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I’m thinking about how you host and welcome people in public space work. (Adult) People come at you from all angles, with doubts, queries, anxieties, expectations as well as curiousity, judgement & hope of something interesting about to happen. ‘What is this?’ they wonder

Some of my favourite women on Twitter do unbelievably good things in & with their communities. They write wonderfully too; heart felt, reflective & authentic. Angela Fell- Northern ❤️ & Soul. Citizen of Wigan. writes on ‘resistance’ northernheartandsoul.co.uk/author/angela/

We have the keys 🔑 Tomorrow is the day we open our own Playbox for the very 1st time What an amazing achievement And thanks to all those who’ve helped make it happen Special thanks to Greenmount Projects We can’t wait to show you all! Come along if you can x

Amazing to be here with Angela Fell- Northern ❤️ & Soul. Citizen of Wigan. & the community with their own Playbox in Wigan! Arrived to the dulcet tones blasting out ‘Barbie Girl’ Karaoke 🎤 Park absolutely thronging. Play everywhere. Playbox designed by the kids, made by Greenmount Projects (Feeling emosh)

I am an imperfect person in an imperfect world, just trying my best. But I’m surrounded by people who are bloody awesome. Like Angela Fell- Northern ❤️ & Soul. Citizen of Wigan. & Gill Wright 🖤 Northern Heart & Soul CIC who help steward the children’s desire for their own permanent Playbox I’ll write it up fully soon, but this is me, arriving

Good News Alert! We’ve secured funding from the Awards for All National Lotteries Community Fund to fund Ey Up - It’s Wigan West CommUnity News for the next two years. And, offer local people training to become Community Reporters with Peoples Voice Media 💃🥳

On Monday 30th of September, 10am - 12pm, join Paul and Shamshad in a healing session. It is free and open to everyone in our network. If you feel that this is just what you need then please join us, we will send you the link via DM or email.

Same with ‘community power’ It’s so irritating to see folk seeking ‘resource’ shift into spaces & shout louder & use their positional power over folk doing this work day in and day out in communities … Most certainly H1 capture

We were so chuffed to receive support to continue producing and growing local good news via Ey Up- Its Wigan West CommUnity News. The Autumn edition is with the printers right now 🥰 & to offer community reporting training next year 💃🥳

Brilliant!

Here Comes Grinch "I’m not saying poverty soothing isn’t needed. It’s  just when it doesn’t seem to be accompanied by any activism that I feel like it’s serving and centring the poverty industry and charitable egos."  northernheartandsoul.co.uk/here-comes-gri…

Post-war council housing in #Wigan - slum clearance, new estates and high-rise. My new post examines the changing form and fortunes of the Lancashire town made famous by George Orwell. municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2024/12/17/cou…

Goodness, what a scary place this has become. When we have the owner protecting & working for misogynists, laying the blame for child sex offending cover ups at the door of one political party. The cover up is beyond party politics. Men and power are at the core. Shame on you

Anyone else noticing the growth in ‘community development workers’ I once thought I could be a hairdresser, until I cut my friends hair…then I realised there was much more skill & experience required than I’d initially anticipated

We're excited to share Seeds of Our Future: a collective reflection born from forums, consultations, and sense-making sessions with GM SC partners across #GreaterManchester. This isn't just a report, it's an exploration of what's possible when communities lead the way. ⤵️

“we strongly believe it is the sprawling networks of grassroots community development projects that are collectively owned and democratically organised that represent the alternative that’s needed at this critical time.”

✨Angela Fell- Northern ❤️ & Soul. Citizen of Wigan. and Alison Mckenzie-Folan doing a brilliant double act sharing the secret sauce of their work in #Wigan, creating #GMLiveWell spaces and places that are community-led and system-enabled. ✨

‘Shifting from community engagement to community development.’ Yes! Our mission is not to ‘engage’ people and communities in what matters to public institutions and services, it’s about being in neighbourhoods, listening to what what matters to local people and communities and

A brilliant day in #Wigan with Council & community leaders and the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods. Loads examples of community led & system enabled support for people to live well in their neighbourhood. #GMLiveWell #RadicalPlaceLeadership

What a final stop. Thank you Alison Mckenzie-Folan for your closing words at Wigan Community Corner. “A place where people can belong”. Let’s all: ✨See the person ✨Listen deeply  ✨Know this place  ✨Connect to communities ✨Do the right thing  ✨Take pride #GMLiveWell #DrivingChange