research, stories and insight all in one place. Take a look bit.ly/49iO4n5
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Learning from Big Local
Explore learning, research and stories from Big Local, a community-led funding programme running from 2011 to 2026.
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
New article alert 🚨 Get a behind the scenes look into our Theory of Change development in our latest Insights article now live on our website 💡Take a look at c4.ac.uk/turning-idea... Huge thanks to Bridget Sealey and Allice Hocking for working with us on this! 🙏 #theoryofchange #evaluation #c4
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Turning Ideas into Action: Inside Our Theory of Change Workshop - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
We’re so excited to announce that our new ‘Insights, Findings and Events’ page is now live on our website! 🎉 Check out our first three articles at the link: c4.ac.uk/insights/ 🔗 Don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter whilst you’re there! 😉 #thecentreforcollaborationincommunityconnectedness
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Insights - The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
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Local Trust @localtrust.org.uk · 28/11/2025
At the All Together Now conference, we spoke to people deeply involved in place-based work, from community practitioners to those shaping programmes and research. 🎥🎥Watch their reflections on what it takes to strengthen communities & support neighbourhood renewal. youtu.be/70rGkPpaG_s
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All Together Now | Q & A
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Take a look at what we got up to at All Together Now 2025 - and hear from some of our partners and colleagues as they tell us what community connectedness means to them! ❤️
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Owen Garling @ojgarling.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Looking forward to seeing how the @c4research.bsky.social project develops. It was great to be able to take part in the launch and talk about our @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk work on measuring social and cultural infrastructure. Lots of crossovers. www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/publications...
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Measuring social and cultural infrastructure - Bennett School of Public Policy
This report, funded by the British Academy, presents a year-long exploration into measuring social and cultural infrastructure, developing a framework that highlights its core role in community life a...
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Local Trust @localtrust.org.uk · 20/11/2025
🎉Two weeks ago, Toynbee Hall was buzzing with ideas, energy & conversation at the All Together Now conference. We had the opportunity to speak with community practitioners and researchers who shared their thoughts on what it really takes to build stronger, more connected communities - take a look!
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
On Wednesday, we hosted the All Together Now conference in collaboration with our friends at @localtrust.org.uk and @theyoungfdn.bsky.social . the day was full of insightful conversations and important connections! ✨ #alltogethernow #communityconnectedness #c4
A Q&A panel event at the conference.
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Local Trust @localtrust.org.uk · 05/11/2025
What does it really take to build stronger, more connected communities? We’re answering this question today at the All Together Now conference🚀 The conference marks the introduction of @c4research.bsky.social & will explore how to strengthen social infrastructure that helps communities thrive. [1/2]
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
In just one weeks time we'll be hosting the All Together Now conference at Toynbee Hall along with our friends at @localtrust.org.uk and @theyoungfdn.bsky.social 🎉✨ Stay tuned to see what we get up to! 👀💡 #alltogethernow #thecentreforcollaborationincommunityconnectedness #communityconnectedness
A graphic reading 'One Week to Go!' including the logos for The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness, Local Trust, The Young Foundation and the ESRC
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
What do we mean by 'connected communities'? 💭✨ To explain a little bit more about what we do here at the Centre, we're sharing this quote from our Co-Director Sarah Pearson ☺️⭐️ #communityconnectedness #connecetdcommunities #c4 #thecentreforcollaborationincommunityconnectedness
Text reading "What is a connected community?"Text reading "Connected communities are defined as those with high levels of social bonds and cohesion, where people have good relationships, a sense of pride and belonging, and the ability to cooperate within and between places to address challenges and seize opportunities"
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The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Welcome to The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness! 🎉👋 As we give our socials a fresh look, we wanted to share a little bit more about ourselves and the work that we do. 👀🌟 #c4community #c4research #centreforcollaborationincommunityconnectedness #ukri #esrc #communityconnectedness
The logo for The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness.Text reading: ' A collaborative centre of researchers, academics, practitioners, policy makers, funders and community residents working together to support better connected communities across the UK'
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