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Good afternoon, DCI Satterthwaite fans...the next book is now available for preorder! Publishing 4 November.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FVXSXCV1
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FVXSXCV1
October 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Good afternoon, DCI Satterthwaite fans...the next book is now available for preorder! Publishing 4 November.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FVXSXCV1
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FVXSXCV1
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🌹 This year at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, we, along with @access-si.bsky.social and @pathwayfund.bsky.social, are hosting a Mission-Driven Business Reception at the Royal Albert Dock on Tuesday 30 September, 4–6pm.
September 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🌹 This year at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, we, along with @access-si.bsky.social and @pathwayfund.bsky.social, are hosting a Mission-Driven Business Reception at the Royal Albert Dock on Tuesday 30 September, 4–6pm.
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Thanks to BBC Nottinghamshire for the coverage today - read more here: bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#CommunityHousing #LearningDisabilities #InclusiveLiving #SocialImpact
@unitedresponse.bsky.social
#CommunityHousing #LearningDisabilities #InclusiveLiving #SocialImpact
@unitedresponse.bsky.social
Former nightclub in Mansfield reopens as supported living homes
The old Urban Cherry nightclub building is converted into eight supported apartments.
bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Thanks to BBC Nottinghamshire for the coverage today - read more here: bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#CommunityHousing #LearningDisabilities #InclusiveLiving #SocialImpact
@unitedresponse.bsky.social
#CommunityHousing #LearningDisabilities #InclusiveLiving #SocialImpact
@unitedresponse.bsky.social
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The social care system in the UK is broken. But, can social investment fix it?
In this blog, we'll cover the state of the sector, examples of how repayable finance has been used to provide essential services to a struggling system, what's next and more!
🔗 Read here >> buff.ly/8OtLuxG
#charity
In this blog, we'll cover the state of the sector, examples of how repayable finance has been used to provide essential services to a struggling system, what's next and more!
🔗 Read here >> buff.ly/8OtLuxG
#charity
August 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The social care system in the UK is broken. But, can social investment fix it?
In this blog, we'll cover the state of the sector, examples of how repayable finance has been used to provide essential services to a struggling system, what's next and more!
🔗 Read here >> buff.ly/8OtLuxG
#charity
In this blog, we'll cover the state of the sector, examples of how repayable finance has been used to provide essential services to a struggling system, what's next and more!
🔗 Read here >> buff.ly/8OtLuxG
#charity
This was great, particularly the point that we're spending almost as much putting sticking plasters on existing lines as it should cost to build transformative, new infrastructure in the North
Want to know what’s going right in Britain? Come to the capital, look at the Elizabeth line railway | Jonn Elledge
Want to know what’s going right in Britain? Come to the capital, look at the Elizabeth line railway | Jonn Elledge
It’s a ‘can-do’ object lesson for the Treasury. And imagine what such ambition could do for the fortunes of Birmingham, Manchester or Leeds, says author Jonn Elledge
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This was great, particularly the point that we're spending almost as much putting sticking plasters on existing lines as it should cost to build transformative, new infrastructure in the North
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Want to know what’s going right in Britain? Come to the capital, look at the Elizabeth line railway | Jonn Elledge
Want to know what’s going right in Britain? Come to the capital, look at the Elizabeth line railway | Jonn Elledge
It’s a ‘can-do’ object lesson for the Treasury. And imagine what such ambition could do for the fortunes of Birmingham, Manchester or Leeds, says author Jonn Elledge
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Want to know what’s going right in Britain? Come to the capital, look at the Elizabeth line railway | Jonn Elledge
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New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation
August 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation
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Our up to £1bn Better Futures Fund will help tackle the structural causes of poverty.
Bringing together public funds with social impact investments, it will open up opportunities for training and work across the country.
My interview with the @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Bringing together public funds with social impact investments, it will open up opportunities for training and work across the country.
My interview with the @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘It’s very personal to me’: Darren Jones on his £500m plan to fight child poverty
Treasury chief secretary says he wants to emulate New Labour support for community groups that changed his life
www.theguardian.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Our up to £1bn Better Futures Fund will help tackle the structural causes of poverty.
