Janette Mitchell
@janettemitchell.bsky.social
CEO Inspiring Communities | Driving change in #Charity, #Regeneration & the #ThirdSector | Advocate for #ClimateAction, #Volunteering & #Sustainability | Passionate about #EVs, #CommunityLedChange & #GettingOutside
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Society shapes us, but #Resilience is key. Change starts with holding ourselves to higher standards and creating a more just and ethical world. Let’s build something better—together.
#Resilience #Ethics #FutureGenerations #SocialChange #Justice #Sustainability #BuildABetterWorld
#Resilience #Ethics #FutureGenerations #SocialChange #Justice #Sustainability #BuildABetterWorld
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🎉 Our REACH Strategic Review is complete!
A huge thank you to the National Lottery Community Fund, and to Paddy McKenna & Ellie Hutchison for their brilliant work.
We’re excited for what’s ahead — watch this space! 🌱
#InspiringCommunities #REACH #StrategicReview #CommunityLedChange
A huge thank you to the National Lottery Community Fund, and to Paddy McKenna & Ellie Hutchison for their brilliant work.
We’re excited for what’s ahead — watch this space! 🌱
#InspiringCommunities #REACH #StrategicReview #CommunityLedChange
October 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🎉 Our REACH Strategic Review is complete!
A huge thank you to the National Lottery Community Fund, and to Paddy McKenna & Ellie Hutchison for their brilliant work.
We’re excited for what’s ahead — watch this space! 🌱
#InspiringCommunities #REACH #StrategicReview #CommunityLedChange
A huge thank you to the National Lottery Community Fund, and to Paddy McKenna & Ellie Hutchison for their brilliant work.
We’re excited for what’s ahead — watch this space! 🌱
#InspiringCommunities #REACH #StrategicReview #CommunityLedChange
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🌟 HIIC Short Course is back! 🌟
📅 Starts: 1st December | 🏁 Ends: 2nd February
🕕 Mondays | 6–8pm
Want to build confidence, connect with your community, and tackle real-life issues? This FREE course is for YOU! 💬✨
🍎 Light snacks before and travel expenses covered
📍Sign up now. DM for details!
#HIIC
📅 Starts: 1st December | 🏁 Ends: 2nd February
🕕 Mondays | 6–8pm
Want to build confidence, connect with your community, and tackle real-life issues? This FREE course is for YOU! 💬✨
🍎 Light snacks before and travel expenses covered
📍Sign up now. DM for details!
#HIIC
October 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🌟 HIIC Short Course is back! 🌟
📅 Starts: 1st December | 🏁 Ends: 2nd February
🕕 Mondays | 6–8pm
Want to build confidence, connect with your community, and tackle real-life issues? This FREE course is for YOU! 💬✨
🍎 Light snacks before and travel expenses covered
📍Sign up now. DM for details!
#HIIC
📅 Starts: 1st December | 🏁 Ends: 2nd February
🕕 Mondays | 6–8pm
Want to build confidence, connect with your community, and tackle real-life issues? This FREE course is for YOU! 💬✨
🍎 Light snacks before and travel expenses covered
📍Sign up now. DM for details!
#HIIC
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Worried about online safety? Want to build digital confidence? Join us this #GetOnlineWeek2025 and #TryOneThing to get started!
📧💬🌱 One small step online can open big opportunities.
📅 22 Oct | 🕛 12–1:30pm
📍 Cowie Hub (Library), 18–20 Main St, FK7 7BL
#DigitalInclusion @goodthingsfdn.bsky.social
📧💬🌱 One small step online can open big opportunities.
📅 22 Oct | 🕛 12–1:30pm
📍 Cowie Hub (Library), 18–20 Main St, FK7 7BL
#DigitalInclusion @goodthingsfdn.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Worried about online safety? Want to build digital confidence? Join us this #GetOnlineWeek2025 and #TryOneThing to get started!
📧💬🌱 One small step online can open big opportunities.
📅 22 Oct | 🕛 12–1:30pm
📍 Cowie Hub (Library), 18–20 Main St, FK7 7BL
#DigitalInclusion @goodthingsfdn.bsky.social
📧💬🌱 One small step online can open big opportunities.
📅 22 Oct | 🕛 12–1:30pm
📍 Cowie Hub (Library), 18–20 Main St, FK7 7BL
#DigitalInclusion @goodthingsfdn.bsky.social
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ICYMI we launched our #BetterforBabies policy paper last week - calling for the next Scottish Government to invest in better childhoods by increasing
⬆️ Best Start Pregnancy & Baby Payment
⬆️ Best Start Foods
i.stci.uk/dam/a-better...
⬆️ Best Start Pregnancy & Baby Payment
⬆️ Best Start Foods
i.stci.uk/dam/a-better...
September 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
ICYMI we launched our #BetterforBabies policy paper last week - calling for the next Scottish Government to invest in better childhoods by increasing
⬆️ Best Start Pregnancy & Baby Payment
⬆️ Best Start Foods
i.stci.uk/dam/a-better...
⬆️ Best Start Pregnancy & Baby Payment
⬆️ Best Start Foods
i.stci.uk/dam/a-better...
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🚀 Our REACH strategic review is moving forward!
This Thursday (12–3pm) our consultants join staff & board to shape Inspiring Communities’ future. Big thanks to everyone helping steer the journey ❤️
#InspiringCommunities #StrategicReview #REACH
This Thursday (12–3pm) our consultants join staff & board to shape Inspiring Communities’ future. Big thanks to everyone helping steer the journey ❤️
#InspiringCommunities #StrategicReview #REACH
August 21, 2025 at 6:47 AM
🚀 Our REACH strategic review is moving forward!
This Thursday (12–3pm) our consultants join staff & board to shape Inspiring Communities’ future. Big thanks to everyone helping steer the journey ❤️
#InspiringCommunities #StrategicReview #REACH
This Thursday (12–3pm) our consultants join staff & board to shape Inspiring Communities’ future. Big thanks to everyone helping steer the journey ❤️
#InspiringCommunities #StrategicReview #REACH
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Are you an #InspiringCommunities stakeholder? 💬
We’d love your views to help shape our REACH (Review, Engage, Align, Co-design, Harmonise) Strategic Review.
Survey closes 5 Sept → forms.gle/zheneQfjudZP...
#REACH #CommunityLedChange #Stirling
We’d love your views to help shape our REACH (Review, Engage, Align, Co-design, Harmonise) Strategic Review.
Survey closes 5 Sept → forms.gle/zheneQfjudZP...
#REACH #CommunityLedChange #Stirling
Inspiring Communities: Survey for organisations
delve and the dots have been asked to carry out a strategic review of Inspiring Communities. As part of this, we’d really value your views on Inspiring Communities' role in your community, their stren...
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August 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Are you an #InspiringCommunities stakeholder? 💬
We’d love your views to help shape our REACH (Review, Engage, Align, Co-design, Harmonise) Strategic Review.
Survey closes 5 Sept → forms.gle/zheneQfjudZP...
#REACH #CommunityLedChange #Stirling
We’d love your views to help shape our REACH (Review, Engage, Align, Co-design, Harmonise) Strategic Review.
Survey closes 5 Sept → forms.gle/zheneQfjudZP...
#REACH #CommunityLedChange #Stirling
#Thirdsector moves fast. We pivot, adapt, stretch.
But even agile systems need stable ground. Flexibility without multi-year backing won't sustain trauma-informed or community-led work.
2025 needs to be the turning point.
#TrustBasedFunding #ThirdSectorVoices #Leadership #charity #Funding #grants
But even agile systems need stable ground. Flexibility without multi-year backing won't sustain trauma-informed or community-led work.
2025 needs to be the turning point.
