From the
TEDxGrantham desk.
Updates from the organising team: speaker reveals, behind-the-scenes notes, and longer-form pieces on ideas worth spreading.
The digital gap South Kesteven falls through
Two separate digital skills systems operate in South Kesteven—community drop-ins teaching basics, business programmes targeting SME leaders—but neither serves self-employed workers and micro-employers.
By TEDx Grantham Team
Getting It Wrong, by Design
King's School Grantham, ranked first locally for GCSE results, formally assesses iterative design in GCSE coursework — rewarding students who revise failed prototypes. The approach counters a structural paradox: selective admissions fill the school with students conditioned to avoid risk and get things right the first time.
By TEDx Grantham Team
How Lincolnshire keeps its bomber history alive
Almost half of Bomber Command's Victoria Crosses honoured airmen from Lincolnshire; the county preserves this heritage by placing visitors inside a restored bomber whilst its four Merlin engines run.
By TEDx Grantham Team
Grantham's parking app and the residents it leaves behind
South Kesteven's parking system defaults to smartphone payment despite offering three routes, creating a de facto obligation documented to discourage older residents from visiting town centres.
By TEDx Grantham Team
Grantham's place on the line that feeds Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire produces one-eighth of England's food; because the East Coast Main Line reserves capacity for passenger services at 125 mph, over 1,000 refrigerated lorries leave Spalding daily to reach market.
By TEDx Grantham Team
Remote work's human cost in England's market towns
Remote work accounts for roughly one-third of post-pandemic isolation and mental distress increases. Remote workers who moved to market towns found no local infrastructure for structured peer presence.
By TEDx Grantham Team