We know times are tough at the moment. That's why we're releasing £1m from our own funds to help partners with the cost-of-living crisis. Read more from our CEO Nick Crofts 👉👉👉 bit.ly/3Bos4Fw #FutureCommunities #CostOfLiving #funding

We're Co-op's AGM today in #Manchester. Come and say hi to Andy, Hannah and Sairah (and grab yourself some Foundation merch) #ItsWhatWeDo #FutureCommunities

Some Co-op Foundation tips for co-creating work with young people: 1. Pay young ppl for their time: they're helping you, after all 2. Be honest with yourself about capacity and timelines 3. Keep working with young ppl after major projects are completed. #FestivalofLearning23

I've been tweeting weekly (ish) to share learning as we've built our new Co-op Foundation comms strategy. No time to read my huuuge thread? Fear not! Part one is now nicely tied up in my latest CharityComms blog: bit.ly/42iazl8 #FutureCommunities

💛 #LonelyNotAlone 2023 is HERE! It’s the final year of the campaign but we’re not done yet! Help us spread the word one last time by: ✨ Sharing this message ✨ Sending a message of support ✨ Sharing lonelynotalone.org with a young person you know

"Putting young people and partners at the centre of how we work and what we say, so we can grow stronger together" Earlier this year, the Co-op Foundation Comms team started work on a new strategy and here it is 👆 Read everything we learned on the way: bit.ly/3EudkpV

🗓️Date for your diary 🖥️Join us online on 11 October for our #LonelyNotAlone learning webinar bit.ly/LNA-webinar-23 Find out what we got right - and what we got wrong - over 5 years tackling #YouthLoneliness. Comment below if you have questions in advance #FutureCommunities

#JobAlert: Could you use your comms skills to help us build fairer communities and stand out as a funder with a real co-operative difference? Check out our new Head of Comms & Campaigns role. Full time or part-time hours; flexible and remote working: coop.uk/46nJDmn

Are you working on your charity's organisational or communications strategy? Here are a couple of things to inspire and assist your team along the way. 🧵 Co-op Foundation recently launched a new strategy. Andy Mortimer shares what they've learned. #TBT bit.ly/45JDjFS

Today, Anna Freud joins the Children & Young People's Mental Health Coalition and 56 organisations in responding to the omission of a new Mental Health Bill from today's #KingsSpeech. Read our joint statement in full: orlo.uk/skPNj

We welcomed Children's Commissioner for England to the Pears Family School on Wednesday to share everything we’ve learned together on family-led support for children who’ve been excluded. We founded the Pears Family School and it’s been open since 2014. Read on to see what we shared yesterday.

We’ve partnered with @iwill_movement and Co-op to bring a radical new fund to life 🙌 Our Young Gamechangers Fund offers grants directly to individual #YoungPeople working to improve their communities. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3SRYmCw #iWillWeek #FutureCommunities

New #blog alert! Brenda McHugh, a Consultant Psychotherapist @AFNCCF, shares what we’ve learned from #AlternativeProvision in our latest post. Brenda’s story follows a recent visit from Children's Commissioner for England. Read why family-centred approaches really matter: orlo.uk/8zUDM

Shout out to anyone looking for a #comms #CharityJob. We've got two incredible opps open @AFNCCF for a PR Manager and Social Media Officer! Help us build a bold and compelling External Affairs function. Read more: shorturl.at/dstwH #JobAlert #CommsJob

We've been so inspired by all the #MyVoiceMatters posts for #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek. Proving just how important it is for #youngpeople to have the platform to meaningfully influence the issues that matter to them. Without their voices, we can’t change services for the better.

A wonderful project to have worked on in my first few months @AFNCCF. Combining youth voice and science is what sets us apart and #ThinkingDifferently brings this to life all in once place. Have a read!

Our CEO @PeterFonagy tells us how young people are the experts in their own experience. Our manifesto calls for policy makers to supercharge change for young people’s mental health, led by science and guided by young people. Take a peek: orlo.uk/d16p6