neilmcrowther
@neilmcrowther.bsky.social
Social change, social care, social life.
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Web Editor: Office of Budget Responsibility
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November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Civil service careers
Web Editor: Office of Budget Responsibility
Salary: name your price.
Web Editor: Office of Budget Responsibility
Salary: name your price.
How can a shift in the way we communicate about adult social care help build understanding & win stronger public support for investment and reform? New from Frameworks UK for @socialcarefuture.bsky.social @adass.bsky.social @tlap.bsky.social @local.gov.uk socialcarefuture.org.uk/noticeboard/...
New research and guidance on moving public mindsets about adult social care - Social Care Future
Read new research and guidance on how to talk about adult social care
socialcarefuture.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
How can a shift in the way we communicate about adult social care help build understanding & win stronger public support for investment and reform? New from Frameworks UK for @socialcarefuture.bsky.social @adass.bsky.social @tlap.bsky.social @local.gov.uk socialcarefuture.org.uk/noticeboard/...
What have the Stone Roses and Manchester’s renaissance to do with public service reform in 2025? makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/t...
The past was yours and the future’s mine. You’re all out of time
If, like me, you’re in your mid-50s and grew up in the North West of England you’re probably feeling more sad than you might of expected about the untimely death of Gary ‘ManiR…
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November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
What have the Stone Roses and Manchester’s renaissance to do with public service reform in 2025? makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/t...
This is so off the rails it's incredible www.youtube.com/watch?v=htQB...
ROSALÍA - Berghain (Official Video) feat. Björk & Yves Tumor
YouTube video by RosaliaVEVO
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is so off the rails it's incredible www.youtube.com/watch?v=htQB...
Oh, this is awful in so many ways www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Ian Brown and Tim Burgess were among those to pay tribute to Mani, whose death was announced by his brother and nephew
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November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Oh, this is awful in so many ways www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Thinking of founding the Human Hibernation Movement. Any joiners?
November 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Thinking of founding the Human Hibernation Movement. Any joiners?
Why we should reconnect our imagination of adult social care and wider support and policy to a broader ambition of human freedom, development and wellbeing.
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/f...
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/f...
From ‘care’ to capabilities
Amartya Sen’s (unfortunately named) ‘capabilities approach’ is a framework for evaluating well-being, development, and social justice based on what people are genuinely able to be…
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Why we should reconnect our imagination of adult social care and wider support and policy to a broader ambition of human freedom, development and wellbeing.
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/f...
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/f...
Jennifer by Faust (1973) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh0y...
Faust - Jennifer
YouTube video by Damien House
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November 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Jennifer by Faust (1973) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh0y...
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This is a great short article about a #SocialCare movement that was “born of frustration but driven by hope”
For fellow movement builders & shakers @socialcarefuture.bsky.social has shared this today - learning and reflections on several years of trying to shift a system to be more human sized and shaped thru growing narrative, people & relational power. Hope helpful socialcarefuture.org.uk/noticeboard/...
Moving beyond a hashtag: how #SocialCareFuture is pushing for real change - Social Care Future
What impact has the #SocialCareFuture movement had? Today we are sharing an independent impact report as the first step in shaping our next steps together.
socialcarefuture.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is a great short article about a #SocialCare movement that was “born of frustration but driven by hope”
For fellow movement builders & shakers @socialcarefuture.bsky.social has shared this today - learning and reflections on several years of trying to shift a system to be more human sized and shaped thru growing narrative, people & relational power. Hope helpful socialcarefuture.org.uk/noticeboard/...
Moving beyond a hashtag: how #SocialCareFuture is pushing for real change - Social Care Future
What impact has the #SocialCareFuture movement had? Today we are sharing an independent impact report as the first step in shaping our next steps together.
socialcarefuture.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
For fellow movement builders & shakers @socialcarefuture.bsky.social has shared this today - learning and reflections on several years of trying to shift a system to be more human sized and shaped thru growing narrative, people & relational power. Hope helpful socialcarefuture.org.uk/noticeboard/...
Reposted by neilmcrowther
Personal note: London has been home for a very, very long time, but as of today, I am also officially a Brit - that is to say, a British citizen. I feel relieved and I feel grateful - but not, perhaps, in the forelock-tugging way GB News/Starmer expect a new immigrant to be.
