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Locality @locality.org.uk · 10d
❄️Season's greetings from all the team at Locality❄️
The Locality office will be closed from 24 Dec- 4 Jan.
We will occasionally post updates for @theguardian.com's charity appeal. We look forward to seeing you in the new year with an amazing events schedule locality.org.uk/events
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Today's Guardian features 174 Trust's 'Circle of Change'.

People from different backgrounds meet monthly, share stories and fundraise. The project tackles division and builds understanding.

Please read, share & donate to the Guardian appeal:

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

@theguardian.com
‘It restored my hope’: how community action is confronting racism in Belfast
An initiative linking people across race, class and faith offers an antidote to silence, hate and growing division Donate to the charity appeal here
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December 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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The Guardian's 'hope' appeal has reached £500,000! Some of this will help Locality members create opportunities and connections.

As one reader said: “this country is full of decent and wonderful people who want to help those around them"

Please share & donate: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Guardian readers’ Christmas appeal donations surpass £500,000
Hope appeal is raising funds for five UK charities that build trust, hope and change at grassroots level
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Check out this film about rising hate in disadvantaged communities.

Part of the Guardian charity appeal, it ends with Locality member Back on the Map who are improving their area and creating hope.

Please share & donate

www.theguardian.com/society/vide...

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'Abusing Muslims is not going to fix this country': rising hate in the UK
Hate crimes are rising around the UK, after a summer of flags going up on lamp-posts across the country and racist riots in 2024. Taj Ali is a Muslim journalist who has been collating evidence of thes...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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❄️Season's greetings from all the team at Locality❄️
The Locality office will be closed from 24 Dec- 4 Jan.
We will occasionally post updates for @theguardian.com's charity appeal. We look forward to seeing you in the new year with an amazing events schedule locality.org.uk/events
December 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Thank you so much to Guardian readers for their generosity, helping Locality members to bring together their communities in a time of division.
Find out more, donate and share the campaign ⬇️
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11d
So far, Guardian readers have raised over £350,000 for five inspirational charities that deliver practical projects designed to bring divided communities together.

But there is still work to be done, and your donation could make a big difference.

Donate at theguardian.com/charityappeal25bsk
December 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Applications for loans, grants & equity are falling — yet trust in social investment is rising. What’s really going on?
Good Finance’s latest blog unpacks SEUK’s State of Social Enterprise report and what it means for charities & social enterprises.
👉 www.goodfinance.org.uk/latest/post/...
Good Finance logo with text: What the State of Social Enterprise report reveals about social investment: read the blog to find out more
December 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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A great read. Back on the Map are doing incredible things in Sunderland - local people coming together to transform their neighbourhoods and create opportunities.
December 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Our friends at @locality.org.uk have been picked as one of five charities for this year’s Guardian charity appeal.👏👛

Locality supports grassroots community organisations to inspire much-needed hope in places across the UK.

Learn more and donate if you can: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Communities are our defence against hatred. Now, more than ever, we must invest in hope
For this year’s Guardian charity appeal we are asking readers to donate to Citizens UK, The Linking Network, Locality, Hope Unlimited Charitable Trust and Who is Your Neighbour?
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Meet @locality.org.uk
They’re one of the 5 @theguardian.com Christmas Charities for this years theme of HOPE
December 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Locality members Back on the Map are featured as part of @theguardian.com charity appeal. Back on the Map is transforming the local area, fostering hope and belonging, and bringing people together in a time where some communities feel more divided than ever.

theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘This country’s divided’: how a Sunderland charity is changing that – one house, park and shop at a time
Far-right rhetoric fuelled rioting here in 2024, but Back on the Map is helping to unite the community, through good accommodation, new shops, and an aim to genuinely uplift and improve people’s lives
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December 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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We’re honoured to be included with the wonderful people of @citizensuk.org @locality.org.uk Hope Unlimited and Who is your neighbour
The theme is #Hope
@theguardian.com is recognising all our work in local communities where we’re building connections as an antidote to polarisation, distrust & hate
December 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Congratulations to @locality.org.uk on being chosen as a partner for The Guardian’s Charity Appeal 2025!

In line with this year’s theme, Locality works with communities to foster connections and strengthen local leadership, helping to tackle loneliness, division, and hate.

Support them here 👇
locality.org.uk Locality @locality.org.uk · 23d
We're so proud that the Locality network has been chosen as a partner for the Guardian charity appeal 2025.

The appeal focuses on local efforts to create hope. It launches today!

