Ailbhe (Alva) McNabola
@ailbhemcnabola.bsky.social
Interim Director of Policy & Impact at London & Partners
Affiliated Researcher at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy @bennettinstitute.bsky.social
Trustee at the Postal Museum
Trustee at East Anglia Swimming Club
Affiliated Researcher at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy @bennettinstitute.bsky.social
Trustee at the Postal Museum
Trustee at East Anglia Swimming Club
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Our new @powertochange.org.uk report captures learning from five years of partnership with strategic authorities and insights from conversations with CAs developing Local Growth Plans, outlining how regions can foster good local growth through the social economy. Join us on 5 June to find out more!
EVENT 📢 | Strategic authorities, including local and regional government, can drive inclusive local growth through partnership and support for local social economy organisations.
Join us on 5 June to hear more from our upcoming report 'Lessons in local growth'.
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Join us on 5 June to hear more from our upcoming report 'Lessons in local growth'.
Sign up 👉 buff.ly/H5HqYBn
May 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Our new @powertochange.org.uk report captures learning from five years of partnership with strategic authorities and insights from conversations with CAs developing Local Growth Plans, outlining how regions can foster good local growth through the social economy. Join us on 5 June to find out more!
Fascinating research here linking visible decline in high streets (as measured by vacant shops) to rise in UKIP support
New (first! 🥳) Publication 🚨
High-street retail vacancies, capturing economic decline, are linked to increased support of UK's populist party, UKIP (now Reform).
High-street retail vacancies, capturing economic decline, are linked to increased support of UK's populist party, UKIP (now Reform).
May 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Fascinating research here linking visible decline in high streets (as measured by vacant shops) to rise in UKIP support
New (first! 🥳) Publication 🚨
High-street retail vacancies, capturing economic decline, are linked to increased support of UK's populist party, UKIP (now Reform).
High-street retail vacancies, capturing economic decline, are linked to increased support of UK's populist party, UKIP (now Reform).
May 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Fascinating research here linking visible decline in high streets (as measured by vacant shops) to rise in UKIP support
Reposted by Ailbhe (Alva) McNabola
Imagine if communities could own rivers, woods & peat bogs
Labour’s Community Right to Buy *could* let people do this with a simple change to the law
But rumours are circulating that this change is at risk of being dropped
Me for @powertochange.org.uk:
www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
Labour’s Community Right to Buy *could* let people do this with a simple change to the law
But rumours are circulating that this change is at risk of being dropped
Me for @powertochange.org.uk:
www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
Why communities need the power to own environmental assets - Power to Change
Imagine if as well as pubs and village halls, communities could dream big and purchase beloved rivers, woods, and peat bogs. Labour’s forthcoming Community ...
www.powertochange.org.uk
March 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Imagine if communities could own rivers, woods & peat bogs
Labour’s Community Right to Buy *could* let people do this with a simple change to the law
But rumours are circulating that this change is at risk of being dropped
Me for @powertochange.org.uk:
www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
Labour’s Community Right to Buy *could* let people do this with a simple change to the law
But rumours are circulating that this change is at risk of being dropped
Me for @powertochange.org.uk:
www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
This is a really exciting development!
Exciting times ahead at the @bennettinstitute.bsky.social!
We're pleased to announce the Bennett School of Public Policy opening this autumn.
It will be a flagship, multi-disciplinary policy school, that will integrate & expand the teaching, research & engagement activities of the Bennett Institute.
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/bennett...
It will be a flagship, multi-disciplinary policy school, that will integrate & expand the teaching, research & engagement activities of the Bennett Institute.
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/bennett...
March 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This is a really exciting development!
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VACANCY 💼 | Join us to deliver a varied programme of practice and delivery partnerships, working collaboratively with community businesses, governments, organisations, and networks at national, regional and local levels.
Find out more 👇 👇
www.powertochange.org.uk/who-we-are/j...
Find out more 👇 👇
www.powertochange.org.uk/who-we-are/j...
January 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
VACANCY 💼 | Join us to deliver a varied programme of practice and delivery partnerships, working collaboratively with community businesses, governments, organisations, and networks at national, regional and local levels.
Find out more 👇 👇
www.powertochange.org.uk/who-we-are/j...
Find out more 👇 👇
www.powertochange.org.uk/who-we-are/j...
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Great write up of @powertochange.bsky.social latest paper by Aamna Mohdin in The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
December 3, 2024 at 7:33 AM
Great write up of @powertochange.bsky.social latest paper by Aamna Mohdin in The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Communities across the country are repurposing empty department stores to create vibrant high street spaces.
Join us 11 December online as we launch our latest report, Department stories.
With:
🗣️ @jesscraig.bsky.social
🗣️ Graham Soult
🗣️ Kathryn Chiswell Jones
Book your spot 👉 bit.ly/3V351ub
Join us 11 December online as we launch our latest report, Department stories.
With:
🗣️ @jesscraig.bsky.social
🗣️ Graham Soult
🗣️ Kathryn Chiswell Jones
Book your spot 👉 bit.ly/3V351ub
November 27, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Communities across the country are repurposing empty department stores to create vibrant high street spaces.
Join us 11 December online as we launch our latest report, Department stories.
With:
🗣️ @jesscraig.bsky.social
🗣️ Graham Soult
🗣️ Kathryn Chiswell Jones
Book your spot 👉 bit.ly/3V351ub
Join us 11 December online as we launch our latest report, Department stories.
With:
🗣️ @jesscraig.bsky.social
🗣️ Graham Soult
🗣️ Kathryn Chiswell Jones
Book your spot 👉 bit.ly/3V351ub
My first post on BlueSky and one of my last contributions in my role at Power to Change...
With Government working towards a new communities strategy, Josh Westerling, Nick Plumb and I argue that it needs to link community cohesion and a strong social fabric with empowerment and growth in places.
With Government working towards a new communities strategy, Josh Westerling, Nick Plumb and I argue that it needs to link community cohesion and a strong social fabric with empowerment and growth in places.
REPORT 📑 | We know that a torn social fabric lay behind the disorder this summer. Our new paper explores community cohesion, empowerment and growth in response to the riots across the UK.
Quick read here or see thread 👇 www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
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Quick read here or see thread 👇 www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
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November 26, 2024 at 5:13 PM
My first post on BlueSky and one of my last contributions in my role at Power to Change...
With Government working towards a new communities strategy, Josh Westerling, Nick Plumb and I argue that it needs to link community cohesion and a strong social fabric with empowerment and growth in places.
With Government working towards a new communities strategy, Josh Westerling, Nick Plumb and I argue that it needs to link community cohesion and a strong social fabric with empowerment and growth in places.
Reposted by Ailbhe (Alva) McNabola
REPORT 📑 | We know that a torn social fabric lay behind the disorder this summer. Our new paper explores community cohesion, empowerment and growth in response to the riots across the UK.
Quick read here or see thread 👇 www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
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Quick read here or see thread 👇 www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
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November 26, 2024 at 4:37 PM
REPORT 📑 | We know that a torn social fabric lay behind the disorder this summer. Our new paper explores community cohesion, empowerment and growth in response to the riots across the UK.
Quick read here or see thread 👇 www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
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Quick read here or see thread 👇 www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
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