Jess Craig
@jesscraig.bsky.social
Policy at Power to Change. Talking about communities, social connection, high streets, politics and policy.
You can catch up now on the essays we've published so far - there are some must-read pieces by the likes of @jamestplunkett.bsky.social @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social @npjgarland.bsky.social - but there's more to come next week!
www.powertochange.org.uk/celebrating-...
www.powertochange.org.uk/celebrating-...
Celebrating ten years backing community business - Power to Change
Power to Change turns ten this year. To celebrate a decade backing community business, we are bringing you a programme of events, stories, and essays, celebrating the community business sector, reflec...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
You can catch up now on the essays we've published so far - there are some must-read pieces by the likes of @jamestplunkett.bsky.social @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social @npjgarland.bsky.social - but there's more to come next week!
www.powertochange.org.uk/celebrating-...
www.powertochange.org.uk/celebrating-...
Nick cites examples like @kindredlcr.bsky.social in Liverpool City Region and the Market Drayton community covenant as examples of good practice in LAs/CAs sharing power and resources w their communities; says we need more of them to make this culture shift. www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
New neighbourhood partnership puts community power to the test as government attempts to empower communities - Power to Change
Power to Change has launched its first Community Covenant Test and Learn Partnership in Market Drayton, empowering residents to co-shape services with local ...
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September 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Nick cites examples like @kindredlcr.bsky.social in Liverpool City Region and the Market Drayton community covenant as examples of good practice in LAs/CAs sharing power and resources w their communities; says we need more of them to make this culture shift. www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
Responding to new Pride in Place announcements, both @nickplumb.bsky.social and @dhnnjyn.bsky.social say this investment needs to embed new routes for community power and participation…
September 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Responding to new Pride in Place announcements, both @nickplumb.bsky.social and @dhnnjyn.bsky.social say this investment needs to embed new routes for community power and participation…
Mayor of East Mids Claire Ward talks about the need for inclusive economic development that brings people on the journey of growth. She says her Mayoral Community Development Fund will ask communities what they want and need in their place and what would make most difference in their lives.
September 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Mayor of East Mids Claire Ward talks about the need for inclusive economic development that brings people on the journey of growth. She says her Mayoral Community Development Fund will ask communities what they want and need in their place and what would make most difference in their lives.
On new pride in place programme, @anooshc.bsky.social says locally-driven renewal could be the much-needed narrative for govt’s wider policy agenda, but that gov needs to make a bigger deal out of it so it gets needed recognition. Love her idea that PM should be announcing policy at a community pub!
September 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
On new pride in place programme, @anooshc.bsky.social says locally-driven renewal could be the much-needed narrative for govt’s wider policy agenda, but that gov needs to make a bigger deal out of it so it gets needed recognition. Love her idea that PM should be announcing policy at a community pub!
She said she wants to see more civil servants based around the country and getting out to see - and be inspired by - the good practice taking place in communities.
September 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
She said she wants to see more civil servants based around the country and getting out to see - and be inspired by - the good practice taking place in communities.
Reposted by Jess Craig
@kirstymcneill.bsky.social - bangs the drum for Pride in Place announcements, arguing that they are a radical new form of statecraft.
And sets out a really clear view of how difficult working relationally is, but also how rewarding and meaningful it is.
And sets out a really clear view of how difficult working relationally is, but also how rewarding and meaningful it is.
September 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
@kirstymcneill.bsky.social - bangs the drum for Pride in Place announcements, arguing that they are a radical new form of statecraft.
And sets out a really clear view of how difficult working relationally is, but also how rewarding and meaningful it is.
And sets out a really clear view of how difficult working relationally is, but also how rewarding and meaningful it is.
Reposted by Jess Craig
Packed room for our first conference event with @joshsimonsmp.bsky.social, @kirstymcneill.bsky.social, @morganj0nes.bsky.social, Andy Jackson @right-here.org and Frances Foley @compassoffice.bsky.social - discussing communitarianism (Beyond Blue Labour)
September 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Packed room for our first conference event with @joshsimonsmp.bsky.social, @kirstymcneill.bsky.social, @morganj0nes.bsky.social, Andy Jackson @right-here.org and Frances Foley @compassoffice.bsky.social - discussing communitarianism (Beyond Blue Labour)
Craig from @futureyard.org shared that from their community engagement he knows local people overwhelmingly trust Future Yard to deliver the change they want to see in their neighbourhood - mirrored at a national level in recent @moreincommonuk.bsky.social polling for our new report: buff.ly/MIQNu9O
Returning power to the people: What community empowerment can do for the public and for politics - Power to Change
At a time when the government faces enormous pressure to mount a response to the sense of discontent and decline that the public is feeling, giving communit ...
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September 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Craig from @futureyard.org shared that from their community engagement he knows local people overwhelmingly trust Future Yard to deliver the change they want to see in their neighbourhood - mirrored at a national level in recent @moreincommonuk.bsky.social polling for our new report: buff.ly/MIQNu9O
Lots of appetite among those around the table for new community-powered policies and pride in place funding - of which Birkenhead Central, where we met, is due to receive investment. But there’s a clear message to central and local government to let communities take the lead in local renewal.
September 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Lots of appetite among those around the table for new community-powered policies and pride in place funding - of which Birkenhead Central, where we met, is due to receive investment. But there’s a clear message to central and local government to let communities take the lead in local renewal.
I’d hope these can help communities receiving investment build entrepreneurial organisations that can own assets and trade to build sustainability/longevity beyond the period of investment - a key lesson from previous neighbourhood regen programmes as I set out here:
www.themj.co.uk/sustainable-...
www.themj.co.uk/sustainable-...
Sustainable regeneration: Looking back and moving forward
This week, the Government announced its Plan for Neighbourhoods, a £1.5 billion, decade-long neighbourhood regeneration programme for 75 communities in the UK. The...
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September 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I’d hope these can help communities receiving investment build entrepreneurial organisations that can own assets and trade to build sustainability/longevity beyond the period of investment - a key lesson from previous neighbourhood regen programmes as I set out here:
www.themj.co.uk/sustainable-...
www.themj.co.uk/sustainable-...
- Plans for a ‘Network for Neighbourhoods’ to facilitate connection and peer learning between communities
- Delivery of a new cooperative development unit…
- Delivery of a new cooperative development unit…
September 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
- Plans for a ‘Network for Neighbourhoods’ to facilitate connection and peer learning between communities
- Delivery of a new cooperative development unit…
- Delivery of a new cooperative development unit…
A couple of interesting things in the strategy:
Some long awaited detail on the Community Wealth Fund. I haven’t read the government’s response in detail yet but looks like this will be £1-2.5m pots over ten years for social capital + social infrastructure development
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Some long awaited detail on the Community Wealth Fund. I haven’t read the government’s response in detail yet but looks like this will be £1-2.5m pots over ten years for social capital + social infrastructure development
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Government response to the technical consultation on the design of a Community Wealth Fund in England
www.gov.uk
September 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
A couple of interesting things in the strategy:
Some long awaited detail on the Community Wealth Fund. I haven’t read the government’s response in detail yet but looks like this will be £1-2.5m pots over ten years for social capital + social infrastructure development
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Some long awaited detail on the Community Wealth Fund. I haven’t read the government’s response in detail yet but looks like this will be £1-2.5m pots over ten years for social capital + social infrastructure development
www.gov.uk/government/c...