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“Social capital has a unique quality, unlike other forms of capital – when you spend it, you generate more of it.”

Today we welcome the publication of a Working Paper from @kinship.works that distills what we've learned about the practice of community-led renewal through Big Local.

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🔔 New report out today 🔔 🪴 Rewilding Civic Life 🪴

Today at @kinship.works, we’re publishing a Working Paper that pulls together the evidence from Big Local, one of the world’s biggest-ever experiments in revitalising civic life and restoring social capital. 1/n

www.kinship.works/publications...
December 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Top EU court adviser finds Denmark’s ‘ghetto law’ is direct discrimination www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Top EU court adviser finds Denmark’s ‘ghetto law’ is direct discrimination
If European court of justice agrees, ‘parallel societies’ policy could violate EU law, putting onus on Copenhagen to change it
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Now that all territory is up for grabs I am surprised Canada hasn't put in a bid for Alaska. USA could lose Hawaii too.
February 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It would be quicker to abolish the House of Lords and start again.
January 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Ruben Amorim has developed a new business plan to milk Manchester United. First sign a contract for £7.5million a year. Then get sacked in the first 6 months. Finally, collect your payout and return to Portugal. Everyone knows United will sack you in the end so it's logical to take the initiative
January 20, 2025 at 5:46 AM
"In 2016-19, the Brexiteers obtained Brexit, and then didn’t know what to do.

In 2024, the Labour Party obtained power, and then didn’t know what to do.

In both cases they were the proverbial dogs that caught the car."
@David Allen Green is forgetting the third best example Gordon Brown as PM
January 13, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Interesting that Israel is not destroying the Russian bases in Syria. Clearly playing safe with a nuclear power. It could have destroyed Assad years ago. But chose not to. They preferred a dictator.
December 10, 2024 at 2:25 PM