Grace Wyld
gracewyld.bsky.social
Grace Wyld
@gracewyld.bsky.social
Head of Policy and Research at futuregovernanceforum.co.uk
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Read @gracewyld.bsky.social and Ollie Smith's article in the Local Government Chronicle about why it’s ‘Time to change the relationship between people and the state’ and the launch of a new FGF and @localtrust.org.uk report 🔽

www.lgcplus.com/politics/lgc...
Time to change relationship between people and state
The government’s mission playbook should be taken to a neighbourhood level, write Grace Wyld, head of policy and research, and Ollie Smith, policy
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October 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Yesterday we also published this brilliant piece by Emma de Closset on moving from the civil service to civil society:

futuregovforum.substack.com/p/one-leader...
One leader’s reflections on moving from the civil service to civil society
Emma de Closset is the Chief Executive of UK Community Foundations (UKCF), a place-based network which invests in communities through local giving and philanthropy.
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July 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
And further analysis from our Chief Economist, Dan Corry (who obviously manages to talk about Thomas Tuchel in the first line) @danrcorry.bsky.social www.publicfinance.co.uk/opinion/2025...
What the Spending Review tells us about this government | Public Finance
Dan Corry explores what the announcements reveal about the motivations and priorities of Rachel Reeves and her colleagues. - Short form article, Spending Review, Spending Review, Rachel Reeves, Centra...
www.publicfinance.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Was particularly good to hear @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social extolling the virtues of mission-driven government, and how that involves a whole-of-society effort, including the state, business and civil society.

More to come on that very topic from @futuregovforum.bsky.social in the morning...
January 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Finally, and most importantly, there's a long list of people and organisations in the report who contributed time, energy and ideas.

I hope they got more face time with government in the years to come so that efforts in pursuit of shared missions add up to move than the sum of our parts.
January 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I was very lucky to work on this with the wonderful @shadibrazell.bsky.social, @jamessomervlle.bsky.social, Leah Davis, @hamidaali.bsky.social in this partnership between @futuregovforum.bsky.social, @thinknpc.bsky.social and @lbfew.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
And thanks to Third Sector for covering the piece here www.thirdsector.co.uk/treat-civil-...
Treat civil society as equal to businesses, report urges government
Partnership with civil society should be catalysed from the centre of government, the report recommends
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January 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I've summarised the paper in a blog here. My co-author @shadibrazell.bsky.social has consistently reminded us that ‘culture eats strategy for breakfast.' Collaboration has to be thought of across gov as both a value to cultivate and a skill to teach www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/2025/01/30/g...
Greater than the sum of our parts: Delivering missions in partnership with civil society organisations - Future Governance Forum
To fulfil ambitious missions, Government must form a genuine two-way partnership between civil society and the state.
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM