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The campaign for community power. Driving forward landmark legislation that will give everyone the right to shape the place they live. https://www.right-here.org/
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📣 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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November 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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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. 🎥
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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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.”
Hanna and Ellen from Sheffield hold up a postcard where they've written down their community dream. Takeisha from New York holds up her community dream postcard. Colleen from North West poses with her community dream postcard. Jennifer from New York shows us her community dream postcard.
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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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
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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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
Leah Chikamba-Mulando poses at the Greater Manchester's Participation Playbook launch.
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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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...
“We all have our community leaders – they are the ones who are driving change...They are the ones in the estates. They are the ones talking to residents... We will create the basis for power and resources to go to them, so that they can drive the change that we want to see.” Portrait of MP Miatta Fahnbulleh Parliamentary Under-Secretary
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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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
October 29, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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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
October 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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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
October 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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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...
Bright yellow essay collection cover. Britain Renewed: Labour and the Communitarian Tradition
October 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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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...
October 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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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...
Locality Convention 2025 – Liverpool 12–13 November. Last chance to book. Photos of Locality staff members and conference participants.
October 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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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...
Bright yellow essay collection cover. Britain Renewed: Labour and the Communitarian Tradition
October 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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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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Bright yellow essay collection front cover. "Britain Renewed: Labour and the Communitarian Tradition"
October 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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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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September 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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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...
Yellow graphic with the title: Britain Renewed: Labour and the Communitarian Tradition.
September 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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We’re taking the Museum of Broken Dreams to the #LabourConference next week.

🗓️ 29/9 at Revolución de Cuba, open to all.

Our community leaders will attend the conference to call for #CommunityPoweredPolitics – thanks to @powertochange.org.uk

☕ Get in touch for a chat: Email: [email protected]
Bright pink graphic with a symbol of a broken heart. The title says "Museum of Broken Dreams at Labour Conference, Monday 29 September, Revolucion de Cuba, Liverpool"
September 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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A dream fulfilled: In the 1980s, private developers were itching to monopolise London’s South Bank. Locals fought back & won a radically different future.

@coinstreet.bsky.social is a rare success story, led by locals who defied the odds - featured in our Museum of Broken Dreams. arcg.is/0K9SvG1
Bright yellow banner with images of people socialising in Coin Street's community-led centres. The title says: "Regeneration led by local people."
September 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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💔 Hartlepool’s broken dream: a one-stop shop for community business, education & wellbeing.

When a local enterprise centre went up for sale, Wharton Trust whipped up plans to make it community-led. But without the council’s backing, their dream remains in limbo.

Read their story: arcg.is/0K9SvG1
A mint green graphic with a smashed hourglass. The title says: "A wellbeing campus in limbo."
September 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Parliament invited our campaign leader to provide his perspective on the English #Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill.

With 4 in 5 UK adults feeling powerless over decisions that affect their areas, the Bill could turn the tide on mass discontent. But only if it delivers communtiy power.
September 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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💔 Gipton’s broken dream: a joyful, shared community garden to grow food and host events.

A community came incredibly close to growing their dream garden. Then the bad news hit. Poor communication between council departments had shut down their project.

Full story: arcg.is/0K9SvG1
A cracked terracotta plant pot lies on the floor with soil pouring onto the ground. One sapling valiantly grows from the overturned pot. The title says: "The garden that never grew."
September 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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💔 Chapeltown’s broken dream: Working-class communities building homes while learning a trade.

BBC Radio Leeds interviewed the Founder of Frontline Self-Build, Claude Hendrickson, whose project features in our Museum of Broken Dreams.

Visit the online exhibition: arcg.is/0K9SvG1
September 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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We spoke with MPs about strengthening the English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill so it shifts real power to communities.

Thanks to @joplatt.bsky.social @johnmilnehorsham.bsky.social @patrickhurley.bsky.social @rozsavage.bsky.social @sadikal-hassanmp.bsky.social for backing community power!
Andy Jackson poses with Sadik Al Hassan MP, who hangs his community dream postcard on the We're Right Here display. Andy Jackson poses with Jo Platt MP in front of the We're Right Here banner. Patrick Hurley MP poses with Andy Jackson in front of the We're Right Here banner. Roz Savage MP poses with Charlotte Hollins in front of the We're Right Here banner.
September 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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💔 Woking’s broken dream: A safe space for the community to come together to enjoy art & music.

For 10 years, Phoenix Cultural Centre burned bright in Woking, but after a long battle to find a home, its doors will close this winter.

Visit the Museum of Broken Dreams: arcg.is/0K9SvG1
Bright pink graphic with illustrated black matches burning out. Overlaid text on top says: "A centre that burned bright and brief."
September 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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What a week! MPs from across the UK visited our Museum of Broken Dreams in Parliament, seeing for themselves why more #CommunityPower is vital for their constituents.

Thanks to all of you for inviting your MPs. And thanks to Roz Savage MP for hosting.

Enter the online exhibition: arcg.is/0K9SvG1
Claude Hendrickson, Roz Savage MP, and Hannah Sloggett pose in front of the banners of the Museum of Broken Dreams in Parliament. Carly, Founder of Two Fifty & Four, stands in front of the banner, which tells the story of her skatepark's broken dream. Visitors of the Museum of Broken Dreams in the grand Upper Waiting Hall in the Houses of Parliament. Elaine, who is the storyteller of the Pheonix Cultural Centre, speaks with a visitor during the opening ceremony of the Museum of Broken Dreams. Elaine stands in front of a banner that tells her community hub's story.
September 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM