Allan Johnstone
@allan-johnstone.bsky.social
Charity/Third sector type person in Scotland.
Interests include communities, health, ageing, and tackling inequalities
Interests include communities, health, ageing, and tackling inequalities
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The deadline to apply for Pension Credit is Saturday 21 December. This is a way to top up your income and receive the Winter Fuel Payment. Find out if you're eligible: https://buff.ly/41rFIGa
December 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM
The deadline to apply for Pension Credit is Saturday 21 December. This is a way to top up your income and receive the Winter Fuel Payment. Find out if you're eligible: https://buff.ly/41rFIGa
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I know it might be horrible outside today, but if you were planning a trip to your local craft market, please go anyway. There are hundreds of us all over the country hoping that the weather doesn't ruin our day!
November 23, 2024 at 9:31 AM
I know it might be horrible outside today, but if you were planning a trip to your local craft market, please go anyway. There are hundreds of us all over the country hoping that the weather doesn't ruin our day!
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The value of caring in Scotland rose by 19.4% between 2011 and 2022.
This is according to our new report, 'Valuing Carers 2022: Scotland', created in partnership with @centreforcare.bsky.social.
Download the report and read the findings in full here: www.carersuk.org/media/l5sa1s...
This is according to our new report, 'Valuing Carers 2022: Scotland', created in partnership with @centreforcare.bsky.social.
Download the report and read the findings in full here: www.carersuk.org/media/l5sa1s...
November 21, 2024 at 11:01 AM
The value of caring in Scotland rose by 19.4% between 2011 and 2022.
This is according to our new report, 'Valuing Carers 2022: Scotland', created in partnership with @centreforcare.bsky.social.
Download the report and read the findings in full here: www.carersuk.org/media/l5sa1s...
This is according to our new report, 'Valuing Carers 2022: Scotland', created in partnership with @centreforcare.bsky.social.
Download the report and read the findings in full here: www.carersuk.org/media/l5sa1s...
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🎙️ How one council made community power a part of everything it does
We get under the bonnet of Test Valley’s ground-breaking approach
Ft. leader Phil North, chief exec Andy Ferrier, deputy chief exec Salena Mulhere & officer Imogen Colley
We get under the bonnet of Test Valley’s ground-breaking approach
Ft. leader Phil North, chief exec Andy Ferrier, deputy chief exec Salena Mulhere & officer Imogen Colley
“Everything we do is driven by our communities”: Inside Test Valley’s ground-breaking approach to community engagement - New Local
Test Valley Borough Council is pushing the envelope on community engagement. Listen to this podcast to find out how.
buff.ly
November 18, 2024 at 12:27 PM
🎙️ How one council made community power a part of everything it does
We get under the bonnet of Test Valley’s ground-breaking approach
Ft. leader Phil North, chief exec Andy Ferrier, deputy chief exec Salena Mulhere & officer Imogen Colley
We get under the bonnet of Test Valley’s ground-breaking approach
Ft. leader Phil North, chief exec Andy Ferrier, deputy chief exec Salena Mulhere & officer Imogen Colley
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This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
November 17, 2024 at 7:43 PM
This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
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A quick reminder on how to contribute to uksnowmap.com ahead of any possible #uksnow tomorrow 👀
Post with the hashtag #uksnow, the first-half of your postcode, and a snow rating x/10 and help draw a real-time map of where it is snowing in the UK.
Post with the hashtag #uksnow, the first-half of your postcode, and a snow rating x/10 and help draw a real-time map of where it is snowing in the UK.
November 17, 2024 at 11:42 PM
A quick reminder on how to contribute to uksnowmap.com ahead of any possible #uksnow tomorrow 👀
Post with the hashtag #uksnow, the first-half of your postcode, and a snow rating x/10 and help draw a real-time map of where it is snowing in the UK.
Post with the hashtag #uksnow, the first-half of your postcode, and a snow rating x/10 and help draw a real-time map of where it is snowing in the UK.
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Well, welcome to the 3,500 folk who followed me over the weekend.
I have just finished a long Research Project at Scottish Government and my report Foundations of the Digital State is published today.
I have just finished a long Research Project at Scottish Government and my report Foundations of the Digital State is published today.
