The war on nature by the Uber rich continues... nytimes.com/2025/04/23/tra… Julian Hoffman

Just finished Hilary Cottam’s book "The Work We Need" following her learning pilgrimage - reimagining work with people. So much resonance with our learnings in GM around importance of good work which is rooted in place & provides for meaning, connection, play & good lives for all

Without people who take risks we wouldn't have some of the amazing community businesses. Read more about 'The Deal' Wigan. One of the best risks i have seen in my time ✨ Donna Hall ✨ Proud to have played a part Link to below a.co/d/dBRZgXe

📺Watch on demand📺 Andrew Laird was joined by ✨ Donna Hall ✨, Nicole Wood Essex County Council and Owen Mapley @CIPFA to reflect on the recent #SpendingReview. They discuss #RadicalPlaceLeadership, council finances, #LGR, and much more: mutualventures.co.uk/post/beyond-th…

As conveners of #SocialCareFuture, we're deeply concerned about the harmful impact that proposed cuts to #PersonalIndependencePayment #PIP could have & join others in calling for the government to think again. Read our statement and show your support: socialcarefuture.org.uk/noticeboard/th…

🚀 of Scottish Government Whole Family Support strategy The University of Edinburgh it was great to hear John Swinney’s ambition to combat child poverty & reform public services with urgency. for me Martin Calder, 17 modern apprentice South Ayrshire Council reading his poem “Too Many Professionals” said it all.

Pleased to get this LGR guide out there. Grateful to Graham Farrant , Sam Plum & ✨ Donna Hall ✨ for lending us their expertise - and some punchy quotes to bring it all to life! The LGR process is a huge opportunity for public service reform. "Safe and legal" is not enough.

This #politicslive shitshow needs to be flushed down the sewer. It's been a cavalcade of Conservative creeps today. If Chris Mason and his BBC pals had shown a minutae of this level of scrutiny when Tories were ruining the country for 14 years we wouldnt be in this mess. #PMQs

Don't miss our new guide for councils going through the #LocalGovernmentReorganisation (#LGR) process – the focus is on the practicalities of implementation and also the need to ensure the transformation opportunity is seized. Thank you to ✨ Donna Hall ✨, Sam Plum and

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Mutual Ventures Local Government Association (LGA) Listen to Andrew Laird, ✨ Donna Hall ✨, LGA Director of Strategy and Reform Eve Roodhouse, and our Policy Director Simon Kaye discuss the report in the latest Radical Reformers podcast 👇 x.com/MutualVentures…

Mutual Ventures Local Government Association (LGA) Andrew Laird ✨ Donna Hall ✨ Eve Roodhouse Simon Kaye Donna Hall worked on this project and sees place based approaches as the only route through to a system that corrects the siloed approach of Whitehall

Mutual Ventures Local Government Association (LGA) Andrew Laird ✨ Donna Hall ✨ Eve Roodhouse Simon Kaye Andrew Laird (Andrew Laird) sees place-based collaboration as a route through to much more sustainable public services.

A new blog - let's think about building trusted relationships first, then think about £ neighbourhoodcares.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/a-b… ✨ Donna Hall ✨ John Wade Paul Taylor Debbie Sorkin Rob Fountain Charlie Jones Paul Taylor Paul Jansen Benjamin P Taylor (he/him) Jim Thomas @gerrycano1

The Daily Express is a right wing British newspaper that spends most of its time bashing immigrants. That it has devoted its front page to the starvation of Gaza is a sign of how dire the situation has become and how impossible it is to ignore.

🎧 In the latest episode of #RadicalReformers, Andrew Laird welcomes renowned public service innovator and author, Hilary Cottam. They discuss the importance of place and the role of local institutions in fostering healthy, fulfilling lives and creating #TheWorkWeNeed. Listen here:

On the @mutualventures podcast I talk to Andrew Laird about rethinking the role of place in generative economies, mutualism and more #TheWorkWeNeed I loved the convo and you can listen in here mutualventures.co.uk/post/radical-r…

Hello, fans of this. How do you justify this?

That’s how it’s done. 🙌 No weird conditions. Just simple affirmation that 5 million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza have a right to dignity, self-determination and protection from theft and inhumane persecution.

Chuffed to be in print alongside occasional partners-in-crime Andrew Laird and ✨ Donna Hall ✨! The place-based model for public service reform works. But we'll never get there with pilots. Our focus should be making sure the whole system is ready for the approach to go mainstream.