Loving the alt text there, Tom 😉🤣

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Me chatting about how we are wired for connection, collaboration and care, and how this inspires #volunteering. Plus our campaign to prompt people into climate action, board diversity and more on this podcast open.spotify.com/show/2IC9M1Z...

True. I guess my concern is the underlying assumption that local communities will always have the political leadership they need in order to understand/commit to/deliver what it is they need & will benefit from. In, say, Clacton - just as an entirely random example, obvs.

Interesting stuff. Love the thinking about reshaping job centres. Q: how to make sure communities not so well served by their local politicians don’t get left behind? If residents of GM are supported by Live Well centres but residents of Chesterfield, say, still have to go to a Job Centre?

@charlotteaugst.bsky.social @robertafusco.bsky.social

All of this core to the work we at ACEVO & colleagues at NCVO are doing to establish a new framework for the relationship between government & civil society. So important we come from a partnership perspective strong in the knowledge of what we can offer - the doors are open for those conversations.

ourselves) to shift to a mindset that acknowledges that charity is worth investing in and the greater the investment (with some obvious checks & balances) the greater the impact and the better the world we all get to live in?

Two points to add: those from economically insecure backgrounds (or whose parents are) are far less likely to choose careers in an economically insecure sector And who decided charity should be delivered on a shoestring anyway? How do we change the narrative for *everyone* (funders, donors, and

Huge supporter of the work of James Place, and Papyrus, in all they do to prevent suicide. ♥️

Can I join you? Cheese (or to be more precise, lots and lots of cheeses) on one counter, and another counter stacked high with top quality charcuterie. A few carefully curated accessories to add to the ambience (& the profit margin.) I’ve still got the business plan in a note book somewhere.

Do I need to introduce you to @dannno.bsky.social, who has sent me a fascinating email (which I’m still digesting Dan!) inc a link to a really helpful blog about the different lenses on AI that civil society leaders can look at the whole topic through? Though I suspect you’re ahead of me on this!

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This is so completely the content I’m here for on a Sunday morning. Although my inner pun completist really wishes they’d stuck an ‘e’ at the end of Ho.

Thank you! And how is it best used after it’s been frozen? Does it go mushy when it defrosts?

🤣 Roast squash. Sautéed squash. Squash soup. Squash grated into cakes. Not yet tried freezing squash …

A box of yellow summer squash (mini pumpkins)

I see your radishes and raise you summer squash! (Far too many to do anything with, ‘cos, y’know, squash 🤷🏻‍♀️)

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?

Most people working for charities are on salaries, because despite popular belief ‘doing good for the sense of satisfaction’ doesn’t pay the bills. And those salaries have to be paid from charitable funds.

I actually cannot remember how I navigated around the country to unknown locations without satnav. Vague memories of sitting pouring over an AA road map (which had to be replaced every year) and scribbled directions on a scrap of paper taped to the dashboard. And arguments. Lots of arguments.

And then a lot worse. But, eventually, much better.

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Well, it’s still nicely quiet round here (but getting busier on a daily basis 😉). Have a look at my list of followees (you’ll see some familiar faces there), and also @gemabbott.bsky.social has been doing sterling work on putting together a starter pack of charity folk …

Still need our leaving drinks though.

@amybraier.bsky.social 👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼

Gosh, that’s quite something to be given credit for and I really don’t think I deserve it, but I know exactly what you mean - even this place will never quite be the same as that place was in its hey day, because we’ve all learned to be a tad more cynical. Happy Twitterday though, for all that 🥰🎉

@tanianc.bsky.social Hey Tania, lovely to see you here 😊

What a BRILLIANT idea.

@jonsacker.bsky.social Hellooo!! Lovely to see you here Jon 😊 How are you?

Yes!