DRAFT- under construction

How to turn your community into a Sparkly Village

Step 1 - What works?

Roots of the vision - some of my inspiration and my energy 😊✨:

Places and community models;

  • The Eden Project

  • The National Trust

  • Earth Trust

  • Root & Branch

  • Earth Trust

  • National Trust

  • Root & Branch

  • Forest School

  • Peter Anderson and Co-Sy

  • The Evergreen model

  • Traditional intergenerational learning

  • Community-led action research

  • Experts by experience

  • Twenty years in education

  • SEND and neurodiversity

  • Mental-health leadership

  • SHOUT

  • CAMHS training

  • MS and disability experience

  • AuDHD and fluctuating energy

  • Young carers

  • School-refusing children

  • The “missing middle” in education

  • The Clover Project

  • Sunshine Club

  • Spark Pods and the Gifts

  • Nature-based regulation

  • village life

  • Oxfordshire communities

  • Local schools, families and businesses

  • The NHS and patient participation

  • Community health and social care

  • British growing, making and sharing traditions

  • My children, family and Nangie

  • Everyone I have listened to who felt excluded, overlooked or unable to belong

Step 2 - Connection

for an easy, quick, cost effective way of communicating -Communication is priority.

www.co-sy.org are creating the pilot user interface/dash board for;

The Clover Project - the first Sparkly Village

A space where the community can connect and thrive - with easy access to vital information about the community.