Lucy Symington
@lucysym.bsky.social
Thrilled to be at Labour conference with 6 brilliant community leaders. Earlier Charlotte had the chance to speak to @skinnock.bsky.social about the market drayton community covenant pilot - joining the dots btwn neighbourhood health and devolution www.powertochange.org.uk/what-we-do/p...
September 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Thrilled to be at Labour conference with 6 brilliant community leaders. Earlier Charlotte had the chance to speak to @skinnock.bsky.social about the market drayton community covenant pilot - joining the dots btwn neighbourhood health and devolution www.powertochange.org.uk/what-we-do/p...
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Packed room for our first conference event with @joshsimonsmp.bsky.social, @kirstymcneill.bsky.social, @morganj0nes.bsky.social, Andy Jackson @right-here.org and Frances Foley @compassoffice.bsky.social - discussing communitarianism (Beyond Blue Labour)
September 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Packed room for our first conference event with @joshsimonsmp.bsky.social, @kirstymcneill.bsky.social, @morganj0nes.bsky.social, Andy Jackson @right-here.org and Frances Foley @compassoffice.bsky.social - discussing communitarianism (Beyond Blue Labour)
Great and grounding session b4 Lab conference - LCR community leaders talking together, hosted @ Make in Birkenhead chaired by my great boss @jesscraig.bsky.social with @allymcgovern.bsky.social, whose office is in this amazing community building. Thanks to our partners at @coopparty.party.coop
September 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Great and grounding session b4 Lab conference - LCR community leaders talking together, hosted @ Make in Birkenhead chaired by my great boss @jesscraig.bsky.social with @allymcgovern.bsky.social, whose office is in this amazing community building. Thanks to our partners at @coopparty.party.coop
Politics but with pies.. sign up to my event at Labour conference. I've been rly lucky to work with 7 brilliant community businesses to get the voices of people working on the ground to Lab conf this year-come and meet them!
🥧Sign up: buff.ly/0oYQG6i
👋Meet the community businesses: buff.ly/TIJ0uzj
🥧Sign up: buff.ly/0oYQG6i
👋Meet the community businesses: buff.ly/TIJ0uzj
September 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Politics but with pies.. sign up to my event at Labour conference. I've been rly lucky to work with 7 brilliant community businesses to get the voices of people working on the ground to Lab conf this year-come and meet them!
🥧Sign up: buff.ly/0oYQG6i
👋Meet the community businesses: buff.ly/TIJ0uzj
🥧Sign up: buff.ly/0oYQG6i
👋Meet the community businesses: buff.ly/TIJ0uzj
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📣 If you'll be at #LabourConference, join us & community business leaders from Liverpool & beyond to burst the conference bubble & explore how to achieve the kind of growth that reaches into everyday life in every community.
🥧Sign up: buff.ly/0oYQG6i
👋Meet the community businesses: buff.ly/TIJ0uzj
🥧Sign up: buff.ly/0oYQG6i
👋Meet the community businesses: buff.ly/TIJ0uzj
September 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📣 If you'll be at #LabourConference, join us & community business leaders from Liverpool & beyond to burst the conference bubble & explore how to achieve the kind of growth that reaches into everyday life in every community.
🥧Sign up: buff.ly/0oYQG6i
👋Meet the community businesses: buff.ly/TIJ0uzj
🥧Sign up: buff.ly/0oYQG6i
👋Meet the community businesses: buff.ly/TIJ0uzj
Fringe Event: 10 days out from Labour conference and you need to line up a good place to grab a pie: powertochange.typeform.com/to/DAkE176K
🫧 Burst the conference bubble and join @chriscurtis94.bsky.social, @marieosborne.bsky.social to talk about growth that reaches into our everyday life
🫧 Burst the conference bubble and join @chriscurtis94.bsky.social, @marieosborne.bsky.social to talk about growth that reaches into our everyday life
September 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Fringe Event: 10 days out from Labour conference and you need to line up a good place to grab a pie: powertochange.typeform.com/to/DAkE176K
🫧 Burst the conference bubble and join @chriscurtis94.bsky.social, @marieosborne.bsky.social to talk about growth that reaches into our everyday life
🫧 Burst the conference bubble and join @chriscurtis94.bsky.social, @marieosborne.bsky.social to talk about growth that reaches into our everyday life
Excited to be joining Labour conference with a delegation of seven community business leaders this year. If you’re after a panelist who’s really been there + done it, or just fancy a chat with someone working on the ground in their community, drop me a message
full fringe events schedule 👇
full fringe events schedule 👇
We’re heading to Labour, Lib Dem & Conservative party conferences this autumn — and we’re bringing community business into the room.
🎤 Want a community business leader to speak at your event? Let us know.
