The seeds we planted will outlive us: Partisan’s closing blog
In this final blog, as Partisan CIC closes, CEO and Founder of Partisan, Jay Perkins reflects back on 5 years of Partisan’s work to design alternative help systems, and imagine a more equitable future for Black and racially minoritised communities.
Inside Community Airwaves: Radio Lewisham’s ‘Introduction to Radio’ Workshop
Read about our My Lewisham team attending a free ‘Introduction to Radio’ workshop at Radio Lewisham, delivered by Programme Manager Kitty Perrin. Based within Lewisham Music, the session offered a hands-on introduction to the world of radio broadcasting, right in the heart of the local community.
Landing, not falling: when community and creativity meet
In this guest blog, OJ Senessie, a young creative from Lewisham, reflects on growing up in South London, accessing career opportunities and attending Partisan x OUR PPLS’ Creative Careers Collective at Adidas UK, through the My Ends programme.
Working in Emergence: Reflection on the Role of Funders
In Part 3 of our Working in Emergence guest blog series, we return to an interview with Theo Field-Pellew, Co-Founder of TRUE Research, to look at the role of funders in supporting grassroots and community-led organisations meet their objectives and aims more equitably.
Shifting the dial: Black Men’s Mental Health in Focus
Each November, or #Movember, the spotlight turns to men’s mental health.
It’s a timely moment to reflect not just on the statistics, but on the stories and systems behind them to ask how we can build a world where all men feel able to live well, seek help, and thrive.
Peer-led, community research: developing Partisan's strategy
In our Working in Emergence Series guest spotlight, we return to an interview with Theo, Co-Founder of TRUE Research, to reflect on how Partisan went about creating and evaluating our shifting strategy, built around our 4 Rs: regeneration, repair, relationships and redistribution.
Working in the Emergence: the Beginning, not a Blueprint
In this blog, which launches the Working in Emergence Series, Partisan Founder and CEO reflects on starting Partisan, and what’s its been like doing care-centred change-work, in it’s messiness, when it shifts, changes and grows, and what we’ve learnt in the five years since Partisan was founded.