ARISE Community of Practice
The ARISE initiative co-ordinates a Coastal Resilience Community of Practice. The Community of Practice is a space for individuals, organisations, policy makers, managers, community members and activists to share insights, build collaborations, and learn about and from each other.
Through the Community of Practice, members make connections to others who share a belief that coastal lives, coastal living and our coastal environment in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Kent could be made more sustainable, resilient and prosperous. It is driven by the belief that we are more powerful together than we are apart, and aims to find a common vision for the southern east coast that builds wide support and draws in the resources we need to make this vision achievable.
The Community of Practice meets twice yearly at in-person workshops, with online meetings and activities between those workshops. To join us, please use this link.
Members will receive updates about new events and publications as well as invitations to the online activities.
Upcoming Events
In person
Join us on the 13th of November from 09:30-13:00 at the University of Kent. Explore what makes your community special through sights, smells, textures, memories, and the places and experiences you value, and make decisions about the Community’s sustainability and knowledge sharing capabilities.
What makes a community feel like home? Is it a favourite place, a local tradition, the people you meet, or even a familiar smell or sound?
Join us for an interactive ARISE workshop exploring what people value about their community and how we experience the places around us through our senses. Through creative activities, conversation, and sensory experiences involving smell and touch, we’ll explore the places, people, events, and experiences that matter to you — and why.
Together, we’ll think about how these experiences can help us understand what makes communities strong and resilient, including things that traditional statistics and measures might miss. Your ideas will also help our researchers explore how new digital and AI tools might capture the richness of people’s experiences without losing the human meaning behind them.
No specialist knowledge is needed — just your own experience of your community. Find out more and register here.
Online
We are reinitiating our fortnightly meetings online as a chance to continue to move Community initiatives forward between our semi-annual in-person meetings. Join us at any and all of the below. To take part, please contact us and we’ll send you a Zoom link.
Monday 29 September, 6:00pm-7:30pm: Learning about each other’s projects – Workshop 1
- Theme: Ecology, Wildlife and Human Connection to Nature
- Hear from: Natural England, Flow Associates, Furtherfield.
Thursday 15 October, 10:30am-12:00pm: Learning about each other’s projects – Workshop 2
- Theme: Knowledge Sharing Networks
- Hear from COP member Susanna Lincoln (MCCIP) about the launch of a new knowledge sharing network for coastal communities.
Monday 27 October, 6:00pm-7:30pm: Learning about each other’s projects – Workshop 3
- Theme: Climate Change Impacts
Thursday 3 December, 10:30am-12:00pm: Learning about each other’s projects – Workshop 4
- Theme: Creativity and Civic Agency
- Hear from: the Ocean Literacy Project, Wise Ram Theatre, and Nature Space Creative