#TrustBasedFunding #ThirdSectorVoices #Leadership #charity #Funding #grants
August 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
#Thirdsector moves fast. We pivot, adapt, stretch.
But even agile systems need stable ground. Flexibility without multi-year backing won't sustain trauma-informed or community-led work.
2025 needs to be the turning point.
#TrustBasedFunding #ThirdSectorVoices #Leadership #charity #Funding #grants
But even agile systems need stable ground. Flexibility without multi-year backing won't sustain trauma-informed or community-led work.
2025 needs to be the turning point.
#TrustBasedFunding #ThirdSectorVoices #Leadership #charity #Funding #grants
Scotland’s Adult Disability Payment review shows the way forward: design with lived experience, deliver with dignity, and adapt to real lives.
#DisabilityRights #LivedExperience #SocialJustice #Scotland
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
#DisabilityRights #LivedExperience #SocialJustice #Scotland
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
A vision for social security, designed by and for disabled people
Last week saw the publication of a radical new vision of what social security for disabled people in Scotland could look like
www.heraldscotland.com
August 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Scotland’s Adult Disability Payment review shows the way forward: design with lived experience, deliver with dignity, and adapt to real lives.
#DisabilityRights #LivedExperience #SocialJustice #Scotland
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
#DisabilityRights #LivedExperience #SocialJustice #Scotland
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
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That awkward thing where you write an annual report called 'Low Pay Britain' but 'low pay' has been all but eliminated (on the standard hourly pay < 2/3 median measure).
(Our 2025 Low Pay Britain report is out on Thursday, launch event here www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/new-d... )
(Our 2025 Low Pay Britain report is out on Thursday, launch event here www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/new-d... )
July 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
That awkward thing where you write an annual report called 'Low Pay Britain' but 'low pay' has been all but eliminated (on the standard hourly pay < 2/3 median measure).
(Our 2025 Low Pay Britain report is out on Thursday, launch event here www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/new-d... )
(Our 2025 Low Pay Britain report is out on Thursday, launch event here www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/new-d... )
Aberdeen pulled the plug on own anti-poverty programme overnight 😬
Strong outcomes weren’t enough. Priorities shifted, and the work disappeared. Scary when impact relies on corporate will.
#ThirdSector #Inequality #SocialJustice #TrustBasedFunding #Scotland
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Strong outcomes weren’t enough. Priorities shifted, and the work disappeared. Scary when impact relies on corporate will.
#ThirdSector #Inequality #SocialJustice #TrustBasedFunding #Scotland
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
To all who think capitalism can drive progressive change, it won’t – and here’s the shocking proof | Polly Toynbee
Asset manager Aberdeen’s surprise cut to funding research into inequality has left those that used its grants for good work reeling, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Aberdeen pulled the plug on own anti-poverty programme overnight 😬
Strong outcomes weren’t enough. Priorities shifted, and the work disappeared. Scary when impact relies on corporate will.
#ThirdSector #Inequality #SocialJustice #TrustBasedFunding #Scotland
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Strong outcomes weren’t enough. Priorities shifted, and the work disappeared. Scary when impact relies on corporate will.
#ThirdSector #Inequality #SocialJustice #TrustBasedFunding #Scotland
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“Develop the skill to let silence breathe.”
Sometimes the most powerful thing you can offer is space — for someone else’s voice, story, or truth to emerge.
#QuietLeadership #ThePowerOfPause #ListeningIsAnActOfLove
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Sometimes the most powerful thing you can offer is space — for someone else’s voice, story, or truth to emerge.
#QuietLeadership #ThePowerOfPause #ListeningIsAnActOfLove
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I was one of those men who couldn’t stop talking. Here’s how I learned to shut up and listen
After realising how much I interrupted other people, I decided I needed to make a drastic change. Here’s how starting to listen changed my relationships – and made me happier
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
“Develop the skill to let silence breathe.”
Sometimes the most powerful thing you can offer is space — for someone else’s voice, story, or truth to emerge.
