Ellie Munro
@elmunro.bsky.social
Researcher. Voluntary and community action - history, policy, theory. @cdjplus.bsky.social board member. Former trade union bureaucrat and policy wonk. Brand: archives, institutions, community action, disability, Godzilla, wool. All snark mine.
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🚨 New on Substack, my post on Clay Cross's famous 1972 Rents Rebellion that resisted the Conservative Government's plans to raise council house rents: 'Clay Cross Council: ‘doing our job – and that’s to help the working class, the cream of the nation’
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/clay-cross...
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/clay-cross...
January 15, 2026 at 8:13 AM
🚨 New on Substack, my post on Clay Cross's famous 1972 Rents Rebellion that resisted the Conservative Government's plans to raise council house rents: 'Clay Cross Council: ‘doing our job – and that’s to help the working class, the cream of the nation’
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/clay-cross...
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/clay-cross...
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Johnson Chun-Sing Cheung writes in our January issue, on refocusing social work education to meet the pressures of contemporary social work, and how antagonistic relationships between stakeholders in the community and the establishment have heralded new social work approaches in Hong Kong #CDJ
Refocusing social work education on community work in Hong Kong: an urgent call
Abstract. A dominant discourse in social work literature and textbooks is that community workers should take a proactive stance to pressure government offi
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January 15, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Johnson Chun-Sing Cheung writes in our January issue, on refocusing social work education to meet the pressures of contemporary social work, and how antagonistic relationships between stakeholders in the community and the establishment have heralded new social work approaches in Hong Kong #CDJ
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Missing from the coverage of redundancies at Edinburgh: this was done in such a haphazard, uncoordinated way, there are now core teams who have gone from 5 people to 1 with no change in workload or pressure and huge loss in knowledge of institutional process. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576321...
Hundreds of staff leave Edinburgh University amid cuts drive
According to the university, 345 of these departures were the result of a targeted voluntary severance (VS) scheme run by the institution in 2025.
www.heraldscotland.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Missing from the coverage of redundancies at Edinburgh: this was done in such a haphazard, uncoordinated way, there are now core teams who have gone from 5 people to 1 with no change in workload or pressure and huge loss in knowledge of institutional process. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576321...
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The World Community Development Conference 2026 is coming to Glasgow next year! Join us from the 30th June - 2nd July 2026, at the James McCune Smith Learning Hub. We're very proud to be sponsoring the event, rooted in the values of justice, participation, and community empowerment buff.ly/MmfThqQ
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Three days of challenge, change and collective action at the University of Glasgow, 30 June - 2 July 2026. Register today
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January 14, 2026 at 4:13 PM
The World Community Development Conference 2026 is coming to Glasgow next year! Join us from the 30th June - 2nd July 2026, at the James McCune Smith Learning Hub. We're very proud to be sponsoring the event, rooted in the values of justice, participation, and community empowerment buff.ly/MmfThqQ
I have to say, for a day with 5 overlapping meetings, that was a very good day.
January 14, 2026 at 4:10 PM
I have to say, for a day with 5 overlapping meetings, that was a very good day.
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A little preview of my forthcoming journal article on council tenants' resistance and resilience today in @scotnational.bsky.social. Massive thanks to @charlielynch.bsky.social for reaching out and giving my work a write-up.
www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
Resistance and resilience: Digging into Edinburgh's history of tenant activism
NEW research has highlighted the resistance and resilience among tenants in council housing in Edinburgh
www.thenational.scot
January 13, 2026 at 11:18 AM
A little preview of my forthcoming journal article on council tenants' resistance and resilience today in @scotnational.bsky.social. Massive thanks to @charlielynch.bsky.social for reaching out and giving my work a write-up.
www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
As I walked past it today and it's got some new paint on its shutters, here's the Sheffield Salvation Army Citadel building, now owned by the Council. As it happens this article about its renovation appeared a year ago today...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#CharityHistory
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#CharityHistory
January 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM
As I walked past it today and it's got some new paint on its shutters, here's the Sheffield Salvation Army Citadel building, now owned by the Council. As it happens this article about its renovation appeared a year ago today...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#CharityHistory
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#CharityHistory
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#Birmingham Brum Book - a 1975 events and socials listing guide to the city featuring dear old King Kong on the front cover who had kept watch over the Manzoni Gardens in 1972. Ref - L 83.3 #LibraryofBham
January 12, 2026 at 8:15 PM
#Birmingham Brum Book - a 1975 events and socials listing guide to the city featuring dear old King Kong on the front cover who had kept watch over the Manzoni Gardens in 1972. Ref - L 83.3 #LibraryofBham
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Fancy a trip around the British Museum with a weird nerd lecturing you about Videogames?!
