One year ago civil society was hot with warnings of widespread forced organisational closures as a result of pressures of the pandemic. Yet a year on, fewer nonprofits are closing than ever before. …

In May 2021 Stewarding Loss and Deeds and Words were delighted to announce the Care-full Closures fund. …

Stewarding Loss is pleased to be announcing a new pilot fund: ‘The Care-full Closures Fund’. This fund will deliver ground-breaking support to 4 organisations to support them to consider and design an organisational closure or merger. This blog outlines where this work came from, the questions we’re asking as we…

How ‘an infrastructure for relationships’ could unlock the collective action we need to accelerate progress towards a world designed for and around relationships The viral video of Jackie Weaver’s experience at the Handforth Parish Council meeting touched a nerve for the millions who viewed it in February because we’ve all been in Jackie’s shoes at some point: at the hard end of isolating, bad or toxic relationships.

A year ago I set up my company Iona Consultancy (I’m proud of the pun). A year on here’s a bit about what I’ve been up to, an acquaintance called Rob and the sense I’ve made of this lonely, loss-filled, love-fuelled year. O n a bright, cool autumn day in…

6 weeks ago, Immy Robinson (who did the lion’s share of the writing of this blog) and I set out to explore whether a ‘field of relationships’ could, should, or does already exist. We’re still at the early stages of this exploration but have been lucky enough to pick the…

“This is structural, if things ended well in the sector, the sector would be healthier overall.” — A participant in one of our Loss Circles

A few weeks ago Immy Robinson and I wrote about the journey we’re setting out on to explore the field of relationships. Simple, ordinary, human, relationships. …

With thanks to support from Paul Hamlyn’s Ideas and Pioneers Fund, I’ve teamed up with Immy Robinson at The Relationships Project to explore whether taking a field-building approach could be valuable to the ‘field of relationships’. This blog lays out what we understand field-building to be and how we’re setting…