I help organisations to involve — & unleash the potential of — people from beyond their usual demographic // Writer on #SocialMobility (e.g. see pinned tweet).
Tottenham via S.Elmsall & Hull
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This is out a month today, from the brilliant @Duncan_Exley and I swear to god it's the best thing I've ever read on social mobility, class, WP etc etc. Order it now. You absolutely will not regret it. policy.bristoluniversitypres…
“Which arguments will entice people who aren’t our organisation’s usual demographic?”
(is probably the wrong question! BUT a ‘widening participation’ approach can win support that making-the-case can’t)
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Would only benefit the wealthiest 5% (with the costs of it met by the rest of us) and further entrench inherited inequality.
Absolutely toxic to social mobility
bbc.co.uk/news/live/ckd6dqew…
#CPC26
“Nobody will ever pay inheritance tax on their family home,” promises Kemi Badenoch
On top of that, couples will be able to leave an additional £1m tax free and there will also be no stamp duty when homes are bought, she adds
Follow live: bbc.in/4ATwqSu
"This week saw crowds in Trafalgar Square with a vision of a country divided *BUT* also a more hopeful, & accurate, vision of a friendly, neighbourly Britain in which 2/3 of us say our local community is peaceful and friendly..."
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#MillionActsOfHope
Beyond the ‘broken Britain’ internet propaganda of those who want to turn us against each other, out in the real Britain, we’re a neighbourly lot.
#UniteTheKingdom #AMillionActsOfHope #MillionActsOfHope
Across the UK, countless acts of kindness and care happen every day - but so often they go unseen.
A Million Acts of Hope is about shining a light on those moments and celebrating the people helping their communities flourish.
Because there is far more that connects us than divides us.
millionactsofhope.org/
How propaganda from foreign countries & assorted grifters is trying to turn us in the UK against each other: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nlbz…
#UniteTheKingdom my arse, it does the opposite.
Populists intend to emasculate progressive organisations, and are winning ordinary Brits to their cause: New data, & how to win people back....
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#Charities #Campaigning
Campaigns & movements *supposedly* succeed when 3.5% of people participate.
BUT the author of the study from which the 3.5% figure comes says 3.5% isn't the cause of success, but a result of the tactics that do make movements successful. These include…
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Staff in nonprofits often feel compelled to prove positive impact - to ourselves & others - by working ourselves to exhaustion, & too caught up in a culture of urgency to notice there might be a simpler & more effective way of making impact
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"tech giants deliberately designed platforms with addictive features that keep young users hooked and damage their well-being"
edition.cnn.com/2026/03/25/m…
Demographic categories organisations rarely monitor (but substantially affect their effectiveness): differing ways we get to feel that we matter...
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#Charities #HR #DEI
Duncan Exley retweeted
'Like a trap you can't escape': The women who regret being mothers bbc.in/4baAm6E
How our pubs are bought up, closed down & sold off by private equity firms (aka Nigel Farage's mates).
Great piece by @leek_lauren #SaveOPurPubs #GortonandDentonByElection #ReformUK
laurenleek.substack.com/p/br…
New data shows big defeats for progressives in ‘battle for hearts & minds’: How can things be turned around?
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#charities #campaigning
Why progressive organisations fail to understand what will engage or alienate ordinary people (even having listened to them).
linkedin.com/pulse/why-progr… #charities #campaigning
"London is...a thriving diverse metropolis...this story does not work for the populist right...London is undeniably a multi-ethnic city & since mass immigration is central to the populist right’s cause, the capital must be seen to be failing...no one should doubt the real agenda"
The plot against London ft.trib.al/uiRejmz
“Britain’s #SocialMobility debate appears to be focused on the wrong problems” But didn’t we know that already?
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“People from less-privileged backgrounds than their colleagues tend to progress less far, less fast, and to be a less-influential voice in their organisations”.
But it doesn’t have to be that way 👇
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If you’re from a less-privileged background than your colleagues, are you destined to progress less far & fast, and for your voice to be less influential?
👇
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Duncan Exley retweeted
How progressives allowed the political right to dominate public (mis)understanding of who experiences poverty &/or claims social security
(& how to fix it)
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#Charities #Poverty #Budget #Budget2026
