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News and updates

News & updates

Read on for our blog, where we share latest news and updates, reflections on our work and outputs from our programmes. We focus mainly on policy-making for future generations, and key learnings around effective collaboration, inclusion & co-creation.

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How might we make change sustainable? Building our new Learning Community

Hebe Foster

7 days ago
3 min

How might we make change sustainable? Building our new Learning Community

“We are led by those who most know these systems.” -- Aurora Levins Morales Speaking to expert by experience John McGlone in our recent...

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Expert by experience: interview with John McGlone

Anisa Begum

7 days ago
6 min

Expert by experience: interview with John McGlone

“Structural and systemic causes within the system are human-made. They don’t just exist, they’ve been created. And because they’re...

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Anisa Begum

Jul 9
2 min

Personal Reflections

A year on from the death of George Floyd and the rise of the BLM Movement, we’ve been reflecting on the way systematic racism has an...

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Learnings from our homelessness programme

Hebe Foster

May 27
4 min

Learnings from our homelessness programme

Bringing together 12 people passionate about ending homelessness to run a fast-paced engaging programme over the course of the...

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"I feel really hopeful. I'm so proud of myself".

Hebe Foster

Mar 4
7 min

"I feel really hopeful. I'm so proud of myself".

Telescope board member & Connect programme participant Sarah Edwards worked in probation for ten years, supporting offenders to build...

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Building back better - and doing it well

Hebe Foster

Feb 1
3 min

Building back better - and doing it well

Partnerships, collaborations and inspiration from others are all vital to our continuing work at Telescope. Last year, we interviewed...

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Hebe Foster

Dec 30, 2020
4 min

Our 2020 Reflections

As 2020 comes to a close, we're reflecting on our work, and in particular on three questions that have come to the fore for us this year....

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Empathy & policymaking: interview with Claire Yorke

Hebe Foster

Oct 30, 2020
9 min

Empathy & policymaking: interview with Claire Yorke

“If we start to develop humility about our own lived experiences and understand other people more, we will find far greater ties of...

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Hebe Foster

Aug 18, 2020
4 min

Telescope: One Year On

One year ago, on 30th July 2019, Telescope was officially born. Ruth, Sarah and I had joined Year Here, the London-based social...

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Hebe Foster

Aug 8, 2020
2 min

Black Lives Matter

We have the opportunity to build our systems and processes on a truly anti-racist foundation & ensure we continue to fight for equality.

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Voices for Change: collaborating to combat homelessness

Hebe Foster

Jul 31, 2020
2 min

Voices for Change: collaborating to combat homelessness

A ‘wicked’ problem With an unprecedented sense of urgency, nearly 15,000 vulnerable people in the UK were supported into emergency...

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Building Back Better - our Connect programme

Hebe Foster

Jul 3, 2020
2 min

Building Back Better - our Connect programme

At Telescope, we connect policymakers with those working on the frontline, using innovation thinking tools to encourage inclusive and...

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Telescope: Building collaboration in politics

Ruth Martin

Dec 9, 2019
3 min

Telescope: Building collaboration in politics

It’s easy enough to sit and vent passionately about the state of politics and public services in the UK these days, with NHS and social...

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