“ Policymakers, take note: if you want to tackle the climate crisis, and we must, then any idea you propose needs democratic input – and the pain should not disproportionately burden the working and lower-middle classes”

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.⁦Jessica Prendergrast⁩ your account of the liminal space between this economy and the next is beautifully written. everyone else: read it ❤️

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HIGH STREETS 🏬 | A vacant Victorian arcade in Dewsbury is set to become the first community-run shopping centre in the UK 🙌🏾

The Dewsbury Arcade share raise campaign kicks off this evening 👉🏾 bit.ly/3ZQhiDp

LOVE this call for a Citizens Assembly - not a “dormant volcano” 🙄 - as a way forward for Birmingham, from someone who’s played a major role in the rejuvenation of the city’s heritage (and who also happens to be COO of DemocracyNext)

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REPORT | Labour council leaders have set out a route for Labour to deliver its objectives in government, starting with giving communities meaningful power & influence.

Read their ambitious vision for the future of public services 💪🏾 bit.ly/48qZYJ0

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🏡🏡New report from me and NEF out today. Introducing a community right to buy for social landlords and community-led housing groups would help boost the supply of social homes and regenerate so-called 'left behind' communities.🏡🏡

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Great to be at Wava Hall with the Power to Change Powering Up team for the away days. Lovely community business complete with music studio, hairdressing salon and developing a community cafe.

We’ve been going through a load of reflection Power to Change read more 👇🏻on the future of how we will support community businesses to strengthen their communities.

FUNDING ✨ | Interested in applying to the Community Ownership Fund? MyCommunity.org.uk and Locality are running webinars sharing how to write a strong 💪 application.

BOOK your spot: bit.ly/3E8GBpZ

The amazing Ambition LW defying the odds to develop one of the largest onshore wind turbines in the country, a hugely valuable asset for their community. This is what a fairer, greener future looks like. Proud Power to Change could play a small part to support it #communityenergy

NEWS ❇️ | Today 5 community businesses launch a groundbreaking #CommunityEnergy collective, seeking to raise £2.5 million to take ownership of 7 solar farms.

Will Walker explores Power to Change's role in this and what big impact we hope to achieve 👉 bit.ly/45bGEgx

Also super to see this innovation in approaches to scaling community-led housing. Interested to see how the initial three grow and which other models are brought in to test the approach.

Great to see community-led housing getting a boost from Govt. great work from Community Land Trust Network & partners.

'The words change but do nothing to solve the underlying problem – poverty itself. People who are on lower incomes in Britain simply have too little money, being a staggering 22% poorer than their counterparts in France.' - this is very good from Torsten Bell.

FUNDING📢|Department for Culture, Media and Sport has launched a fund to support charities & community groups that help people & communities.

The £76m Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund will be distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund to support frontline cost of living services in England.
👉 bit.ly/3Q6pvAj

Inspired by various conversations Joseph Rowntree Foundation excellent Next Frontiers conference this year, in particular hearing from Louis VI about Earth/Percent . I've been thinking about a sort of pension for the planet. I'm sure it must exist already.
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We’ve got a role open CIVIC SQUARE.

Strategic Researcher, Writer + Administrator, a new role perfect for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of visionary research, brilliant communication and operational brilliance to join our core function.

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Shame to be missing out on #StrongerThings tomorrow. Lots of great content, not least this on the economic role of communities 👇🏻

Keep an eye on #StrongerThings tomorrow - and see how communities are taking power and making stuff happen. Running a session on the economic role of communities for Power to Change with ਇਮਨਦੀਪ ਕੌਰ | Imandeep Kaur Tim Davies-Pugh and Lichfield's Doug Pullen

We've launched our report - State of the CLT Sector 2023 - with Michael Gove and Danny Kruger. We need industry to partner with communities, and govt to deliver reforms to planning & housing finance, to make community ownership and agency commonplace.

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