Read more and donate:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... @theguardian.com

Please share and follow us for updates.
Communities are our defence against hatred. Now, more than ever, we must invest in hope
For this year’s Guardian charity appeal we are asking readers to donate to Citizens UK, The Linking Network, Locality, Hope Unlimited Charitable Trust and Who is Your Neighbour?
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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🔔 Is it time for a new push on delinquent ownership? 🔔 We're hosting a conversation @kinship.works to share ideas...

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Is it time for a new push on delinquent ownership?
Across Britain, there are countless examples of land and buildings in the heart of communities lying empty and deteriorating, often stuck in unclear or absent ownership. We can all think of examples: ...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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We're so proud that the Locality network has been chosen as a partner for the Guardian charity appeal 2025.

The appeal focuses on local efforts to create hope. It launches today!

Read more and donate:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... @theguardian.com

Please share and follow us for updates.
Communities are our defence against hatred. Now, more than ever, we must invest in hope
For this year’s Guardian charity appeal we are asking readers to donate to Citizens UK, The Linking Network, Locality, Hope Unlimited Charitable Trust and Who is Your Neighbour?
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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🔎 New report shows the government’s upcoming Local Power Plan is a rare win–win: accelerating net zero and strengthening community infrastructure.

Clean Power = Community Power shares stories, insights & practical guidance.

📄 Read more: https://locality.org.uk/reports/clean-power-community-power
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November 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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#CommunityBusinessWeek kickstarts this weekend on #SmallBusinessSaturday🎉 Download our free toolkit packed with posters, social templates, and press release tips to help you shout about your community business or one you love 👇 https://www.powertochange.org.uk/what-we-do/community-business-week/
Promotional image for Community Business Week 2025, featuring a smiling individual with glasses and colorful geometric shapes in the background. Text reads 'Support the spaces that support you' and dates are from 29 November to 5 December, with logos for Community Business and Power to Change displayed.
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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⚡ Community energy is hugely popular, but it's being held back.

📄 @cmmonwealth.bsky.social’s report has outlined exactly what the Government needs to do to empower communities, bring down bills and create a local energy revolution. Now’s the time to act.

👉 www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
Reclaiming the energy commons could help save this government
From old flour mills to rooftop solar co-ops, community power should play a key role in lowering bills and rebuilding trust.
www.newstatesman.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Tony Armstrong, CEO of Locality, responds to the 2025 Budget:

“We need ambitious, long-term, coordinated investment in community assets to get behind community organisations & help them drive national renewal from the ground up.”

Read the full response: https://locality.org.uk/news/budget-2025
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November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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An insightful couple of days at @locality.org.uk #Locality25 Convention at Anfield Stadium! Two days full of inspiration, insights, and the power of community. It’s clear: local communities are shaping a brighter future 💪 #Locality25 #CommunityPower #CYDCymru #DTAWales
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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We had a blast talking about community power at @locality.org.uk Convention last week in Anfield, Liverpool. Watch our campaign leader Deana Bamford give her highlights.

Thanks to everyone who dropped by our stall for a chat!
#Locality25 #communitypower
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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100 years in the making, the #IFS100 #locality25 Convention has been exceptional. Thank you to everyone who attended, spoke, hosted a visit, supported, exhibited, was nominated for an award, and inspired us. Together, we have the tools, vision, and tenacity to create community-powered neighbourhoods
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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🏅🧵 We're honoured that the We're Right Here campaign was awarded highly commended in Best Campaign category at the Smart Thinking Awards. @right-here.org aims to close the gap between politics and ordinary people and put the power to make local decisions in the hands of local people: buff.ly/UqSbZhF
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Our executive director, Christopher Hanway, joined community leaders from around the world at the IFS100 & Locality Convention in the UK this week, where he delivered a plenary speech on behalf of Riis, highlighting our Astoria Love Family Enrichment Center (FEC) and its resident-driven model.
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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It was wonderful that Melissa opened the convention. It was a pleasure to visit the University Settlement a few years ago whilst on our Jollies. They do so much inspirational work, and it always reminds me of an international youth exchange in Berlin (2010) as part of the #IFS100
locality.org.uk Locality @locality.org.uk · Nov 12
Melissa Aase, CEO of the International Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers, opens #IFS100 #Locality25

“The people of our movement, of Locality’s movement, have worked together as a network to build community strength, no matter where we are in the world, for the last 100 years.”
Melissa Aase on stage
November 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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🏆 Congratulations to Shropshire Council, winners of the 'Keep it Local' Award at this year’s @locality.org.uk Convention! Their work on community covenants shows what’s possible when councils & communities work hand in hand. Learn more about our pilot with them and Fordhall Farm 👉 buff.ly/IevJ6sh
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM