Delighted by @mattleach.bsky.social’s response to Where People Meet - our new report on the future of community centres.
"The report offers a vision for the future that’s refreshingly grounded. Not utopian. Not flashy. But deeply real."
www.raynefoundation.org.uk/where-people...
@mattleach.bsky.social reflects on the findings of Community, not catastrophe, a report that calls for networks of trust, mutual aid, volunteering, community support, and civil society to urgently be recognised as ‘critical national infrastructure’ in UK crisis preparedness planning 👇
In our latest blog, Local Trust’s CEO, @mattleach.bsky.social , outlines how, in an era of crisis and uncertainty, #BigLocal areas have been demonstrating community resilience and effective community first response. Read the blog: buff.ly/wxTSDoH [🧵2/3]
Huge thanks to @localtrust.org.uk, VCS Emergencies Partnership, Robyn Knox, @mattleach.bsky.social, Margaret Bolton, Groundwork, National Emergencies Trust, and many others. 3/3
"The statue of Wallace Sargent, the orchard... [are] symbols of what communities can do when they really get down to achieving brilliant stuff together."
📍 In the #CommunityPowerPodcast's final episode, our CEO @mattleach.bsky.social reflects on Winterton #BigLocal’s journey: buff.ly/Y9fAQFy [1/3]
And if you haven’t already, listen to the final episode of series three with our CEO @mattleach.bsky.social as he shares his insights into the evolution of these Big Local areas and what sets their journeys apart: buff.ly/Y9fAQFy [2/2]
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Figure 4 – Ranking of the biggest challenges in their neighbourhood by hyper-local need area Shows potholes are the priority issue in both high & low need neighbourhoods
Not a huge amount on transport & street design in @iconeighbours.bsky.social’s interim report but struck by this finding on potholes as a key priority for people in both high & low need neighbourhoods.
Report: www.neighbourhoodscommission.org.uk/report/inter...
panel of speakers at ICON launch event, from left Alex Norris MP, Baroness Armstrong, Jon Rouse, Angie Wright
Great to be at the launch of the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods - putting place and social capital at the centre of the government’s mission agenda www.neighbourhoodscommission.org.uk/report/inter...
We need to strengthen social capital and networks to support people to live healthier lives - the latest in our #socialcapital series with @demos-uk.bsky.social highlights it’s critical importance to an prevention-focused policy agenda demos.co.uk/research/soc...
We're pleased to also publish a separate briefing paper which explains the definition of social capital we refer to throughout this series, 'What is Social Capital'. ⬇️
demos.co.uk/research/soc...
✨ New research! ✨
"The evidence points in one direction: that strengthening positive forms of #socialcapital and networks will help bolster communities, families and result in safer homes for children."
Good report out from NAVCA highlighting the importance of grassroots and unincorporated groups to community life. Far too easily forgotten, but arguably the most important part of what makes up “civil society” www.thirdsector.co.uk/number-under...
You can find out more about 3Ni, the new @localtrust.bsky.social spin-out, and its mission to support local government and other public agencies put social capital and neighbourhood working at the heart of their work by contacting them via the info form at localtrust.org.uk/policy/natio...
An appreciation of the importance of social capital is also at the heart of the work of the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods who are likely to report this spring on the need for policies to deliver change at a neighbourhood level. www.neighbourhoodscommission.org.uk
I recently blogged about the extent to which you can see the impact of social capital in action on the ground in places like Newington in Kent localtrust.org.uk/news-and-sto... and how that can inspire wider changes in how we think about policy and practice at a neighbourhood level
The importance of social capital to society was highlighted last month in David Halpern and Andy Haldane's report on the importance of bringing a focus on social capital back to the heart of policy demos.co.uk/research/soc...
The report is timely, given the spiralling pressures on public service budgets. And builds on @localtrust.bsky.social 's work with Demos over the last couple of years - initially through their compelling report on the need to build a #preventativestate. demos.co.uk/research/the...
Social capital can act as a protective shield for children, families and communities. We need to focus on strengthening social capital and networks to support families to stay safely together. demos.co.uk/research/soc...
You can find out more about 3Ni, and its new mission to support local government and other public agencies put social capital and neighbourhood working at the heart of their work here localtrust.org.uk/policy/natio...
And I've blogged here about the extent to which you can see the impact of social capital in action on the ground in places like Newington in Kent localtrust.org.uk/news-and-sto...
David Halpern previews his report here @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/5575..., highlighting the extent to which boosting social capital could have huge dividends for national productivity, GDP and growth
Graph showing trust vs GDP by nation
At a time when Britain faces significant economic and fiscal pressures, the reports will focus on the vital role of social capital in enabling economic growth, and the ways in which it can reduce pressure on public services and effectively address our most pressing socio-economic challenges.
Hugely excited that @localtrust.bsky.social and its new spin-out 3Ni is collaborating with demos.co.uk on a series of important new reports on #socialcapital. The first, by Andy Haldane and David Halpern, makes the case for putting social capital at the heart of policy demos.co.uk/research/soc...
Great to see some well deserved #BigLocal #NewYearHon award winners tonight. Massive congratulations to Sonia Clyne from Par Bay BL, James Masters from Grange BL, Fiona Thompson from Keighley Valley BL and Tracy Lowe from Grace Mary to Lion Farm BL. All fantastic community leaders and change-makers!
Matt Leach speaking at NASP report launch
Good to speak at new report launch today from National Academy for Social Prescribing making case for investing in community through a new fund. Helping prevent cost falling on the NHS whilst building thriving communities and sustaining better lives. socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/resources/ne...
Brilliant to hear Sam Jones from @tnlcomfund.bsky.social announce to the @commwealthfund.bsky.social end of year campaign reception that the new Community Wealth Fund will benefit from additional lottery funds, doubling the size of the programme when it launches (hopefully early next year)
Fantastic to see new impetus for #community focused research from @ukri.org, and delighted that @localtrust.bsky.social will be a founding partner of the new Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness localtrust.org.uk/news-and-sto...
A month to go in our Community Futures essay competition for early career researchers and policy professionals, PhD and graduate students and independent community practitioners. localtrust.org.uk/enter-local-...
extract from Andy Haldane article on social capital for the Financial Times
Great stuff from Andy Haldane in the @financialtimes.com. Whether at a neighbourhood level or the nation state, we need to rediscover the importance of #socialcapital www.ft.com/content/97c1...
