Social capital, community strength, apple crumble and coming together in difficult times
“Social capital is the glue that binds together communities otherwise at risk of coming unstuck. The Covid-19 crisis has reinforced the values of community purpose.”Andy Haldane, Chief Economist at the Bank of England wrote a blog post for The National Lottery Community Fund about how national crisis brings out the best in people. He outlined how social capital is the glue binding communities together. His blog comes when the Lottery publish their report about ‘Making a Difference’ and how Lottery funding has helped over 14,000 community projects to create the resources for community groups to imaginatively and creatively address some of the acute issues affecting individuals at this challenging time. Certainly the National Lottery along with our local Community Foundation…