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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.
Turning pain into power, Campaign Bootcamp 2014
Ruth Muigai, a campaigns intern, interviewed Raga Gibreel, a Sudanese refugee, to find out how she had benefitted from Campaign…
All change in suburbia? What's behind the decline in suburban well-being?
Paul Hunter, Head of Research at the Smith Institute, blogs about the Institute’s research on economic and social downturn in…
Why don’t we know how many migrants are entering and leaving the UK?
Independent fact-checking organisation Full Fact blog about whether the idea of counting migrants in and counting them out is workable…
Judicial review stopped the prison book ban but it could soon be lost forever
Laura Janes, acting legal director at the Howard League for Penal Reform, wrote this blog about judicial review and the prison book…
Keeping business out of politics
Deborah Hargreaves, Director of the High Pay Centre, blogs about how big business impacts on politics. “We should keep…
What can banking transparency tell us about financial exclusion?
Jennifer Tankard blogs about the Community Investment Coalition’s new report on what bank lending data tells us about financially excluded…
Is localising prosperity the key to social change?
Karen Leach of Localise West Midlands blogs about progress so far on establishing local economic models in the region …
Learning lessons from the US Dreamers movement
Zrinka Bralo, Executive Director of Migrant Forum, blogs about the lessons the UK can learn from the US Dreamers movement…
The preferred bidders for TR have been announced – what does that mean for the voluntary sector?
Nathan Dick, Head of Policy and Communication at Clinks, asks how the third sector will be affected by the fact…
Welcome to Living Wage Week
Sara Llewellin welcomes Living Wage Week as an opportunity to promote Living Wage’s potential for tackling in-work poverty This…
Learning social investment lessons from The Foundry
Debbie Pippard reflects on the lessons learnt from The Foundry initiative What did we learn from our experience developing The…
Bringing social value back to the table
Alun Severn is the co-ordinator of the Birmingham and Solihull Social and Economic Community Council with a background in social…
‘It is hellish, I have no life’ – single parents’ struggle to work and support their family
Sumi Rabindrakumar, Gingerbread's research officer, says that the upturn in employment may be good news for some, but few single parents are reaping the…
Impact scrutineers: the role of trustees in charity campaigning
Barrow Cadbury Trust's Chief Executive, Sara Llewellin, spoke at a recent event organised by New Philanthropy Capital on campaigning for…
Our goal for victims of modern slavery should be outright prevention not just ‘first aid’
Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) will be co-sponsoring a briefing session in the House of Lords this Wednesday, 16 July,…