November 18, 2024 at 8:13 AM
Well, welcome to the 3,500 folk who followed me over the weekend.
I have just finished a long Research Project at Scottish Government and my report Foundations of the Digital State is published today.
I have just finished a long Research Project at Scottish Government and my report Foundations of the Digital State is published today.
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📢 We're hiring 📢
Do you want to turn the principle of community power into reality?
Do you have brilliant quantitative analysis skills?
Do you enjoy working with a range of partners, from the #NHS to #localgov?
Find out more and apply 👉 https://buff.ly/3REhZtO
Do you want to turn the principle of community power into reality?
Do you have brilliant quantitative analysis skills?
Do you enjoy working with a range of partners, from the #NHS to #localgov?
Find out more and apply 👉 https://buff.ly/3REhZtO
November 1, 2024 at 12:27 PM
📢 We're hiring 📢
Do you want to turn the principle of community power into reality?
Do you have brilliant quantitative analysis skills?
Do you enjoy working with a range of partners, from the #NHS to #localgov?
Find out more and apply 👉 https://buff.ly/3REhZtO
Do you want to turn the principle of community power into reality?
Do you have brilliant quantitative analysis skills?
Do you enjoy working with a range of partners, from the #NHS to #localgov?
Find out more and apply 👉 https://buff.ly/3REhZtO
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Today is World Wombat Day so I must again say that my favourite ever blessing is an Indigenous Australian one and it goes "may the wombat of happiness snuffle through your underbrush"
October 22, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Today is World Wombat Day so I must again say that my favourite ever blessing is an Indigenous Australian one and it goes "may the wombat of happiness snuffle through your underbrush"
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This figure by Hogan et al. (2022) shows that community ownership (in full or in part) of wind farms is correlated with a) higher levels of acceptance, and b) perceived greater energy justice processes and outcomes.
Full paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
Full paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
October 22, 2024 at 10:54 AM
This figure by Hogan et al. (2022) shows that community ownership (in full or in part) of wind farms is correlated with a) higher levels of acceptance, and b) perceived greater energy justice processes and outcomes.
Full paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
Full paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
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Feeding the Machine: Seven links between AI and inequalities blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...
Feeding the Machine: Seven links between AI and inequalities
Behind the smooth surfaces of our tech products and the endless possibilities promised by artificial intelligence (AI) lies a much darker picture – one in which the companies behind these new techn…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 9, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Feeding the Machine: Seven links between AI and inequalities blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...
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Just 3.5% of the population participating actively *never fails* to bring about change.
Highlights potential of libraries:
With 25% of people engaged with UK libraries, it’s a realistic, achievable step to engage just 3.5% actively on climate change to make a real difference.
#GreenLibraries
Just 3.5% of the population participating actively *never fails* to bring about change.
Highlights potential of libraries:
With 25% of people engaged with UK libraries, it’s a realistic, achievable step to engage just 3.5% actively on climate change to make a real difference.
#GreenLibraries
This is a fascinating figure: "a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change"
Once around 3.5% of the whole population has begun to participate actively, success appears to be inevitable.
cup.columbia.edu/book/why-civ...
Once around 3.5% of the whole population has begun to participate actively, success appears to be inevitable.
cup.columbia.edu/book/why-civ...
September 28, 2024 at 8:21 AM
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Just 3.5% of the population participating actively *never fails* to bring about change.
Highlights potential of libraries:
With 25% of people engaged with UK libraries, it’s a realistic, achievable step to engage just 3.5% actively on climate change to make a real difference.
#GreenLibraries
Just 3.5% of the population participating actively *never fails* to bring about change.
Highlights potential of libraries:
With 25% of people engaged with UK libraries, it’s a realistic, achievable step to engage just 3.5% actively on climate change to make a real difference.
#GreenLibraries
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Very interesting fringe with both Peter Kyle and Patrick Vallance. Great to hear Kyle talk about adoption and diffusion of technology as being a core issue, not just a focus on frontier tech
September 24, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Very interesting fringe with both Peter Kyle and Patrick Vallance. Great to hear Kyle talk about adoption and diffusion of technology as being a core issue, not just a focus on frontier tech
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Three NHS paradigms: state, market & community. Given recent NHS reform debates, re-upping our @wearenewlocal.bsky.social grid on the shifts needed.
