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Sep 23

The time is now

Today we launch the 2021 results for the Thriving Places Index (TPI).  The TPI measures progress towards a better, more equitable and more sustainable world.  It tracks how well we are growing our capacity to thrive – individually and collectively – in local areas right across England and Wales. Perhaps... read more →
Jun 26
Jun 19

PEOPLE POWERED PATHWAYS TO CHANGE

This May, CTP hosted a workshop at the 2025 Festival of Debate in Sheffield, in partnership with SY (South Yorkshire) Ecofit. The event was about opening up new ways of making decisions by putting people and place at the heart of the conversation.  The workshop, titled Collaborative Policy Making for... read more →
May 20

What does the Rich List really measure? 

BLOG: In an age when an individual can be richer than entire countries, Mike Zeidler, one of CTP’s co-founders and Board member invites us to reimagine our fetishising of extreme wealth.  The Sunday Times Rich List was published this week. It is an annual ranking of those who have accumulated... read more →
May 06

A 4 day week future for all?

During May, the UK has two bank holidays, meaning many people will be working four-day weeks without a reduction in pay – a system that we have operated here at CTP since 2018*. Our Head of Operations Katie Tiplady-Startin reflects on whether now is the perfect time to prove to... read more →
Apr 08

SHAPING AN AMBITIOUS PLAN FOR SOUTH YORKSHIRE

Rarely does the CTP team get excited about a Corporate Plan, but this week we did just that when we read the newly published South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA)’s 2025-2028 Corporate Plan. Not only does it set out a bold and ambitious vision for delivering for the people of... read more →
Apr 08

WARMING UP OUR REGIONAL ECONOMIES

Retrofit – being more efficient about energy efficiency The UK has some of the oldest and most inefficient housing stock in the world. This is costly for those of us who live in them, but also for the planet, whose limited resources are used up trying to heat them. Centre... read more →
Mar 20
Feb 27

Whose growth is it anyway?

GUEST BLOG: As mayors and councils prepare their local growth plans, Tabitha Hamilton and Emmet Kiberd from our RORE partners NEF, look at how a less extractive model would benefit us all. The original blog was published on NEF's website on 20 February.  In December, the government set a key... read more →
Jan 30
Jan 16

Meet our new data analyst

We welcomed Nerissa Schuit (Ness) as an official CTP team member in January, though she has been working with us as an associate for the past year. Using her expertise in data handling, analysis and visualisation, Ness provides data support for the Thriving Places Index. She holds an MRes and... read more →
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