Bringing together public funds with social impact investments, it will open up opportunities for training and work across the country.
My interview with the @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Bringing together public funds with social impact investments, it will open up opportunities for training and work across the country.
My interview with the @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@conororr.bsky.social just a message that I'm a UK fan, and you were so right about both international games and jersey number retirements on HTC over the last week
May 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
@conororr.bsky.social just a message that I'm a UK fan, and you were so right about both international games and jersey number retirements on HTC over the last week
Big update from BSC! £1bn committed towards addressing the most entrenched social problems in the UK
🌱 We’re proud to share that after 13 years of growth, we have committed over £1 billion into UK charities and social enterprises.
Our journey began in 2011, when we received £400 million from dormant bank accounts and £200 million from Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and NatWest Group First.
Our journey began in 2011, when we received £400 million from dormant bank accounts and £200 million from Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and NatWest Group First.
April 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Big update from BSC! £1bn committed towards addressing the most entrenched social problems in the UK
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Great to have reached such an incredible milestone! Over £1 billion invested in UK charities and social enterprises👏 Here's to continuing to drive positive change 🌟
🌱 We’re proud to share that after 13 years of growth, we have committed over £1 billion into UK charities and social enterprises.
Our journey began in 2011, when we received £400 million from dormant bank accounts and £200 million from Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and NatWest Group First.
Our journey began in 2011, when we received £400 million from dormant bank accounts and £200 million from Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and NatWest Group First.
April 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Great to have reached such an incredible milestone! Over £1 billion invested in UK charities and social enterprises👏 Here's to continuing to drive positive change 🌟
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🔎 In her latest blog, Investment Director Amelie Montague explores how Government can support children in care through social investment, highlighting how blended finance models can combine Government grants with repayable finance to help children in need.
To learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3QRpKhK
To learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3QRpKhK
March 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🔎 In her latest blog, Investment Director Amelie Montague explores how Government can support children in care through social investment, highlighting how blended finance models can combine Government grants with repayable finance to help children in need.
To learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3QRpKhK
To learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3QRpKhK
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How can LGPS pools unlock local economic growth and social progress through impact investment?
📖 Read our CIO Anna Shiel's piece on the opportunity place-based impact investing presents to drive greater economic and social progress while maintaining risk-adjusted returns.
bit.ly/4i7FlFE
📖 Read our CIO Anna Shiel's piece on the opportunity place-based impact investing presents to drive greater economic and social progress while maintaining risk-adjusted returns.
bit.ly/4i7FlFE
Viewpoint: Unlocking LGPS capital - a new era for local impact investment | Impact Investor
As the UK government moves forward with reforms in the local government pensions sector, Anna Shiel, chief investment officer at Better Society Capital, explores the challenges and opportunities of le...
bit.ly
February 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
How can LGPS pools unlock local economic growth and social progress through impact investment?
📖 Read our CIO Anna Shiel's piece on the opportunity place-based impact investing presents to drive greater economic and social progress while maintaining risk-adjusted returns.
bit.ly/4i7FlFE
📖 Read our CIO Anna Shiel's piece on the opportunity place-based impact investing presents to drive greater economic and social progress while maintaining risk-adjusted returns.
bit.ly/4i7FlFE
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We look forward to continuing to work alongside social investment partners, empowering enterprises and charities that are improving the lives of people across the UK.
Read the full report here: bettersocietycapital.com/impact-repor...
Read the full report here: bettersocietycapital.com/impact-repor...
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bettersocietycapital.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
We look forward to continuing to work alongside social investment partners, empowering enterprises and charities that are improving the lives of people across the UK.
Read the full report here: bettersocietycapital.com/impact-repor...
Read the full report here: bettersocietycapital.com/impact-repor...
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In the 190 community pubs known to @plunkettuk.bsky.social, over 41,000 people have become shareholders, raising over £38 million between them through #CommunityShares.
