COUNTDOWN TO CONFERENCE Join @joblundell.bsky.social, Co-CEO @placematters.bsky.social, and @martinrgeorge.bsky.social, Deputy Editor of LGC, for our breakout on 'How might we work with communities to achieve sustainable social and economic change'. sasevents.eventsair.com/ied-conferen....

We are excited to unveil another confirmed speaker for #IEDConf2025! Joining us in Manchester is @joblundell.bsky.social, Co-CEO of @placematters.bsky.social. Early bird tickets remain on sale until 30th June. Grab yours here sasevents.eventsair.com/ied-conferen...!

Great to see this strategy leveraging Dartington’s huge legacy into a catalytic and systemic role.

Dartington Service Design Lab@dartingtonsdl.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 It’s here - our new vision for building #ThrivingFutures with and for #ChildrenAndYoungPeople! We’ve got big plans for the next 5 years that we believe will help create real and lasting change for children and young people all over the country. Learn more: bit.ly/Thriving-Fut... #SystemicChange

What would a community-powered NHS look like? Our grid sets out the limits of traditional state and market paradigms that dominate health provision. A new #CommunityParadigm puts people at the heart of healthcare, centring communities, not services and people, not professionals.

Exciting job opportunity at www.placematters.org.uk www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/place-m...

We at @placematters.bsky.social convene an amazing group who are stewarding some research and experimentation to improve trust and belief in place-based change. Here are some of our early thoughts medium.com/@placematter...

How do we build trust and belief in the effectiveness of place-based change?

One of the dilemmas of place-based change is the difficulty to demonstrate value and impact in a way that works equally for those that fund…

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Calling all folk with an interest in UK public policy: I’ve created a starter pack of think tankers, policy analysts & commentators active on @bsky.app go.bsky.app/LtNiL1o

Really interesting article from our friends at Bridgespan Group on what systems change can learn from Field Building around measuring impact www.bridgespan.org/insights/phi...

What Philanthropists Can Learn from Field Catalysts About Measuring Progress on Systems Change

How funders can understand the progress field catalysts are making on systems change.

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the effects of austerity & persistent socio-economic decline on local communities provide fertile ground for grievance & unrest, & the far-right capitalises on this latest(but probably not last)deeply troubling manifestation of the revenge of the places that don’t matter? www.ft.com/content/c831...

Far-right riots centred on England’s deprivation hotspots

Areas hit by violence also have high proportion of asylum seekers housed there, FT analysis shows

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Time that Councils think and work systemically including insourcing where fractured provision gets in the way of that.

Jessica Studdert@jesstud.bsky.social · 2y ago

How are local authorities responding to financial pressures? Research underway at New Local with the International Public Policy Observatory highlights the nature of the challenges facing councils & how they are thinking differently: read our new blog for more ⬇️ www.newlocal.org.uk/articles/how...

I'm going to track down as many of you as I can. Please could people repost me, so others can see I am here - and I can find them, and them me. Blue skies, herds of unicorns and sunlit uplands beckon. Oh...and another two Tory candidates bite the dust, I understand 👍👍👍

Going to be posting things about communities leading change through the work of www.placematters.co.uk. Might be the occasional rant too.