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Our new film argues that community power is the antidote to division and democratic decline.
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
📣 Latest update: the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill has completed its passage through the House of Commons this week. Where are we now?
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@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social #devolution #communitypower
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November 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📣 Latest update: the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill has completed its passage through the House of Commons this week. Where are we now?
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@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social #devolution #communitypower
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@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social #devolution #communitypower
New series ‘The Greater Manchester Live Well Podcast’ explores growing community action, power, and wealth. 🎧
In episode 2, our community champion Leah Chikamba explains what her organisation does to help women feel safe & empowered in Gorton, Manchester. #GMLiveWell
In episode 2, our community champion Leah Chikamba explains what her organisation does to help women feel safe & empowered in Gorton, Manchester. #GMLiveWell
Greater Manchester Live Well Podcast: Places that care: Communities taking action and leading everyday local support, together
Explore what happens when communities take action and lead everyday local support.Community action is the heartbeat of our neighbourhoods — where peer support groups, taxi drivers, barbers, neigh...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
New series ‘The Greater Manchester Live Well Podcast’ explores growing community action, power, and wealth. 🎧
In episode 2, our community champion Leah Chikamba explains what her organisation does to help women feel safe & empowered in Gorton, Manchester. #GMLiveWell
In episode 2, our community champion Leah Chikamba explains what her organisation does to help women feel safe & empowered in Gorton, Manchester. #GMLiveWell
Read our take on the government’s #PrideInPlace programme & what it would take for the initiative to deliver true #CommunityPower.
It has huge potential to create lasting change, but only if the government fully commits to putting communities in the driving seat.
It has huge potential to create lasting change, but only if the government fully commits to putting communities in the driving seat.
Putting communities at the heart of the Pride in Place programme - We're Right Here
We're Right Here's analysis of the Pride in Place programme and what needs to change for it to succeed.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Read our take on the government’s #PrideInPlace programme & what it would take for the initiative to deliver true #CommunityPower.
It has huge potential to create lasting change, but only if the government fully commits to putting communities in the driving seat.
It has huge potential to create lasting change, but only if the government fully commits to putting communities in the driving seat.
Congratulations to Shropshire Council for winning Locality’s ‘Keep it Local’ award for their Community Covenant pilot in Market Drayton, spearheaded by our campaign leader Charlotte Hollins.🏆
Read our Q&A with the pilot’s participants:
Read our Q&A with the pilot’s participants:
Community Covenants: Redefining local power in Market Drayton - We're Right Here
A new form of neighbourhood governance is taking root in Market Drayton. Community Covenants give local people an equal voice in decision-making.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Congratulations to Shropshire Council for winning Locality’s ‘Keep it Local’ award for their Community Covenant pilot in Market Drayton, spearheaded by our campaign leader Charlotte Hollins.🏆
Read our Q&A with the pilot’s participants:
Read our Q&A with the pilot’s participants:
We had many deep and constructive conversations at the @coopparty.party.coop conference about the need to give real power to neighbourhoods across the UK.
Andy Jackson, our campaign convener, reflected on how community power was at the heart of the conference. 🎥
Andy Jackson, our campaign convener, reflected on how community power was at the heart of the conference. 🎥
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We had many deep and constructive conversations at the @coopparty.party.coop conference about the need to give real power to neighbourhoods across the UK.
Andy Jackson, our campaign convener, reflected on how community power was at the heart of the conference. 🎥
Andy Jackson, our campaign convener, reflected on how community power was at the heart of the conference. 🎥
What’s your community dream? Last week, we took the Museum of Broken Dreams to #Locality25 and asked participants to share a vision for their community.
Takeisha from New York wrote, “I would like to see more camaraderie in our neighbourhoods – more kindness in our community and more unity.”
Takeisha from New York wrote, “I would like to see more camaraderie in our neighbourhoods – more kindness in our community and more unity.”
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
What’s your community dream? Last week, we took the Museum of Broken Dreams to #Locality25 and asked participants to share a vision for their community.
Takeisha from New York wrote, “I would like to see more camaraderie in our neighbourhoods – more kindness in our community and more unity.”
Takeisha from New York wrote, “I would like to see more camaraderie in our neighbourhoods – more kindness in our community and more unity.”
We had a blast talking about community power at @locality.org.uk Convention last week in Anfield, Liverpool. Watch our campaign leader Deana Bamford give her highlights.
Thanks to everyone who dropped by our stall for a chat!
#Locality25 #communitypower
Thanks to everyone who dropped by our stall for a chat!