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Personal note: London has been home for a very, very long time, but as of today, I am also officially a Brit - that is to say, a British citizen. I feel relieved and I feel grateful - but not, perhaps, in the forelock-tugging way GB News/Starmer expect a new immigrant to be.
How can a different narrative help build a more powerful case for long term reform and investment in adult social care?
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Making the case for investment in social care - time to change the story
Public debate about social care funding is often dominated by numbers, gaps, and crisis talk — “billions short,” “system on its knees,” “unaffordable demands.” While factually accurate, these frames d...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
How can a different narrative help build a more powerful case for long term reform and investment in adult social care?
www.linkedin.com/pulse/making...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/making...
Public mindsets are an obstacle to winning support to change and reform adult #socialcare, but new research brings us closer to knowing how we can go about shifting them. Join the
@socialcarefuture.bsky.social
webinar on 8 December to find out more: socialcarefuture.org.uk/wp-content/u...
@socialcarefuture.bsky.social
webinar on 8 December to find out more: socialcarefuture.org.uk/wp-content/u...
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Public mindsets are an obstacle to winning support to change and reform adult #socialcare, but new research brings us closer to knowing how we can go about shifting them. Join the
@socialcarefuture.bsky.social
webinar on 8 December to find out more: socialcarefuture.org.uk/wp-content/u...
@socialcarefuture.bsky.social
webinar on 8 December to find out more: socialcarefuture.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Switched onto Big Special through their appearance on the superb new Sleaford Mods single. Their album is soooo good: open.spotify.com/album/2wHHIE...
NATIONAL AVERAGE.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Switched onto Big Special through their appearance on the superb new Sleaford Mods single. Their album is soooo good: open.spotify.com/album/2wHHIE...
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So did I
Violent crime peaked in 1995 according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales..
November 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
So did I
The Hacienda is always the club mentioned in association with the late 80s Manchester scene but Isadora’s ‘The Hangout’ was the one I loved so what joy to find this online youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Isadora's the Hangout - YouTube
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November 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The Hacienda is always the club mentioned in association with the late 80s Manchester scene but Isadora’s ‘The Hangout’ was the one I loved so what joy to find this online youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Halloween in Bermondsey
October 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Halloween in Bermondsey
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Talking to an official at the Department of Health once about whether people responsible through their behaviour for their health conditions should still get treatment (eg smokers for lung cancer). He said ‘The NHS believes in the right to redemption.’ I feel we could do with more of this now.
October 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Talking to an official at the Department of Health once about whether people responsible through their behaviour for their health conditions should still get treatment (eg smokers for lung cancer). He said ‘The NHS believes in the right to redemption.’ I feel we could do with more of this now.
My memory sometimes fails me, but my instincts are ‘no, I am not this Neil Crowther’
October 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
My memory sometimes fails me, but my instincts are ‘no, I am not this Neil Crowther’
Best band in Britain by a country mile. Sleaford Mods have done it again. Amazing: youtu.be/SyVICFIQlDg?...
Sleaford Mods Ft. Gwendoline Christie & Big Special - The Good Life (Official Video)
YouTube video by Sleaford Mods
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October 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Best band in Britain by a country mile. Sleaford Mods have done it again. Amazing: youtu.be/SyVICFIQlDg?...
Love this. Putting forward a ‘north star’ centred on universal wellbeing has been one of the most valuable things @socialcarefuture.bsky.social has done
What's the purpose of government? I have promised optimism in my writing but this week I'm posing a rather existential question that often gets forgotten. Plus a motto and some nuggets of joy.
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/whats-it-a...
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/whats-it-a...
What’s it all for? (And wouldn’t it be nice if we knew?)
The case for a national strategy and some nuggets of cheerfulness
howtorunacountry.substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Love this. Putting forward a ‘north star’ centred on universal wellbeing has been one of the most valuable things @socialcarefuture.bsky.social has done
Neil Hannon has written some beautiful songs & isn't stopping www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC2e...
October 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Neil Hannon has written some beautiful songs & isn't stopping www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC2e...