This Friday I'm running an evening tour... it's the next closest experience to being locked in a lift with me for a couple of hours.
Marketing is my passion...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-videog...
This Friday I'm running an evening tour... it's the next closest experience to being locked in a lift with me for a couple of hours.
Marketing is my passion...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-videog...
The Videogame Tour of The British Museum
This tour of the British Museum by writer and historian Sacha Coward will explore the ancient history behind your favourite videogames!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Fancy a trip around the British Museum with a weird nerd lecturing you about Videogames?!
This Friday I'm running an evening tour... it's the next closest experience to being locked in a lift with me for a couple of hours.
Marketing is my passion...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-videog...
This Friday I'm running an evening tour... it's the next closest experience to being locked in a lift with me for a couple of hours.
Marketing is my passion...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-videog...
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Brilliant new article by @malcolmrussell73.bsky.social on glue-sniffing panics, youth boredom and deindustrialising towns c. 1970s-80s, published in @mbhjournal.bsky.social
This began life as an exceptional MA dissertation at @uclhistory.bsky.social
Congrats Malcolm!
doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...
This began life as an exceptional MA dissertation at @uclhistory.bsky.social
Congrats Malcolm!
doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...
‘All the Kids Wanna Sniff Some Glue’: glue-sniffing, deindustrialization, and moral panic in 1980s Britain
Abstract. This article analyses anxieties surrounding glue-sniffing in 1980s Britain and their entanglement with the era’s accelerated deindustrialization.
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January 12, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Brilliant new article by @malcolmrussell73.bsky.social on glue-sniffing panics, youth boredom and deindustrialising towns c. 1970s-80s, published in @mbhjournal.bsky.social
This began life as an exceptional MA dissertation at @uclhistory.bsky.social
Congrats Malcolm!
doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...
This began life as an exceptional MA dissertation at @uclhistory.bsky.social
Congrats Malcolm!
doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...
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Roland Barthes on the desire to ‘take a rest from language’:
January 13, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Roland Barthes on the desire to ‘take a rest from language’:
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The 13th January 1691 marks the death of George Fox, the English founder of the religious group the Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers. It was just two years earlier that after years of persecution, with their members often being fined or imprisoned, the government
January 13, 2026 at 7:17 AM
The 13th January 1691 marks the death of George Fox, the English founder of the religious group the Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers. It was just two years earlier that after years of persecution, with their members often being fined or imprisoned, the government
The York Dispensary was founded in 1788 in a single room at the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall, offering free medical care to the poor and home visits when required. It later moved to St Andrewgate in 1808, before occupying a purpose-built building on New Street in 1829. By the end
January 8, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Just about managed to catch the Advance Base Christmas Show on the last day it's available. What a cutie. We still want his omnichord. @advancebase.bsky.social youtu.be/tMta7JY6Pxs?...
Advance Base Christmas Special 2025
YouTube video by advancebase
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January 5, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Just about managed to catch the Advance Base Christmas Show on the last day it's available. What a cutie. We still want his omnichord. @advancebase.bsky.social youtu.be/tMta7JY6Pxs?...
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Sir Titus Salt, mill-owner and philanthropist, died OTD in 1876. The model village of Saltaire was built between 1851 and 1871 to house his employees.
December 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Sir Titus Salt, mill-owner and philanthropist, died OTD in 1876. The model village of Saltaire was built between 1851 and 1871 to house his employees.
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Charlie McConnell writes in Vol. 60, Issue 1 of the CDJ, examining the history and activities of the International Association for Community Development (IACD), and how the association supports international participatory community development practice buff.ly/FzuolR3 #CDJ #IACD
Celebrating international community development networking
Abstract. The International Association for Community Development (IACD) is the global multi-disciplinary network for those who work in this field. The ass
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December 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Charlie McConnell writes in Vol. 60, Issue 1 of the CDJ, examining the history and activities of the International Association for Community Development (IACD), and how the association supports international participatory community development practice buff.ly/FzuolR3 #CDJ #IACD
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When transphobic “academics” complained about a “chilling effect” on their “research” they meant people describing their transphobic “research” as transphobic.
