Symbolic unity and springtime hope
In a world seemingly on its knees with bad news – from wars and genocides, to climate catastrophe and social and political division at every turn – hope and unity... read more →
My Week
My Week is part of a new occasional blog series to give you insights into what we do here at Centre For Thriving Places, and also what our team members... read more →
Pride In Place Funding – Your Guides On The Journey
The Government’s upcoming £5bn Pride in Place funding is a welcome and much needed initiative in places up and down the country. Its focus on helping places to thrive, and... read more →
MORE POWER TO OUR REGIONS
The urgent need for courageous leadership from every UK region CTP's CEO Liz Zeidler chaired a panel for RORE (Reclaiming Our Regional Economies) at the 2025 Labour Party conference on... read more →
Fear, Flags and the Far Right
Finding the real enemy, reclaiming local economies and building a better future On Monday 29 September our CEO Liz Zeidler will host a Reclaiming Our Regional Economies (RORE) fringe event... read more →
Stemming the tide of the Great Local Sell-off
Recent headlines about massive local government sell offs have got Liz Zeidler, CTP's Co-Founder, angry. In her new blog she turns her anger to action as she explores the bigger... read more →
My week
My Week is part of a new occasional blog series to give you insights into what we do here at Centre For Thriving Places, and also what our team members do... read more →
MEET OUR NEW STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
It’s a pleasure to welcome Jo Burkill to CTP as our new Strategic Communications Manager. Jo has a postgraduate diploma in PR and media relations, and trained at one of... read more →
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... read more →
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... read more →