Shifting power to communities is in the spotlight and there's the scope for really exciting, important, wider change. But there is also a need to show clearly and compellingly what that shift depends on - the deep #CommunityOrganising practice and local relational 🧵

We’ve always been humbled by the way that so many of you have supported our work with love and generosity. And to celebrate this, we want to introduce you to Nathalie, who’s been with us from day one and is here to explain why she’s supported us since. theflyingseagullproject.com/2024/09/24/lau…

Guess who made it to Times Square during the United Nations General Assembly Climate Week? #Camerados is here to remind everyone that change starts with building relationships. Before you save the world, maybe grab a cuppa and have a conversation? #WeAreCamerados #UNGA2024

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Communal dining is Copenhagen’s best-kept culinary secret theguardian.com/travel/2024/oc…

The Sensory Circus is such a brilliant innovation - the first in the world!

Excited to announce Ann-Marie, Director of Children’s Services NE Lincs, will join our panel discussions about what it takes to build a relationship-centric town at Grimsby & NE Lincs Open House on 26th Nov! Secure your pass: our-future.io/our-future-ope…

🔔 USEFUL RELATIONAL TERMS AND PHRASES 🔔 Here's a list of terms & phrases that help explore ideas around relationships. What phrases do you draw on when you’re making the case for relationships? ✍ Blog 👉 lnkd.in/e8_jTcxz 💬 Zoom conversation 👉 lnkd.in/euZkdCtQ

This graph shows in pink the additional benefits in kind from public services as a result of Budget investment, greatly exceeding new tax rises/welfare cuts for everyone except the richest. Employers and the economy as a whole will also benefit greatly from better services.

💡A Society of Service: 2 part blog series💡 Pt 1: david robinson on why good relationships must head the policy agenda lnkd.in/evVWbiGD Pt 2: Rosa Friend draws practical examples from the work of local authorities & communities during lockdown lnkd.in/eupJYUXA

It’s wonderful to see two dear friends of The Cares Family, David and Rosa, working together on this. As david robinson writes, what’s needed and what’s possible is ‘a society of service, in every nook and cranny, built on good relationships.’

"So what are you going to do now?" On the morning after the night before, david robinson offers a Relationships Project perspective on the US presidential election relationshipsproject.org/so-what-are-yo…

Everything that’s wrong with the public narrative about social care in one article. Which is a key reason why there is an impasse bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

A massive thank you to everyone who’s donated to our winter campaign so far – and here’s a quick reminder that you can also support us by grabbing some gifts and goodies from our shop!

Good to hear Layla Moran 🔶🕊️ BBC Radio 4 Today calling for changes to Treasury rules to encourage investment in prevention: ring-fencing and protecting it and including it in the fiscal rules’ definition of investment. I’ve been arguing for this for over a decade and hope the time has come

Football has shown me success is not about quick wins but collective effort theguardian.com/football/2024/…

Best decision in 2024: changing the fiscal rules to allow borrowing to invest. I hope in 2025 they’ll confirm that spending on prevention is included. For too long, govts have cut back things that save money and create wealth, when borrowing to save more later would make sense.

Great to see Demos The Health Foundation arguing for ring-fencing and protecting investment on prevention, developing ideas I, david robinson and the EATF have been making for years. I rewired the spending rules in Brown’s Treasury, so know this extra rewiring is possible theguardian.com/society/2024/d…

Kier Starmer: unleash AI Me: no thanks. Unleash the humans by creating more human centred and human-scale organisations, especially public services. We need human-driven tech, not tech-driven humans.

Our response to the governments announcement today on Grenfell Inquiry Recommendations