Latest blogs
The 3rd C (Part 2): Establishing Trust - the essential ingredient to a Can Do community
In our three part series on the 3rd C, community, Paul Stepczak will be looking at the foundational approaches you need, the essential ingredient that brings it all together, and will outline how to establish a Can Do community. Paul is a community practitioner with 18 years’ experience. In part two we're looking at establishing trust.
The 3rd C (Part 1): The foundations of a Can Do community
In our three part series on the 3rd C, community, Paul Stepczak will be looking at the foundational approaches you need, the essential ingredient that brings it all together, and will outline how to establish a Can Do community. Paul is a community practitioner with 18 years’ experience.
Capturing Common Wealth and Community: Can Do in Neath Port Talbot (Pt. 2)
In the second of two blogs, Jonathan Morris and Rob Rowlands explain how Tai Tarian is applying a Can Do Approach in a major regeneration project in Sandfields, Port Talbot
Hope Street: Can Do in Neath Port Talbot (Pt. 1)
In the first of two blogs, Jonathan Morris and Rob Rowlands explain why a Can Do Approach has to be the way forward for the people and communities of Neath Port Talbot
Can Do Project update - February 2022
This is our first monthly update since getting up and running at the start of the 2022. Let’s start with the basics. What is the Can Do Project?
How are we doing? The importance of evaluation in partnerships and projects
Can Do means nothing if you can’t say what you have done, says Dr Rob Rowlands. Knowing that you have made progress is good for your confidence and that of others. To do it effectively requires clear measures of success and progress.
2022: The ‘Can Do’ Year
This year was a challenging one for all of us and, as politicians keep telling us, we’re not out of the woods yet. Christmas does however offer some welcome time to reflect, recharge batteries and look forward to the year ahead.
How serious are we about social value in the infrastructure sector?
Ed Evans, Director of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Wales asks how serious are we about social value in the infrastructure sector?
A Can Do Declaration
We are co-producing a Can Do Declaration and we need your help. Please let us have your comments and ideas. We will be launching the Can Do Declaration at our free interactive webinar on 20th July 2020
When this war is over: why we should be planning for 'peace'
It's right to focus on combating the biggest crises in health, well-being and the economy since the Second World War, but we should also be looking to decarbonisation and the foundational economy for the 'peace' that must eventually follow.
Housing: the stand-out, go-to, can-do sector
Housing, the stand-out, go-to, can-do sector, is stepping up again - leading on the foundational economy and redefining the way public investment is delivered.