A Townwide Conversation on the Future
It has been amazing to kick off a townwide conversation about the future people want, working with NE Lincs Council, GTFC, The Change Arc and Demos to get people to share their thoughts about the Grimsby they want in 10 years’ time. We are using Pol.is so that people can not only vote on other’s […]
Grimbarians Making Change Happen
In this new publication, Grimbarians C.I.C. capture a year of stories of the change underway across Grimsby, and the brilliant people making it happen. Our Future and Grimbarians share a love for Grimsby and a desire to tell a new story about the town. The stories in this publication highlight some brilliant initiatives, and viewed […]
Reigniting a 400 year old relationship
Over 400 years ago Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge bought land in Cleethorpes. They even owned the land on which Blundell Park, Grimsby Town’s ground, is on. There is a long-standing connection between the College and the town. Sidney Sussex College are keen to contribute to the change underway in the town and hosted the […]
Home Wins – Supporting the Home Town You Love
(EVENT CLOSED) What an uplifting afternoon spent with people who love Grimsby/ NE Lincs during the first Home Wins call of 2024. Brilliant to hear about the amazing change happening in the town – from DocksFest to becoming the worlds first relationship centric town. As one attendee said – “the depth of knowledge, experience and […]
Building Our Future: February Gathering
It was brilliant to have so many of you join us on February 27th for the Our Future Model Workshop at Grimsby Town Football Club, bringing together a group of 63 people who care about Grimsby and NE Lincs and want to build a positive future for the town. The workshop sparked conversations about what […]
Our Future Approach – Empowering Communities for Sustainable Change
In this doc: Mobilising to Build Our Future Our Future CEO, Emily Bolton, shares the vision, love and practical approach that is at the heart of Our Future’s work. We hope that this essay gives a bit more insight into what motivates us, the country we believe in and the hope we see every day. There […]
Rooted in Place and Tethered by Loved Citizens’ Institutions – Our Future
Over time, economic dogma and a rational approach to strategy and operations has all but erased “places” from the agenda. National programmes and services are designed for efficiency but experience tissue rejection on implementation. They don’t “fit” with the landscape of where we live, who we know and the pattern of our lives. They prioritise […]
Build Trust and Social Connections – Our Future
We have fallen out of touch and out of trust with each other. In his book Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam charts the degradation of social capital in the US, within and between groups. He shows that this loss of social capital has long term consequences for addressing social issues, economic productivity and our wider health and […]
Rebalance Power and Empower Citizens – Our Future
Currently, most people living in de-industrialised communities are powerless to shape the decisions made about their areas. John Boswell, John Shillick and colleagues at University of Southampton write that deindustrialised communities are: “…‘held back’ by a systemic lack of power. Local people have lost effective control over their lives, livelihoods, and the future development of their […]
Harness Economic Trends for Social Benefit – Our Future
Social policy sits in a different bucket from industrial strategy and often reacts to the consequences of economic change rather than proactively working to ensure that economic opportunity delivers a wider social dividend. To create good growth we need to exploit the interconnectivity between industrial strategy and social policy. The coming green industrial revolution which […]