#Locality25 #communitypower
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We had a blast talking about community power at @locality.org.uk Convention last week in Anfield, Liverpool. Watch our campaign leader Deana Bamford give her highlights.
Thanks to everyone who dropped by our stall for a chat!
#Locality25 #communitypower
Thanks to everyone who dropped by our stall for a chat!
#Locality25 #communitypower
Britain’s social clubs were once the beating heart of civic life but in just 50 years, half have closed their doors.
The 21st Century Social Clubs crowdfunding campaign aims to protect and revitalise the 2,000 remaining member-led spaces.
👉 If you can, donate here
The 21st Century Social Clubs crowdfunding campaign aims to protect and revitalise the 2,000 remaining member-led spaces.
👉 If you can, donate here
21st Century Social Clubs
We are rebuilding Britain’s social club movement for a new generation. Support us and be part of it!
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November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Britain’s social clubs were once the beating heart of civic life but in just 50 years, half have closed their doors.
The 21st Century Social Clubs crowdfunding campaign aims to protect and revitalise the 2,000 remaining member-led spaces.
👉 If you can, donate here
The 21st Century Social Clubs crowdfunding campaign aims to protect and revitalise the 2,000 remaining member-led spaces.
👉 If you can, donate here
On Tuesday, our community champion Leah Chikamba-Mulando reminded the audience at the Greater Manchester Participation Playbook launch that “Community power isn’t just a project, it’s a movement.”
See the playbook: www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/what-we-do/l... @greatermcr.bsky.social #GMLiveWell
See the playbook: www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/what-we-do/l... @greatermcr.bsky.social #GMLiveWell
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
On Tuesday, our community champion Leah Chikamba-Mulando reminded the audience at the Greater Manchester Participation Playbook launch that “Community power isn’t just a project, it’s a movement.”
See the playbook: www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/what-we-do/l... @greatermcr.bsky.social #GMLiveWell
See the playbook: www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/what-we-do/l... @greatermcr.bsky.social #GMLiveWell
Ramsgate’s last youth centre runs services that save thousands of £s for its local council, yet it's threatened with closure.
Stories like this are precisely why we’re calling for new rights & powers for communities. Story by @lisabachelor.bsky.social.
Stories like this are precisely why we’re calling for new rights & powers for communities. Story by @lisabachelor.bsky.social.
Last youth centre in one of England’s most deprived coastal areas faces closure
Pie Factory Music in Ramsgate, Kent, runs creative projects and provides a range of support services, but the building that houses the centre is due to be sold off in February
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November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ramsgate’s last youth centre runs services that save thousands of £s for its local council, yet it's threatened with closure.
Stories like this are precisely why we’re calling for new rights & powers for communities. Story by @lisabachelor.bsky.social.
Stories like this are precisely why we’re calling for new rights & powers for communities. Story by @lisabachelor.bsky.social.
Speaking in Parliament last week, Minister @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social said she sees new neighbourhood governance structures as an opportunity to push power & resources to community leaders.
Read our blog on community-powered neighbourhood governance: www.right-here.org/one-step-clo...
Read our blog on community-powered neighbourhood governance: www.right-here.org/one-step-clo...
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Speaking in Parliament last week, Minister @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social said she sees new neighbourhood governance structures as an opportunity to push power & resources to community leaders.
Read our blog on community-powered neighbourhood governance: www.right-here.org/one-step-clo...
Read our blog on community-powered neighbourhood governance: www.right-here.org/one-step-clo...
Read the story behind our new film, told by our campaign convener Andy Jackson.
👉 www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
#CommunityPoweredPolitics #devolution
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Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
#CommunityPoweredPolitics #devolution
October 29, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Read the story behind our new film, told by our campaign convener Andy Jackson.
👉 www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
#CommunityPoweredPolitics #devolution
👉 www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
#CommunityPoweredPolitics #devolution
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🏡 Stewarding land & buildings with neighbours in Heeley
✨ Filling a historic hall in Stretford with life & purpose
⚒️ Supporting people to build their own homes in Chapeltown
🎨 Creating community assets in Coalville
The community champions of @right-here.org have a clear message:
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✨ Filling a historic hall in Stretford with life & purpose
⚒️ Supporting people to build their own homes in Chapeltown
🎨 Creating community assets in Coalville
The community champions of @right-here.org have a clear message:
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We're Right Here – Campaign Film
This film carries an urgent message: community power is the antidote to division and democratic decline. When people have real control over what happens in their…
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October 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🏡 Stewarding land & buildings with neighbours in Heeley
✨ Filling a historic hall in Stretford with life & purpose
⚒️ Supporting people to build their own homes in Chapeltown
🎨 Creating community assets in Coalville
The community champions of @right-here.org have a clear message:
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✨ Filling a historic hall in Stretford with life & purpose
⚒️ Supporting people to build their own homes in Chapeltown
🎨 Creating community assets in Coalville
The community champions of @right-here.org have a clear message:
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Public services are crumbling in the UK.
