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Spending time in nature is good for our mental and physical wellbeing. It is possible to create societal change via schools by funding regular nature experiences for all children. This would help the children recover from lockdown and set them up to learn. Experiencing nature creates more pro-environmental individuals, prepared to care for and respectContinue reading “The public have reconnected with nature – opportunity”

Problem: A remote, virtual world needs a remote, virtual planning system. Solution: Virtualise the planning system. Policy: Require BIM (Building Information Modelling) digital 3D models to be included in planning application submissions. Justification: Back in 2011 the government set a deadline that in 2016 all public construction projects would be required to meet BIM LevelContinue reading “A remote, virtual world needs a remote, virtual planning system”

One key opportunity disguised in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic was the chance of proving our unity and awakening humanity in a world that has forgotten to show gratitude. We now have an opportunity to strengthen the bilateral ties that weakened during the very beginning of this phase when countries blamed each other forContinue reading “Strengthening International Relations in the Post COVID World”

The Covid-19 pandemic has created an opportunity to re-imagine the role of redeployment within the public sector and beyond, including the role of local communities in becoming ‚’custodians‚’ of their localities. In local authorities, health authorities and other local services, the pandemic has necessitated the need for a rapid reallocation of resources, both within andContinue reading “Permanent state of redeployment in public service”

Our political system is based on 4-year cycles and adversarial rather than cooperative decision-making by Parliament. Select Committees in the Commons and their equivalent in the Lords do good work but they are too narrowly focused and have no power to implement change. Deeply-embedded problems and unexpected challenges at national and global levels need continuityContinue reading “Securing long term planning and action to face the Big Challenges”

Three-quarters of a million people volunteered to help the NHS but many of them were never called up. Who were they? Who they were- their age/ qualifications and suitability could be or have been (?) logged by local communities or hospitals for any future need for help. Councils could use this database for all sortsContinue reading “Database of volunteers to be contacted again for other moments of pressure on the community.”

COVID-19, the resulting lockdowns and business closures that have affected businesses for the last year have fundamentally reshaped the UK business environment. Stock markets and job loss figures show us the winners and losers, with digital companies shares soaring, whilst hundreds of thousands of retail jobs have been lost, whilst many well-known high-street businesses fellContinue reading “The closure of physical retail for extended periods whilst online retail remains unaffected”

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted one of the key challenges that we, as a society face; an issue that we have continually failed to address and one that we should all be ashamed of. It is a damning indictment on our society that, night after night after night, there are around 5,000 people sleeping roughContinue reading “The elimination of rough sleeping”

In my little town of 15,000, we had 300+ volunteers who supported over 1500 people. Many of the volunteers expressed a sense of fulfilment and belonging and wanted to take that feeling forward. As we eventually get beyond the pandemic, towns will face many challenges in the future that are best met by local knowledge.Continue reading “Capitalising on the increase in community spirit and volunteering”

Relying on standard employment income has been proven challeging in this climate. Not enough is in place to help people into the business world. There are many talented potential entrepreneurs who don’t go to University or are simply not academically inclined either. Introduce a policy that would provide simple training and incentives for people toContinue reading “Helping citizens into setting up their own businesses”