@andrewdubock.bsky.social explores the vital role of volunteers in community projects ▶️
www.goodfinance.org.uk/latest/post/...
@andrewdubock.bsky.social explores the vital role of volunteers in community projects ▶️
www.goodfinance.org.uk/latest/post/...
January 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
In the 190 community pubs known to @plunkettuk.bsky.social, over 41,000 people have become shareholders, raising over £38 million between them through #CommunityShares.
@andrewdubock.bsky.social explores the vital role of volunteers in community projects ▶️
www.goodfinance.org.uk/latest/post/...
@andrewdubock.bsky.social explores the vital role of volunteers in community projects ▶️
www.goodfinance.org.uk/latest/post/...
Man United's men playing away in London on a Sunday night, at the same time as Man United's women play a home game, both on TV, is maybe the stupidest bit of TV scheduling I've ever seen
January 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Man United's men playing away in London on a Sunday night, at the same time as Man United's women play a home game, both on TV, is maybe the stupidest bit of TV scheduling I've ever seen
Thought this was really good - ask young liberals not to buy cocaine because of their social conscience, on a journey towards it no longer becoming a moral quandary in the future
My column in today's @financialtimes.com on an argument I think reformers don't make enough about illegal drugs: that it is in fact bad to trade off 'the lives and health of people in other countries' against 'restricting the dangerous and unwise choices of people in your own'.
The war on drugs needs a new tactic: shame
Liberal reformers have been too hesitant to spell out the negative consequences for others
www.ft.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Thought this was really good - ask young liberals not to buy cocaine because of their social conscience, on a journey towards it no longer becoming a moral quandary in the future
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Some wonderful feline asides in this from Janan Ganesh, which I think is basically right.
Britain should stop pretending it wants more economic growth
Almost everyone in politics has something they prioritise over it
www.ft.com
January 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Some wonderful feline asides in this from Janan Ganesh, which I think is basically right.
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🌟 Great to be in Parliament today, hosting a meet and greet event for MPs and social enterprises in partnership with @access-si.bsky.social and @pathwayfund.bsky.social.
A big thank you to all those who connected with us today!
A big thank you to all those who connected with us today!
January 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🌟 Great to be in Parliament today, hosting a meet and greet event for MPs and social enterprises in partnership with @access-si.bsky.social and @pathwayfund.bsky.social.
A big thank you to all those who connected with us today!
A big thank you to all those who connected with us today!
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Last night, my football dreams came true. A play I’ve yelling about online for about a decade happened in an actual NFL game—the first fair catch kick since 1978.
Here’s everything there is to know about this impossibly rare play, the NFL’s vestigial tailbone: open.substack.com/pub/rodgersh...
Here’s everything there is to know about this impossibly rare play, the NFL’s vestigial tailbone: open.substack.com/pub/rodgersh...
Everything you need to know about the fair catch kick, football's vestigial tailbone
Thursday night, the Chargers made history by converting on a play that hadn't been successful in FORTY SIX YEARS
open.substack.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Last night, my football dreams came true. A play I’ve yelling about online for about a decade happened in an actual NFL game—the first fair catch kick since 1978.
Here’s everything there is to know about this impossibly rare play, the NFL’s vestigial tailbone: open.substack.com/pub/rodgersh...
Here’s everything there is to know about this impossibly rare play, the NFL’s vestigial tailbone: open.substack.com/pub/rodgersh...
Ten months ago Gary O'Neil let me see us beat Albion and then Chelsea away in an eight day span - that I will appreciate for a long time
December 15, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Ten months ago Gary O'Neil let me see us beat Albion and then Chelsea away in an eight day span - that I will appreciate for a long time
No pleasure (obviously) in GON's demise but anyone in the away end would have got more out of the players tonight - shouldn't have survived Palace and am sure he won't survive this, good luck to whoever is next #Wolves
December 9, 2024 at 11:24 PM
No pleasure (obviously) in GON's demise but anyone in the away end would have got more out of the players tonight - shouldn't have survived Palace and am sure he won't survive this, good luck to whoever is next #Wolves