Community organisations, like Andy's in Sheffield, hold both the knowledge & trust of local people, both of which are key to fixing our failing public services.
This country needs a new Community Right to Shape Public Services.
📽️ Watch the video
Community organisations, like Andy's in Sheffield, hold both the knowledge & trust of local people, both of which are key to fixing our failing public services.
This country needs a new Community Right to Shape Public Services.
📽️ Watch the video
October 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Public services are crumbling in the UK.
Community organisations, like Andy's in Sheffield, hold both the knowledge & trust of local people, both of which are key to fixing our failing public services.
This country needs a new Community Right to Shape Public Services.
📽️ Watch the video
Community organisations, like Andy's in Sheffield, hold both the knowledge & trust of local people, both of which are key to fixing our failing public services.
This country needs a new Community Right to Shape Public Services.
📽️ Watch the video
Our new film argues that community power is the antidote to division and democratic decline.
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Our new film argues that community power is the antidote to division and democratic decline.
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
Giving communities more local control is a popular & effective solution.
New polling by @powertochange.org.uk finds that 8 out of 10 Britons think it’s important that the government gives local people more control over what happens in their local area.
New polling by @powertochange.org.uk finds that 8 out of 10 Britons think it’s important that the government gives local people more control over what happens in their local area.
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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October 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Giving communities more local control is a popular & effective solution.
New polling by @powertochange.org.uk finds that 8 out of 10 Britons think it’s important that the government gives local people more control over what happens in their local area.
New polling by @powertochange.org.uk finds that 8 out of 10 Britons think it’s important that the government gives local people more control over what happens in their local area.
What happens when politics puts relationships & building trust at its heart?
In our new essay collection, our campaign leader Charlotte Hollins shares her experience running a pilot that challenges the top-down culture of local politics, putting #CommunityPower first.
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
In our new essay collection, our campaign leader Charlotte Hollins shares her experience running a pilot that challenges the top-down culture of local politics, putting #CommunityPower first.
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
October 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
What happens when politics puts relationships & building trust at its heart?
In our new essay collection, our campaign leader Charlotte Hollins shares her experience running a pilot that challenges the top-down culture of local politics, putting #CommunityPower first.
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
In our new essay collection, our campaign leader Charlotte Hollins shares her experience running a pilot that challenges the top-down culture of local politics, putting #CommunityPower first.
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
Writing in our new essay collection, @ewallis.bsky.social argues that:
“Trust in government is at an all-time low. However, there are plenty of green shoots to be found when we view politics through a different lens, from the bottom up rather than the top down.”
📖 www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
“Trust in government is at an all-time low. However, there are plenty of green shoots to be found when we view politics through a different lens, from the bottom up rather than the top down.”
📖 www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
October 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Writing in our new essay collection, @ewallis.bsky.social argues that:
“Trust in government is at an all-time low. However, there are plenty of green shoots to be found when we view politics through a different lens, from the bottom up rather than the top down.”
📖 www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
“Trust in government is at an all-time low. However, there are plenty of green shoots to be found when we view politics through a different lens, from the bottom up rather than the top down.”
📖 www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
Join us at Locality Convention ’25!
We’re hitting the road again with our Museum of Broken Dreams: this time, we’re heading to @locality.org.uk Convention in Liverpool.
🗓️ 12–13 November
🎟️ Book a ticket to one of the biggest community sector events of the year: locality.org.uk/events/local...
We’re hitting the road again with our Museum of Broken Dreams: this time, we’re heading to @locality.org.uk Convention in Liverpool.
🗓️ 12–13 November
🎟️ Book a ticket to one of the biggest community sector events of the year: locality.org.uk/events/local...
October 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Join us at Locality Convention ’25!
We’re hitting the road again with our Museum of Broken Dreams: this time, we’re heading to @locality.org.uk Convention in Liverpool.
🗓️ 12–13 November
🎟️ Book a ticket to one of the biggest community sector events of the year: locality.org.uk/events/local...
We’re hitting the road again with our Museum of Broken Dreams: this time, we’re heading to @locality.org.uk Convention in Liverpool.
🗓️ 12–13 November
🎟️ Book a ticket to one of the biggest community sector events of the year: locality.org.uk/events/local...