#QuietLeadership #ThePowerOfPause #ListeningIsAnActOfLove
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Sometimes the most powerful thing you can offer is space — for someone else’s voice, story, or truth to emerge.
#QuietLeadership #ThePowerOfPause #ListeningIsAnActOfLove
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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The Community Chorus & Ukulele Club had a brilliant time performing at the Big Noise Summer Concert today! 🎶💛 Thanks to all who came along to support us! #BigNoise #CommunityMusic #UkuleleClub #Chorus
June 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The Community Chorus & Ukulele Club had a brilliant time performing at the Big Noise Summer Concert today! 🎶💛 Thanks to all who came along to support us! #BigNoise #CommunityMusic #UkuleleClub #Chorus
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It’s #CarersWeek 💙
At Inspiring Communities, we see carers—not just for who they care for, but for who they are.
We offer connection, ease loneliness, and create space to breathe and belong.
#CarersWeek2025 #EndLoneliness #CommunitySupport 🧡🌱
At Inspiring Communities, we see carers—not just for who they care for, but for who they are.
We offer connection, ease loneliness, and create space to breathe and belong.
#CarersWeek2025 #EndLoneliness #CommunitySupport 🧡🌱
June 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It’s #CarersWeek 💙
At Inspiring Communities, we see carers—not just for who they care for, but for who they are.
We offer connection, ease loneliness, and create space to breathe and belong.
#CarersWeek2025 #EndLoneliness #CommunitySupport 🧡🌱
At Inspiring Communities, we see carers—not just for who they care for, but for who they are.
We offer connection, ease loneliness, and create space to breathe and belong.
#CarersWeek2025 #EndLoneliness #CommunitySupport 🧡🌱
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🤖✨ We believe AI should amplify human potential, not replace it. Our AI principles put people first - every tool we use is transparent, ethical & community-focused 💪
#AIForGood #EthicalAI #CommunityFirst #TechForGood #SocialImpact #HumanCentered 🚀
www.inspiringcommunities.org.uk/ai-principles
#AIForGood #EthicalAI #CommunityFirst #TechForGood #SocialImpact #HumanCentered 🚀
www.inspiringcommunities.org.uk/ai-principles
AI Principles | Inspiring Communities
www.inspiringcommunities.org.uk
June 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🤖✨ We believe AI should amplify human potential, not replace it. Our AI principles put people first - every tool we use is transparent, ethical & community-focused 💪
#AIForGood #EthicalAI #CommunityFirst #TechForGood #SocialImpact #HumanCentered 🚀
www.inspiringcommunities.org.uk/ai-principles
#AIForGood #EthicalAI #CommunityFirst #TechForGood #SocialImpact #HumanCentered 🚀
www.inspiringcommunities.org.uk/ai-principles
🎉 To the volunteers who:
🫖 fix the urn
🪑 stack the chairs
🍪 bring the biscuits
❤️ and hold the whole thing together...
You’re not “just helping out”—you’re changing lives.
#VolunteersWeek2025 #ThirdSector #VolunteersMatter
🫖 fix the urn
🪑 stack the chairs
🍪 bring the biscuits
❤️ and hold the whole thing together...
You’re not “just helping out”—you’re changing lives.
#VolunteersWeek2025 #ThirdSector #VolunteersMatter
June 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
🎉 To the volunteers who:
🫖 fix the urn
🪑 stack the chairs
🍪 bring the biscuits
❤️ and hold the whole thing together...
You’re not “just helping out”—you’re changing lives.
#VolunteersWeek2025 #ThirdSector #VolunteersMatter
🫖 fix the urn
🪑 stack the chairs
🍪 bring the biscuits
❤️ and hold the whole thing together...
You’re not “just helping out”—you’re changing lives.
#VolunteersWeek2025 #ThirdSector #VolunteersMatter
💰 £440M from the Dormant Assets Scheme is welcome—but impact depends on how we use it.
