This is great chat folks... weirdly uplifting.

I like the work on the Liberated Method www.changingfuturesnorthumbria.co.uk/rethinking-p... & Cormac Russell always speaks a ton of sense I think.

And let's also notice the (maybe rare) micro examples where we do manage to join things up with people.

- The Connected Community, Cormac Russell and John McKnight 2/2

Over half due to cold homes, plus damp and unsafe conditions.

When will social housing finally be treated as health policy?

Billions are spent patching up the NHS while ignoring the root causes — damp homes, cold flats, unsafe housing.

2/2

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Interesting discussion on silos but shifted to community driven national reform.

Sahil Khan at Peabody on how we can shift to bottom up reform

@njdavies.bsky.social - how gov can put in place conditions for this - non competitive funding, ministerial remit, longer LG funding

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Lots this morning about importance of what community facing organisations do in the face of increased inequality and volatility.

Big q for libraries is how do we recognise and maximise what we do through collaboration - & how we build the robust & resilient partnerships we need.

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Cont from @indyjohar.bsky.social
Biggest risk we hold is loss of the social contract and impact this has on local and national functioning and security.

We as community engaged orgs have the agency - and responsibility - to transform the country to maintain this social contract.

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Hearing from @indyjohar.bsky.social about increased volatility as we head to 3 deg warmer.

We exist at intersection of localism and planetary relationships.

Need to be able to think in terms of multiple beneficiaries of our actions - again back to measuring value across different stakeholders.

He’s arguing a strengths based approach - you can centre people but still have institutions operating on their weaknesses.
But centre people and give them agency to build on their strengths and access to services it shifts.

Again, libraries are the perfect framework for this.

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Really good way to disrupt the usual “broadcast” model of keynotes - made us think about how we engage.

Useful tool to use in future - start with asking questions of *how* the audience will engage before even starting to discuss *what* they engage with.

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Ooh - @cormacrussell.bsky.social up next - he’s been brilliant at our seminars.

He’s starting very on-brand - coproducing his keynote!

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