The NHS operates with state assumptions + market reforms: but needs active community participation in health.
www.newlocal.org.uk/publications...
The NHS operates with state assumptions + market reforms: but needs active community participation in health.
www.newlocal.org.uk/publications...
September 18, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Three NHS paradigms: state, market & community. Given recent NHS reform debates, re-upping our @wearenewlocal.bsky.social grid on the shifts needed.
The NHS operates with state assumptions + market reforms: but needs active community participation in health.
www.newlocal.org.uk/publications...
The NHS operates with state assumptions + market reforms: but needs active community participation in health.
www.newlocal.org.uk/publications...
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📢 Thousands of people in Scotland are being forced into extreme poverty and homelessness by UK immigration policies.
Study by Heriot-Watt University, funded by JRF, has found that immigration policies are "virtually guaranteeing" destitution and homelessness. 1/3
Study by Heriot-Watt University, funded by JRF, has found that immigration policies are "virtually guaranteeing" destitution and homelessness. 1/3
September 16, 2024 at 8:29 AM
📢 Thousands of people in Scotland are being forced into extreme poverty and homelessness by UK immigration policies.
Study by Heriot-Watt University, funded by JRF, has found that immigration policies are "virtually guaranteeing" destitution and homelessness. 1/3
Study by Heriot-Watt University, funded by JRF, has found that immigration policies are "virtually guaranteeing" destitution and homelessness. 1/3
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Silence from arts funders and culture ministers over the disastrous cancellation of funding for artists in Scotland.
Find out more here: www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/08/20/c...
petition here: www.campaignforthearts.org/news/cfta-ur...
Find out more here: www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/08/20/c...
petition here: www.campaignforthearts.org/news/cfta-ur...
August 25, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Silence from arts funders and culture ministers over the disastrous cancellation of funding for artists in Scotland.
Find out more here: www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/08/20/c...
petition here: www.campaignforthearts.org/news/cfta-ur...
Find out more here: www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/08/20/c...
petition here: www.campaignforthearts.org/news/cfta-ur...
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On the theme of public health from one of our latest reports…
“If cycling in England were to increase to the levels seen in Denmark, it would be worth as much as £17 billion to the NHS”
Positive to see this being recognised by the Transport Secretary
Source: www.ippr.org/articles/str...
“If cycling in England were to increase to the levels seen in Denmark, it would be worth as much as £17 billion to the NHS”
Positive to see this being recognised by the Transport Secretary
Source: www.ippr.org/articles/str...
Stride and ride: England's path from laggard to leader in walking, wheeling, and cycling | IPPR
These include large returns on investment, addressing emissions from road transport, reducing regional inequalities, and improving health. Despite this, in
www.ippr.org
August 20, 2024 at 10:44 AM
On the theme of public health from one of our latest reports…
“If cycling in England were to increase to the levels seen in Denmark, it would be worth as much as £17 billion to the NHS”
Positive to see this being recognised by the Transport Secretary
Source: www.ippr.org/articles/str...
“If cycling in England were to increase to the levels seen in Denmark, it would be worth as much as £17 billion to the NHS”
Positive to see this being recognised by the Transport Secretary
Source: www.ippr.org/articles/str...
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📣 We're hiring 📣
Could you be our next Chief Executive?
We're looking for a passionate and experienced leader to drive forward our work to make community power the dominant idea shaping policy and practice at national and local levels.
www.newlocal.org.uk/about/jobs
Could you be our next Chief Executive?
We're looking for a passionate and experienced leader to drive forward our work to make community power the dominant idea shaping policy and practice at national and local levels.
www.newlocal.org.uk/about/jobs
August 19, 2024 at 11:25 AM
📣 We're hiring 📣
Could you be our next Chief Executive?
We're looking for a passionate and experienced leader to drive forward our work to make community power the dominant idea shaping policy and practice at national and local levels.
www.newlocal.org.uk/about/jobs
Could you be our next Chief Executive?
We're looking for a passionate and experienced leader to drive forward our work to make community power the dominant idea shaping policy and practice at national and local levels.
www.newlocal.org.uk/about/jobs