💡 Community-led
🤝 Trust-based
🕰️ Multi-year
Let’s turn dormant money into active change—and fund with purpose, not panic.
#DormantAssets #FairerFunding #ThirdSector #Scotland
tfn.scot/news/forgott...
💡 Community-led
🤝 Trust-based
🕰️ Multi-year
Let’s turn dormant money into active change—and fund with purpose, not panic.
#DormantAssets #FairerFunding #ThirdSector #Scotland
tfn.scot/news/forgott...
Forgotten assets to help families and young people thrive - TFN
First ever Dormant Assets Scheme Strategy unlocks £440million funding.
tfn.scot
June 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
💰 £440M from the Dormant Assets Scheme is welcome—but impact depends on how we use it.
💡 Community-led
🤝 Trust-based
🕰️ Multi-year
Let’s turn dormant money into active change—and fund with purpose, not panic.
#DormantAssets #FairerFunding #ThirdSector #Scotland
tfn.scot/news/forgott...
💡 Community-led
🤝 Trust-based
🕰️ Multi-year
Let’s turn dormant money into active change—and fund with purpose, not panic.
#DormantAssets #FairerFunding #ThirdSector #Scotland
tfn.scot/news/forgott...
💬 Fundraising isn’t begging—it’s building.
Every board member is an ambassador. If you believe in the mission, help fund the future.
Reclaim fundraising as power, not pressure.
#ThirdSector #FundraisingIsMission #CharityLeadership #BoardCulture
Every board member is an ambassador. If you believe in the mission, help fund the future.
Reclaim fundraising as power, not pressure.
#ThirdSector #FundraisingIsMission #CharityLeadership #BoardCulture
May 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
💬 Fundraising isn’t begging—it’s building.
Every board member is an ambassador. If you believe in the mission, help fund the future.
Reclaim fundraising as power, not pressure.
#ThirdSector #FundraisingIsMission #CharityLeadership #BoardCulture
Every board member is an ambassador. If you believe in the mission, help fund the future.
Reclaim fundraising as power, not pressure.
#ThirdSector #FundraisingIsMission #CharityLeadership #BoardCulture
🌞✍️ It’s sunny in Scotland + exam season is in full swing.
Here’s to the young people trying their best—
And to all of us building a world where worth isn’t measured in grades.
You are more than your results. Always. ❤️🤗
#ExamSeason #ThirdSector #HopeInAction #YoungPeopleMatter
Here’s to the young people trying their best—
And to all of us building a world where worth isn’t measured in grades.
You are more than your results. Always. ❤️🤗
#ExamSeason #ThirdSector #HopeInAction #YoungPeopleMatter
May 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
🌞✍️ It’s sunny in Scotland + exam season is in full swing.
Here’s to the young people trying their best—
And to all of us building a world where worth isn’t measured in grades.
You are more than your results. Always. ❤️🤗
#ExamSeason #ThirdSector #HopeInAction #YoungPeopleMatter
Here’s to the young people trying their best—
And to all of us building a world where worth isn’t measured in grades.
You are more than your results. Always. ❤️🤗
#ExamSeason #ThirdSector #HopeInAction #YoungPeopleMatter
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🎉 BIG NEWS! Thanks to @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk Inspiring Communities is commissioning a strategic review!
Learn how this will shape our future and community impact on our LinkedIn page or email janette@inspiringcommunities.org.uk
Your Lottery support makes this possible! 🙏
#CommunityDevelopment
Learn how this will shape our future and community impact on our LinkedIn page or email janette@inspiringcommunities.org.uk
Your Lottery support makes this possible! 🙏
#CommunityDevelopment
May 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🎉 BIG NEWS! Thanks to @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk Inspiring Communities is commissioning a strategic review!
