Pam Barrett
@pambarrett.bsky.social
Director at Better Places / Be Buckfastleigh / Devon / rural inequalities / democracy / fungi
BLOG 💭 | ‘Stop asking communities what they think – and start sharing power in policymaking’ Senior Research Manager Tania Carregha says participatory policymaking could help us rebuild trust and shape a happier, fairer future for UK communities. Read the blog 👇 https://bit.ly/4w6Ws2q
‘Stop asking communities what they think – and start sharing power in policymaking’ | The Young Foundation
Senior Research Manager Tania Carregha says participatory policymaking could help us rebuild trust and shape a happier, fairer future for UK communities
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Lovely rocking photos of my lovely rocking husband ♥️ as @thejunebrides.bsky.social supporting the epic #belleandsebastian in Dublin last weekend. #thejunebrides
Packed lunch for my indie pop husband on his way to @thejunebrides.bsky.social rehearsals for the Dublin leg of the #belleandsebastian tour. #indiepopfuel
Happy #internationalwomensday to our incredible team of women past and present busy building the community they want to see. We're incredibly proud and grateful for all you do. #Devon #Buckfastleigh #Bovey #Bridgetown #Ashburton
The #ruraleconomy is more public sector, education, health, real estate, distribution, transport, accommodation, food, manufacturing, construction, wholesale, retail, motor repair, & professional, scientific, technical services than it is agriculture, forestry and fishing.
The road at #Torcross is officially closed and the sea is roaring even at low tide. Definitely avoid as the tide is rising. The size of the rocks it has shifted is terrifying.
With that there Phil @thejunebrides.bsky.social when we were both young and gorgeous! Why does no one tell young people?
The only reasonable thing to do with freshly foraged porcini of this quality. #salt-n-pepa #letstalkaboutceps
Kruger's work on 'social covenant' is liked by centrists. Akin to #BigSociety and #communitypower - masking corporate power and hollowing out of welfare state - it sees to shift burden of public services onto communities, especially poor, under the guise of empowerment. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Conservative MP Danny Kruger defects to Reform UK
The East Wiltshire MP said the Conservatives were no longer the main party of opposition.
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The realities of rural transport means that young adults can't access training or work. And this isn't in the middle of #Dartmoor, it's alongside the busy A38 between Exeter and Plymouth. #rural #inequalities #PlymouthMarjon #Bicton #Exetercollege #Stagecoach #Devon #DevonCountyCouncil
Showing off, but for a non famous couple we've sure had a lot of Guardian articles! @thejunebrides.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/music/2006/j... www.theguardian.com/society/2019... www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In contrast to yesterday’s sad post about Ramsgate’s lost lido, here’s a great feature just out in the RICS journal, Modus, celebrating the great British lido revival - ww3.rics.org/uk/en/modus/...
The great British lido revival
Once at the heart of their communities, many UK lidos fell into decline in the late 20th century. Now they’re making a comeback as valuable community assets
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A BARGAIN BANK HOLIDAY £3.50 gets you Sensitive – The Film. Indiepop Wrecking Crew plays house band to singers from The Sea Urchins, Talulah Gosh, Soup Dragons, Altered Images, Weather Prophets, June Brides, Waltones & Jetstream Pony – playing 100% #indiepop smashes. www.sensitivealbum.com/the-film
The Film – Sensitive
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Trendy 'economic system change' frameworks and ideas may be admired in elite intellectual and policy circles - but they are high theory, low practice. Instead we must root change in everyday lives and take real action- #communitywealthbuilding www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/beyond...
Beyond Cake-And-Eat-It: The Limits of Trendy ‘System-Change’ Frameworks — The Democracy Collaborative
Governments, think tanks, and philanthropic foundations parade bold system-change agendas, yet the substance rarely matches the slogans when it comes to concrete material outcomes.
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@mia-gray.bsky.social. thanks for the shared follow. Delighted to find an economic geography professor! I've a very much amateur interest in rural deprivation, economy and impact of austerity.
Sound up for this marvelous donkey engine at #NewLanark mill. #industrialrevoution #Scottishheritage
Loads of fun as every at @glasgoespop.bsky.social. thank you Kenji and Tita and all the lovely people. With Phil @thejunebrides.bsky.social
The #ruraleconomy is more public sector, education, health, real estate, distribution, transport, accommodation, food, manufacturing, construction, wholesale, retail, motor repair, & professional, scientific, technical services than it is agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Trump’s budget is one big “beautiful” regressive policy, with Americans who voted for Trump being adversely affected the most explains @michaelmarmot.bsky.social in @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Trump’s budget is one big “beautiful” regressive policy
US President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), passed by the US Congress, is certainly big. Its beauty is more questionable. The act forms one part of Trump’s signature economic strat...
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