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Reflections on the pilot phase: Birmingham’s Economic Justice Action Network
The Birmingham Economic Justice Action Network is moving on from its pilot phase. Anna Garlands from Huddlecraft reflects on how it provides the space for alliance building, learning, developing…
Connect Fund Reflections: Running the Participatory ‘Gathering Ideas Fund’
This is the first blog in a mini-series of blogs sharing the learning from the Connect Fund.
Reflections on the pilot phase: Birmingham’s Economic Justice Action Network
The Birmingham Economic Justice Action Network is moving on from its pilot phase. Anna Garlands from Huddlecraft reflects on how it provides the space for alliance building, learning, developing ideas for change and action.
Connect Fund Reflections: Running the Participatory ‘Gathering Ideas Fund’
This is the first blog in a mini-series of blogs sharing the learning from the Connect Fund.
The gift of funding systems change: sticking with it and learning from others
Ben Cairns, Director of IVAR and Sara Llewellin, Chief Executive of Barrow Cadbury Trust, offer their reflections on systems change work.
Working with the VCSE to deliver better outcomes for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic young people
T2A Chair Leroy Logan MBE reflects on the findings of this briefing paper on the transition from the youth to adult justice system.
Car insurance poverty premium costs people in poverty hundreds of pounds – it’s time for action
Premium finance is the loan and interest that insurance providers charge you if you can’t afford to pay for your car insurance in one go.
Funding success for ‘Diversity and Data Collection’ Project – co-creating a scalable digital dashboard for diversity data collection in the social investment sector
The Diversity Forum have secured funding for the co-creation of a data dashboard to reflect the diversity of the social investment sector.
Government challenged on controversial joint enterprise laws affecting young adults
Helen Mills from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (CCJS) shares her thoughts on how joint enterprise laws disadvantage…
Citizens’ Economic Councils ‘can help rebuild trust in politics’
Can involving the public in economic policy-making help the UK tackle the cost-of-living crisis? An innovative new project sought to…
Building Community Wealth in Birmingham
Conrad Parke from CLES blogs about community wealth building in Birmingham. The Economic Justice Action Network pulls focus on community…
Birmingham changemakers complete year long journey to discover how to to reimagine, rebalance, and transform the economy
“I’m less scared to discuss the economy in Birmingham and the local area.” Fiona “Brilliant facilitation and complex ideas delivered…
Launching the Economic Justice Action Network
Individuals and communities in Birmingham are coalescing around the theme of economic justice and seeking to build a local economy…
The State of Policing
We are very pleased to cross-post this introductory blog by Action for Race Equality's new Head of Policy, Meka Beresford. …
Social Investment By Design. Challenging power with participation in the social investment market
This blog has been cross-posted from the Connect Fund website. The author, Ruby Frankland, is the Connect Fund Manager at the…
What's changed five years after the Lammy Review?
This blog was originally written for T2A (Transition to Adulthood) by Chair, Leroy Logan MBE. He reflects on the lack…
Young adults and parole
This blog, by Rob Allen and Dr Laura Janes, was written for Russell Webster to coincide with the launch of their…