Learn how this will shape our future and community impact on our LinkedIn page or email janette@inspiringcommunities.org.uk
Your Lottery support makes this possible! 🙏
#CommunityDevelopment
Learn how this will shape our future and community impact on our LinkedIn page or email janette@inspiringcommunities.org.uk
Your Lottery support makes this possible! 🙏
#CommunityDevelopment
Reposted by Janette Mitchell
🌿 This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek we’re highlighting #StepOnStress – a free, practical online course for anyone 16+ in #ForthValley with mild/moderate stress.
🧠 Backed by our #CMHWF funding & loved by our Mental Health First Aiders.
📩 Contact us to sign up.
#MentalHealth #StressSupport #Wellbeing
🧠 Backed by our #CMHWF funding & loved by our Mental Health First Aiders.
📩 Contact us to sign up.
#MentalHealth #StressSupport #Wellbeing
May 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🌿 This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek we’re highlighting #StepOnStress – a free, practical online course for anyone 16+ in #ForthValley with mild/moderate stress.
🧠 Backed by our #CMHWF funding & loved by our Mental Health First Aiders.
📩 Contact us to sign up.
#MentalHealth #StressSupport #Wellbeing
🧠 Backed by our #CMHWF funding & loved by our Mental Health First Aiders.
📩 Contact us to sign up.
#MentalHealth #StressSupport #Wellbeing
⚖️ “We’re not political” often means “we’re protecting the status quo.”
Neutrality is a myth. Silence is a stance. Leadership means choosing to back people, not just policy.
#CharityLeadership #NoNeutrality #ThirdSector
Neutrality is a myth. Silence is a stance. Leadership means choosing to back people, not just policy.
#CharityLeadership #NoNeutrality #ThirdSector
May 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
⚖️ “We’re not political” often means “we’re protecting the status quo.”
Neutrality is a myth. Silence is a stance. Leadership means choosing to back people, not just policy.
#CharityLeadership #NoNeutrality #ThirdSector
Neutrality is a myth. Silence is a stance. Leadership means choosing to back people, not just policy.
#CharityLeadership #NoNeutrality #ThirdSector
York Central’s £2.5bn project is a massive opportunity—but are we putting people first? Without community-led design, we risk creating spaces that don’t serve those who live there.
Let’s champion regeneration that starts with residents. Social value isn’t optional—it’s essential.
Let’s champion regeneration that starts with residents. Social value isn’t optional—it’s essential.
May 14, 2025 at 7:09 AM
York Central’s £2.5bn project is a massive opportunity—but are we putting people first? Without community-led design, we risk creating spaces that don’t serve those who live there.
Let’s champion regeneration that starts with residents. Social value isn’t optional—it’s essential.
Let’s champion regeneration that starts with residents. Social value isn’t optional—it’s essential.
Reposted by Janette Mitchell
Digital tools CAN aid your mental health!! Use the QR to check out different apps that could be useful for your mental health and wellbeing
#MHAW2025 #Wellbeing #MentalHealthMatters
#MHAW2025 #Wellbeing #MentalHealthMatters
May 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Digital tools CAN aid your mental health!! Use the QR to check out different apps that could be useful for your mental health and wellbeing
#MHAW2025 #Wellbeing #MentalHealthMatters
#MHAW2025 #Wellbeing #MentalHealthMatters
🛠️ If you’re not ready to be challenged, it’s not co-production—it’s tokenism.
Real co-production = power sharing, discomfort, listening, and letting go of control.
#WithNotFor #CoProduction #ThirdSector #CharityMatters #Leadership
Real co-production = power sharing, discomfort, listening, and letting go of control.
#WithNotFor #CoProduction #ThirdSector #CharityMatters #Leadership
May 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🛠️ If you’re not ready to be challenged, it’s not co-production—it’s tokenism.
Real co-production = power sharing, discomfort, listening, and letting go of control.
#WithNotFor #CoProduction #ThirdSector #CharityMatters #Leadership
Real co-production = power sharing, discomfort, listening, and letting go of control.
#WithNotFor #CoProduction #ThirdSector #CharityMatters #Leadership