Collective Imagination Practice Community

“Together we created a depth with creativity and magic while bringing in the reality of how community and isolation play out.”

This blog focuses on one part of the community, the Practice Fund– capturing reflections from the Fund Circle perspective

By Jake Garber and Hannah McDowall of Canopy who co-steward the Collective Imagination Practice Community (CIPC) with Huddlecraft…

By Jake Garber and Hannah McDowall of Canopy who co-steward the Collective Imagination Practice Community (CIPC) with Huddlecraft and have…

In July 2024, I embarked on a journey to explore the potential of collective imagination for government innovation. Selected to take part…

An interview with a collective imagination project — As The Forest Answers

Arising Quo made £50k available to support 18 collective imagination practitioners in Europe: here are some of the patterns we discovered.

Reflections on creating a Voice for Soil, through the Collective Imagination Practice Community. A collaboration between Chloe Smee (Soil…

A Collective Imagination Practice Community Session

The Collective Imagination Practice Community project launched three Huddles — peer-to-peer learning journeys — earlier this year, focused…

The Collective Imagination Practice Community project launched three Huddles — peer-to-peer learning journeys — this summer, focused on the…

Over the Summer of 2024 three associates of On Purpose received coaching from members of the CIPC. Their intensions was to run a session…

Imagining beyond the modern/capitalist/colonial/patriarchal (etc.) consensus reality asks us to leave a lot behind. Which is the invitation…

For our 2nd Talks from the Edge of Practice series we were lucky to be joined by Vanessa Reid, Laura Blakeman and Syrus Marcus Ware from…

We’re looking for 2–3 community members to collaborate with us to create our Seed Library.

Deepening local democracy and participation through collective imagination

Exploring how imagination can (re)shape our centres of power

Enabling relationships and connection for flourishing communities in Newham

As people who practise collective imagination (or perhaps you’d like to), we’re often faced with a challenge: we know deep down that the…

Our project Niin Metsä Vastaa (As the Forest Answers) explores our collective imagination of Finnish forest-relationships. During spring…

Summaries of the 35 collective imagination projects that are receiving micro-funding in 2024.

A letter from the Fund Circle, shared with community members who did not receive funding from the Practice Fund this year.

The community arts movement teaches us that working towards just transitions may need to start by meeting people’s fundamental needs.