We're excited to be attending Locality annual Convention in Manchester! Join us, Historic England, and The Architectural Heritage Fund at our shared stand to learn how #Heritage brings us together and shapes our future. Heritage is for everyone, everywhere. See you there! 👋#Locality24

“Our job at Locality is to make sure your voice is heard.” CEO Tony Armstrong on how we can make sure that “warm words” become concrete actions from government to help the community sector thrive #Locality24

🌱We’re at the #LocalityConvention24 in Manchester! Our morning session explored policy asks within community wealth building based on our research and programme insights. Thank you to Mudaser Ali, Olamide Raheem, Bernard Nwaiwu, Naz Zaman, Yvonne Field OBE and all attendees!

Packed hall for the start of #Locality24 - so excited to see over 500 people here in Manchester for 2 days to celebrate the #PowerOfCommunity Locality

Big clap for Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham’s call for core funding for community organisations who know what their area needs. Also calls for devolved welfare budgets and a housing first approach. “If you start with place first you set the conditions for things to work” #Locality24

At #Locality24 Kim Shutler @thecellartrust and BillGraham💥 Modality AWC are discussing the challenges and opportunities for community organisations collaborating with the health system

Phil Chamberlain from the National Lottery Community Fund The National Lottery Community Fund promising to put community power at the centre of their funding in England. “We believe in the power of community and connection” #Locality24

Sarah McCulloch ACCM (UK) on connecting people in Bedford to each other and to services by overcoming inaccessible services and stigma #Locality24

Absolutely excellent news and testament to the hard work of colleagues working in and with our fantastic VCSE sector across West Yorkshire👇🙏👏 #Locality24 #PowerOfCommunity

📢 Exciting news from Department for Culture, Media and Sport: £87.5 million of dormant assets has been allocated to social investment wholesalers as part of a £350 million release.

The government's white paper today announces they'll introduce a new Community 'Right to Buy' valued community assets like buildings and spaces - here's what it is: locality.org.uk/what-is-commun…

Very good news - the cost of purchasing land has been the biggest blocker to building high quality, affordable homes in this country for decades. Let's hope it works... thetimes.com/article/a81b5d…

This focuses on 170 'community diagnostic centres' run by the NHS, but what about the thousands of charity-run community centres that often identify problems, work out what's wrong and refer people on - just think what they could do with powers and support thetimes.com/article/a97031…

'Rising interest rates and the cost of living crisis have led to a drop in parental handouts for first time buyers' (The Times) thetimes.com/article/b46313… Totally reminds me of one of the best Shelter campaigns, about the struggling 'Bank of Mum and Dad': youtu.be/nrov8iJ5gGc?si…

Great work Ed explaining how the new Community Right to Buy would work, and thank you to Emily Hudson for showcasing the amazing work of Foxie's Future and others in taking over and running local buildings for the benefit of their communities.

A win for our 'Keep it Local' campaign today! Government has just said public contracts should 'maximise spend with SMEs and VCSE organisations'. This could be a first step towards helping local people get better services and building the economy. Read our statement here:

Big: The government are set to announce £39 billion for a new 10-year Affordable Homes Programme in tmw's spending review. That's a huge increase on the £11.5 billion set aside by the Tories over 5 years. However, the key question is how many social homes will be delivered...

As this welcome news of a substantial increase in investment in social housing is announced I think of those people in SHOUT who 10 years ago first made the irrefutable case for social housing when the majority of housing leaders were silent. theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

This is excellent news for anyone who wants to tackle poverty, insecurity and homelessness. It is thanks to years of tireless campaigning for social housing from SHOUT, Shelter, Inside Housing & many others Shelter Inside Housing @4socialhousing theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Today's news could be about how this will reduce homelessness, numbers and spending on benefits, council temporary accommodation bills, and the number of young people who can't afford a home. But that's long term thinking, instead we get: But where is the money coming from now?