Understanding the biology behind PTSD can make combatting it less daunting. This was just one of the lessons shared during Sound Waves’ latest Webinar.
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Big Local Impact Success Stories: Cheryl Jumbo’s Black Beauty & Fashion Award
“I have come this far and can’t stop.” 2020 is a challenging year for all entrepreneurs. Cheryl Jumbo has had to adapt to get her fashion awards up and running this year. But this is a demand she is used to. With the support of Big Local Impact Cheryl successfully developed the Black Beauty & […]
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Vassall & Coldharbour COVID-19 Emergency Response Consortium: What Is Most Pressing During Lockdown?
Big Local Impact is a member of Vassall & Coldharbour Covid-19 Emergency Response Consortium. The local grassroots organisations had their first meeting since we went into a second national lockdown. It was an opportunity to explain what they were up to and what the groups saw as the most pressing needs. The latest restrictions have […]
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Sound Waves: Mothers of children lost to gun and knife crime speak with Assist Trauma Care
The loss of a child is devastating and indescribable. Rather than trying to forget, one coping solution could be helping parents to remember their children without the trauma. This was one of the many ideas explored during the workshop run by Sound Waves – a Big Local Impact project. Sound Waves is run by mothers […]
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Kwazi Cort
Jedidah Onchere, Community Development Coordinator for Big Local Impact, writes: He breezed in like a whirlwind and made me the happiest community development worker of the day. The last time I saw him, he was aiming for the sky but according to him, he did not know how to relate to the wider society. I […]
Continue readingRestorative practice
I turned up on time to the restorative practice event at Coin Street Conference Centre and it was already packed to the brim. As usual, we got introductory speeches to set the scene but what was different about this event was that it was organised for practitioners and the community. There was not a shortage […]
Continue readingCall for core funding comeback
If you run a grassroots organisation and have been around for a decade or so, you would be experiencing the fallout of the changing strategies of funders. The landscape is unrecognisable from ten years ago. Funders, donors and stakeholders have overhauled the way grants are awarded, almost eliminating core funding under the guise of misuse […]
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Lambeth providers to work together to maximise impact
Lambeth Council is under pressure to act on lack of meaningful provisions for young people. The council has finally realised that the best action is to get providers under the same roof and ask them some basic questions: What activities are you doing this summer? What is not being done this summer? How do you […]
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Young Lambeth Co-op future in question
Tony Parker, Director of Children and Young People’s Commissioning and Improvement at Lambeth Council, has sent out a clear message. Young Lambeth Co-op (YLC) had achieved a lot within the last three or four years, providing services and commissioning services for young people in the borough. But he acknowledged that there were also gaps in […]
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