Final Publication

We have just received the first bound copy of our publication for With Our Ears to the Ground; a project by Proboscis commissioned by Green Heart Partnership with Hertfordshire County Council to explore peoples ideas about community. The project focused on four very different types of community in order to get a broad range of [...]

Drawing along the way

In between conversations I’ve been trying to draw a bit of Hertfordshire and its people, here are two I drew with the Brushes application on the iphone; – inspired by David Hockney who has mastered this simple digital paintbox with his customary brilliance. Its nice to use because people don’t see you drawing there is [...]

School and community

Our session on the Priory School, Hitchin was with the School Voice a group of representatives from all school years. They had many perspectives on community, what is means and how to make better places and neighbourhoods to live in. Is School a community? I think people don’t really consider school as a community despite [...]

Markets, Jobs, new Housing

Back in Stevenage this week and Orlagh and Nicola set up outside the Job Centre with a large map of Stevenage to stop passers by and chat about their communities. It was a great morning with around 30 interviews from many many walks of life. At the same time I went to the InTown Training [...]

A diversity of voices, ages and cultures

Today we went back to a warm welcome at the Douglas Drive Senior Citizens Centre in Stevenage, the North Herts Multi Ethnic Forum in Hitchin and back to Stevenage for Chells Manor Community Centre youth group. At the Douglas Day Centre we spent time with the Wednesday group to find out more about their communities [...]

This week, on the road again

This week at the end of September and start of October we are heading out to talk to, play with and investigate the thoughts of: Chells Manor Youth Group, Hoddeston Walton Road Youth Club, Stevenage INTOWN training shop, Leavesden Green Residents Association, the Skate Park in Watford and teh Wednesday group at Douglas Drive Day [...]

Ears to the Ground

So far we have held a number of meetings with local residents  to discuss what the word ‘community’ means to them, discuss personal experiences and perceptions and discover how best to overcome problems within the community. We’ve conducted interviews in a wide range of settings with people between the ages of 20 and 90, including [...]