Too often, community power is held back by outdated ideas and assumptions.
In our new essay collection, Caitlin Prowle, @coopparty.party.coop, argues that we must disrupt "the statist mindset that too often sees community concerns as less important."
Read her essay: www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
In our new essay collection, Caitlin Prowle, @coopparty.party.coop, argues that we must disrupt "the statist mindset that too often sees community concerns as less important."
Read her essay: www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
October 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Too often, community power is held back by outdated ideas and assumptions.
In our new essay collection, Caitlin Prowle, @coopparty.party.coop, argues that we must disrupt "the statist mindset that too often sees community concerns as less important."
Read her essay: www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
In our new essay collection, Caitlin Prowle, @coopparty.party.coop, argues that we must disrupt "the statist mindset that too often sees community concerns as less important."
Read her essay: www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
Our new essay collection explores Labour’s relationship to the politics of community.
In her essay, MP @kirstymcneill.bsky.social writes:
“long-term, relational, power-building work should be our guide as we navigate the 2nd year of this still-young Labour government.”
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In her essay, MP @kirstymcneill.bsky.social writes:
“long-term, relational, power-building work should be our guide as we navigate the 2nd year of this still-young Labour government.”
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October 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Our new essay collection explores Labour’s relationship to the politics of community.
In her essay, MP @kirstymcneill.bsky.social writes:
“long-term, relational, power-building work should be our guide as we navigate the 2nd year of this still-young Labour government.”
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In her essay, MP @kirstymcneill.bsky.social writes:
“long-term, relational, power-building work should be our guide as we navigate the 2nd year of this still-young Labour government.”
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We’ve brought the Museum of Broken Dreams to the #LabourConference to tell the government that communities want the power to make change happen in their neighbourhoods.
Our Director gives a rundown of what we tried to achieve this week and why we need your help.
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Our Director gives a rundown of what we tried to achieve this week and why we need your help.
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September 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We’ve brought the Museum of Broken Dreams to the #LabourConference to tell the government that communities want the power to make change happen in their neighbourhoods.
Our Director gives a rundown of what we tried to achieve this week and why we need your help.
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Our Director gives a rundown of what we tried to achieve this week and why we need your help.
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We're really pleased to be a part of an important new initiative: A Nation of Neighbours.
As @pollycurtis.bsky.social and @mds49.bsky.social write, "We need to flip the script. Enable the communities that are already leading to shape the national agenda — not the other way around."
As @pollycurtis.bsky.social and @mds49.bsky.social write, "We need to flip the script. Enable the communities that are already leading to shape the national agenda — not the other way around."
🧵A Nation of Neighbours | New coalition of the willing 🤝
Across Britain, communities are quietly leading change – from food banks to youth centres, from local enterprises to new models of care. This energy and creativity is powering a story of national renewal rooted in neighbourhoods.
Across Britain, communities are quietly leading change – from food banks to youth centres, from local enterprises to new models of care. This energy and creativity is powering a story of national renewal rooted in neighbourhoods.
September 30, 2025 at 7:14 AM
We're really pleased to be a part of an important new initiative: A Nation of Neighbours.
As @pollycurtis.bsky.social and @mds49.bsky.social write, "We need to flip the script. Enable the communities that are already leading to shape the national agenda — not the other way around."
As @pollycurtis.bsky.social and @mds49.bsky.social write, "We need to flip the script. Enable the communities that are already leading to shape the national agenda — not the other way around."
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Today, Charlotte Hollins from Fordhall Farm in Shropshire spoke to the Minister for Care, Stephen Kinnock, about their community covenant in Market Drayton. Here, community members have come together with local organisations & Shropshire Council to design a Family Hub for their neighbourhood.
September 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Today, Charlotte Hollins from Fordhall Farm in Shropshire spoke to the Minister for Care, Stephen Kinnock, about their community covenant in Market Drayton. Here, community members have come together with local organisations & Shropshire Council to design a Family Hub for their neighbourhood.
We’re thrilled to launch a new essay collection with @uclpolicylab.bsky.social & @powertochange.org.uk, that calls on Labour to re-embrace communitarianism: politics with communities at its heart.
Read the full collection of thought-provoking essays: www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
Read the full collection of thought-provoking essays: www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
September 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
We’re thrilled to launch a new essay collection with @uclpolicylab.bsky.social & @powertochange.org.uk, that calls on Labour to re-embrace communitarianism: politics with communities at its heart.
Read the full collection of thought-provoking essays: www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
Read the full collection of thought-provoking essays: www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...