🌲🌳 Inspiring read about the National Forest - The National Forest - in the Midlands, and evaluation by #BIFoRUoB 🌲🌳 positive.news/environment/ca…

How charity leaders can thrive in the face of uncertainty (or at least make it through the next couple of years) - me and the marvellous Emily Wilson share our thoughts on the latest Third Sector podcast hosted by Lucinda Rouse and Russell Hargrave thirdsector.co.uk/third-sector-p…

Never mind the World Cup or #SPOTY, here's the big one - Third Sector's top 10 stories of 2022 thirdsector.co.uk/third-sectors-…

🚦 Wouldn't the traffic-stopping tech used by Glasgow’s weekly @BikeBusShaw #BikeBus be really useful in #MiltonKeynes? euronews.com/green/2022/11/…

Whatever you're going through Samaritans will face it with you. You can call Samaritans on 116 123 – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year including Christmas Day. Samaritans also give lifesaving advice on how to help people you’re worried about samaritans.org/how-we-can-hel… 🧵 6/6

Citizens’ assemblies are ideally suited to resolving complex and long-lasting crises like the current cost of living crisis, explain Brett Hennig & Stefan Flothmann in Byline Times 👇 #Democracy bylinetimes.com/2022/12/08/can…

Interesting - six reasons to be positive about #climate action from 2022, according to people who work on the issues full time. euronews.com/green/2022/12/…

The #VisionForVolunteering project is hiring three new roles to take the Vision forwards. The deadline is 4th January 2023, so there is plenty of time to apply. Check out the roles here: visionforvolunteering.org.uk/take-action

Members of #Natures_Voice are behind Rebecca Speight because "Conservationists know what must be done to bring species back from the brink" prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/rspb-…

Despite the government’s insistence that their #EnvironmentAct targets are “ambitious” and will drive action towards tackling #ClimateChange in the UK, many don’t seem to agree 👇 bigissue.com/news/environme…

We've just launched tickets to our 2023 Annual Conference, open to all NAVCA members. If you're a NAVCA member, you should have received an email about it. If not, get in touch with [email protected] 😃

🗳️ Young people are politically engaged - but this does not translate to voting. Unlock Democracy asks what can be done about it? unlockdemocracy.org.uk/blog1/2022/11/…

The #climate and #biodiversity crises demand concerted action - why were neither mentioned in Rishi Sunak's speech? thecanary.co/uk/analysis/20…

📘 I've begun reading #TheClimateBook by Greta Thunberg, with chapters contributed by some great minds from science, literature, media and social causes. Highly recommended! theecologist.org/2023/jan/03/wi…

Trading boost pushes Sense’s income to four-year high civilsociety.co.uk/news/trading-b…

One thing is clear: charities will get less help with energy bills from April. As for the detail, if we were the emoji types, it'd be a confused shrug. thirdsector.co.uk/charities-face…

#XRebellionUK is now calling on everyone to help disrupt our corrupt government, so I'll be joining the 100,000 at Parliament to #ChooseYourFuture on Fri 21 April 🪧 itv.com/news/2023-01-0…

We need a long-term solution to energy so we never see this cost crisis again. We have 4 urgent requests: 1. Targeted support 🎯 All high energy-use charities need additional help – such as hospices, refuges, social care, and community leisure providers 3/8

Charities save lives. For every charity that stops a service, or closes its doors forever, there are people who lose that lifeline. If we don’t urgently start working on a long-term plan, charities and their communities will be at significant risk. 7/8

🤞 Shaun Spiers of Green Alliance suggests three reasons to be reasonably optimistic about #environmental issues in the year ahead. greenallianceblog.org.uk/2022/12/23/gre…