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Ged Devlin retweeted
Peter Alexander Jobson in session with Riley & Coe Tomorrow Wed 20.11.24 from 9pm x Get Some x Love Pete xx
Links to my music: peteralexanderjobson.co.uk/
Ged Devlin retweeted
'Halifax isn’t necessarily the most affluent area, and on paper this should just not work. But that’s why economists don’t organise live music events.' Could have been a car park. Thankfully it isn't @ThePieceHall. theguardian.com/uk-news/arti…
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Guardian reporting that Captain Tom's daughter has been banned from being a charity trustee.
Good moment to re-up this 3.5 years ago. It was trade press, as so often, which ignored the fawning and saw the failures.
civilsociety.co.uk/news/capt…
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NEW: Big Society Capital says rebrand as Better Society Capital will create future opportunities and enable it to more easily approach potential new partners who don’t have prior knowledge of its history
Read more 👇
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"We could also look at models of community ownership and cooperative practices that could shore up the foundational layer of smaller venues, much like those football models from abroad." Great piece by @gillespeterson on how to save clubs theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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New: The focus has been on Birmingham, but councils across the county are drawing up fire sale lists in an attempt to balance the books.
Around ten are in talks with govt in about staving off bankruptcy
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Local news in the UK is in deep trouble. But this band of radicals could change everything | Jonathan Heawood buff.ly/3SVmsMx >> good to see #socent Social Spider @davidsocialsp hightlighted in this article
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This Thursday. 6 pm start. Playlist sorted and blank beer mats to deface /doodle upon. Come on down. Limited copies available @kegcaskbottle
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One big financial winner from the autumn statement -- the king! Hurray. And there I was worrying about fiscal drag. From Politico earlier:
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🚨 Chancellor: £100m to help charities after lobbying by civil society minister. Huge
Ged Devlin retweeted
It's Europe's most successful new neighbourhood. So why is there so much tension?
New Islington has great sourdough and thousands of happy residents - but some people from the 'real Ancoats' feel like they are being looked down on. By @joshi.
manchestermill.co.uk/p/new-i…
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Reading this, you'd think no-one in the social sector had ever run (or tried) an accelerator before....I genuinely wish them every success - but the imported Silicon Valley hype-lingo makes me cringe.
#socent s should apply, mind - £150k on offer.
Ged Devlin retweeted
i never thought i would find a spreadsheet funny, but the FTX balance sheet leaked by the @FT is incredible
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Remarkable statistics released today showing British citizens living in the Republic at 118,200, which make a greater number proportionally than the Irish in Britain.
rte.ie/news/2022/1102/133282…
Ged Devlin retweeted
Great way to give to #London’s grassroots community organisations and the people they exist to support them through the #CostOfLivingCrisis
#TogetherforLondon is a fund set up by @London_cf
Please give if you can
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"If this helps one family or one person in need, it has done what it needs to" 👐
#DonateTheRebate to our #TogetherForLondon appeal to support the Londoners who need it most: giving.londoncf.org.uk/cf/to…
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Ged Devlin retweeted
Lee Rowley has been appointed the new housing minister - the 13th person to take on the role since 2010 - there have been 4 housing ministers in 2022 alone
And finally, delayed in deference to the mourning period, it’s excellent @Lee4NED is the new Housing Minister @luhc. Lee is a huge intellect, a great friend and is keenly committed to building the homes we need.
Ged Devlin retweeted
CLOSING 7th September:💥Lead Relationship Manager at @KeyFund
Do you have experience of funding of property/real estate/asset acquisition or managing sizeable capital grants and managing a team of funding managers?
👇APPLY NOW: careers4change.com/jobs/lead…
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🧵 With Covid, I think we over-estimated the impact on charities in the short-term and under-estimated impact in the long term.
With the energy crisis, I'm worried that we're under-estimating the impact in the short term.
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