Now there is a REAL chilling effect for trans academics of top-down establishment measures like fines & toilet bans.
archive.is/oYqXS
Now there is a REAL chilling effect for trans academics of top-down establishment measures like fines & toilet bans.
archive.is/oYqXS
December 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
When transphobic “academics” complained about a “chilling effect” on their “research” they meant people describing their transphobic “research” as transphobic.
Now there is a REAL chilling effect for trans academics of top-down establishment measures like fines & toilet bans.
archive.is/oYqXS
Now there is a REAL chilling effect for trans academics of top-down establishment measures like fines & toilet bans.
archive.is/oYqXS
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They really expect us transgenders to comply with our own segregation ey
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Doubling down on effectively excluding trans and non-binary individuals from public spaces.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Doubling down on effectively excluding trans and non-binary individuals from public spaces.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Equality boss expects people to 'follow rules' over single-sex spaces
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson said "things could be sorted out if there is goodwill and recognition that everybody has rights".
www.bbc.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
They really expect us transgenders to comply with our own segregation ey
Been sent this by two separate family members now. Incidentally, the result of my grievance was that the employer *had* breached their own policy, but it was a rubbish policy anyway, so it didn't really matter. So you can see how seriously they take these things.
December 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Been sent this by two separate family members now. Incidentally, the result of my grievance was that the employer *had* breached their own policy, but it was a rubbish policy anyway, so it didn't really matter. So you can see how seriously they take these things.
So desperately need to finish Those Two Things but so desperately need to Be Asleep - the enduring pre-Christmas existence.
December 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
So desperately need to finish Those Two Things but so desperately need to Be Asleep - the enduring pre-Christmas existence.
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[12hrs into my ice interrogation]
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
Want to travel to the US? You might have to give the Trump administration the last five years of your social media history.
US wants five years of some tourists' social media to enter the country
Digital rights advocates say it’s an affront to civil liberties.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
[12hrs into my ice interrogation]
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
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If the reporting on the Peggie decision tells us anything, it should be that the way news gets reported in this country has little to do with truth, and much more to do with narrative - as well as whose heavily spun press release lands on journos desks first.
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
If the reporting on the Peggie decision tells us anything, it should be that the way news gets reported in this country has little to do with truth, and much more to do with narrative - as well as whose heavily spun press release lands on journos desks first.
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Lifeboats have been in Whitby for over 200 years, with the first station established in 1802 by the Whitby Lifeboat Association, followed by a second station in 1823 It is one of the earliest locations for organised lifeboat services, predating the official formation
December 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Lifeboats have been in Whitby for over 200 years, with the first station established in 1802 by the Whitby Lifeboat Association, followed by a second station in 1823 It is one of the earliest locations for organised lifeboat services, predating the official formation
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Who is Wes Streeting, and why is he like that?
I joined Sam Kelly and Jonas Martin on the @medicinered.bsky.social podcast to discuss the Health Secretary's political background, and what this might mean for health policy in the UK.
I joined Sam Kelly and Jonas Martin on the @medicinered.bsky.social podcast to discuss the Health Secretary's political background, and what this might mean for health policy in the UK.
Red Medicine - Who Is Wes Streeting and Why Is He Like That? w/ Ruth Pearce and Jonas Marvin
Listen to Red Medicine - Who Is Wes Streeting and Why Is He Like That? w/ Ruth Pearce and Jonas Marvin by Red Medicine on Podcast Addict. We talk about Wes Streeting. Who is he, what are his politics,...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Who is Wes Streeting, and why is he like that?
I joined Sam Kelly and Jonas Martin on the @medicinered.bsky.social podcast to discuss the Health Secretary's political background, and what this might mean for health policy in the UK.
I joined Sam Kelly and Jonas Martin on the @medicinered.bsky.social podcast to discuss the Health Secretary's political background, and what this might mean for health policy in the UK.
Going to see Porridge Radio up the road today and on the one hand it involves the kind of slightly risky travel choices that makes my Wes-Streeting-Says-I'm-Faking-It brain bleed but on the other I'm so looking forward to losing my voice screaming at the world again.
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Going to see Porridge Radio up the road today and on the one hand it involves the kind of slightly risky travel choices that makes my Wes-Streeting-Says-I'm-Faking-It brain bleed but on the other I'm so looking forward to losing my voice screaming at the world again.