A 21st Century Settlement 31. The Long History of the Settlement Movement This history in these pages was written to inform answers to the question: how is the settlement movement relevant to the 21st century?
A 21st Century Settlement 30. In the Difficult Middle Settlements were not built on linear processes that link inputs to outputs to outcomes and impact.
A 21st Century Settlement 29. dt17 learning The arts and social clubs have been core to the settlement movement. dt17 is a dance club for young people in Walworth developed at Pembroke House a decade ago.
A 21st Century Settlement 28. Residents on being a resident In this podcast, residents Frances, Richard, Anna-Marie, and Anthony talk about their experience of being a resident of Pembroke House.
A 21st Century Settlement 27. Walworth Living Room Learning The Walworth Living Room is an attempt to develop the settlement approach into new spaces.
A 21st Century Settlement 26. Learning about the LUNCH CLUB Sonia Kneepkens took over responsibility for the lunch club that has run at Pembroke House for nearly a decade. Here she describes the application of Method-C combined with her own skills and tools to learning about how this routine event.
A 21st Century Settlement 25. Street Party Frances Foley is a resident at Pembroke House. She led the 2019 annual street party organised by the settlement.
A 21st Century Settlement 24. Method-C How do we learn from repetitive events? Much of the activity in a settlement fits this description
A 21st Century Settlement 23. Useful Concepts The following reoccurring ideas helped informed decisions about how to adapt and enhance the Living Room.
A 21st Century Settlement 22. Supply and Demand for Connection in a Living Room How much will citizens use the Walworth Living Room? We have three sources of data on which to draw.
A 21st Century Settlement 21. Notes on Jane Addams: 20 Years at Hull-House Jane Addams worked on a Settlement plan for eight years. Hull-House opened in 1889.
A 21st Century Settlement 20. A Recent History of Pembroke House Settlement The long history has been described in a separate paper. Here we look at the short history of the last 10 to 20 years.
A 21st Century Settlement 19. The Long Decline Garret Giblin looks at the Long Decline of the Settlement Movement. Pembroke House came close to extinction several times, most recently in the 1990s. But it survived.
A 21st Century Settlement 18. The (Long) Historical Context Garret Giblin writes about the context from which the settlement movement emerged.
A 21st Century Settlement 17. Szuberla on Space Most settlements still in existence today operate from their original houses. Would a 21st Century Settlement be built differently?
A 21st Century Settlement 16. A Fortunate Man A Fortunate Man is the story of a community GP, John Sassal, working in the 1960’s in rural England. It is told by John Berger and visualised by Jean Mohr.
A 21st Century Settlement 15. A 21st Century Settlement 4 dimensions at the core; 2 dimensions of the relationship with community; 2 design and learning dimensions
A 21st Century Settlement 14. Another Living Room Ratio partnered with the Association of Camarados on their concept of a living room. Theirs was a different idea.
A 21st Century Settlement 13. The First Stake The stake is the antidote. It is a statement of what we might do next. It is intended to evoke discussion and debate. An alternative is put forward.
A 21st Century Settlement 12. Notes On The Short History Although Pembroke House suffered in the 1950s and 1960s, it did not, like most settlements close its doors. Here are some early reflections on the short history.
A 21st Century Settlement 11. Missions and Settlements There were missions and there were settlements.
A 21st Century Settlement 10. The Spiritual Life of a Settlement (and Mission): Charles Fudge Andrews Would the settlements have been different had they not been instruments of organised religion?
A 21st Century Settlement 9. La Vie Associative Mark Smith’s paper explores the informal learning that comes from association, from the coming together in clubs, committees and associations within civil society.
A 21st Century Settlement 8. Movements The settlement movement was one of a raft of reforming efforts emerging in Victorian times in response to urban disadvantage.
A 21st Century Settlement 7. Missions and Settlements in Southwark As the following map, drawn in the first part of the 20th Century shows, Pembroke House was just one of a dozen missions, mostly congregated in Southwark.