☕ Fancy a coffee with our team? Email @lucysym.bsky.social lucy.symington@powertochange.org.uk
🎤 Want a community business leader to speak at your event? Let us know.
☕ Fancy a coffee with our team? Email @lucysym.bsky.social lucy.symington@powertochange.org.uk
Party conferences 2025: bringing community business into the room - Power to Change
Find out how we’re backing community business at Labour, Liberal Democrat, and Conservative Party conferences in September and October 2025.
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September 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Excited to be joining Labour conference with a delegation of seven community business leaders this year. If you’re after a panelist who’s really been there + done it, or just fancy a chat with someone working on the ground in their community, drop me a message
full fringe events schedule 👇
full fringe events schedule 👇
@right-here.org launched their Museum of Broken Dreams exhibition in Parliament this week. Its about hope and its and a time capsule of what could have been... think Sliding Doors but community power not Gwyneth Paltrow. www.themj.co.uk/museum-shoul...
A museum shouldn't be the final resting place for community dreams
This week in Parliament, as MPs debate the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, a new exhibition is also opening its doors just down the corridor....
www.themj.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
@right-here.org launched their Museum of Broken Dreams exhibition in Parliament this week. Its about hope and its and a time capsule of what could have been... think Sliding Doors but community power not Gwyneth Paltrow. www.themj.co.uk/museum-shoul...
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It’s been 10 years since community appeared in a Bill's title in UK law.
It's the first time the word empowerment has ever been used.
Watch the introduction of the new English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, featuring the Community Right to Buy.
It's the first time the word empowerment has ever been used.
Watch the introduction of the new English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, featuring the Community Right to Buy.
July 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s been 10 years since community appeared in a Bill's title in UK law.
It's the first time the word empowerment has ever been used.
Watch the introduction of the new English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, featuring the Community Right to Buy.
It's the first time the word empowerment has ever been used.
Watch the introduction of the new English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, featuring the Community Right to Buy.
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Today the government found its voice on community power. Now, it should have the confidence to pursue a bold community empowerment agenda.
🧵 Here’s what we think:
🧵 Here’s what we think:
July 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Today the government found its voice on community power. Now, it should have the confidence to pursue a bold community empowerment agenda.
🧵 Here’s what we think:
🧵 Here’s what we think:
The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill lands this pm. Community Right to Buy finally on the table but will the detail go beyond the bill title and deliver real power to communities?
🔗 commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/964...
🔗 commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/964...
Order Paper for 10 July 2025
commonsbusiness.parliament.uk
July 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill lands this pm. Community Right to Buy finally on the table but will the detail go beyond the bill title and deliver real power to communities?
🔗 commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/964...
🔗 commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/964...
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To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we're sharing stories of innovation taking place in communities, and thoughts on how #communitybiz can help address the pressing issues shaping our world over the next decade.
www.powertochange.org.uk/celebrating-ten-years/ #PowertoChange10
www.powertochange.org.uk/celebrating-ten-years/ #PowertoChange10
Celebrating ten years backing community business - Power to Change
We believe communities should have the power to change what matters to them in their local area.
www.powertochange.org.uk
June 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we're sharing stories of innovation taking place in communities, and thoughts on how #communitybiz can help address the pressing issues shaping our world over the next decade.
www.powertochange.org.uk/celebrating-ten-years/ #PowertoChange10
www.powertochange.org.uk/celebrating-ten-years/ #PowertoChange10
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What does community power look like in action? In Settle, it’s a hydroelectric turbine, community-run swimming pool & the world’s oldest music hall—all owned & run by local people.
New blog by @lucysym.bsky.social shows how the social economy can deliver growth you can see & feel ✍️ buff.ly/vaZw8am
New blog by @lucysym.bsky.social shows how the social economy can deliver growth you can see & feel ✍️ buff.ly/vaZw8am
Settle: community power and placed-based growth - Power to Change
Settle in the Yorkshire Dales is a living example of community power. From a hydroelectric plant to a swimming pool and music hall – read how the social eco ...
www.powertochange.org.uk
June 24, 2025 at 9:37 AM
What does community power look like in action? In Settle, it’s a hydroelectric turbine, community-run swimming pool & the world’s oldest music hall—all owned & run by local people.
New blog by @lucysym.bsky.social shows how the social economy can deliver growth you can see & feel ✍️ buff.ly/vaZw8am
New blog by @lucysym.bsky.social shows how the social economy can deliver growth you can see & feel ✍️ buff.ly/vaZw8am
"If we accept that our democracy is in poor health, then we need to look at different ways of reviving it." Great piece from my colleague Linda at @powertochange.org.uk for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Why joining your local club could help renew our democracy - British Politics and Policy at LSE
Citizens have been losing trust in democracy. But a new study by Power to Change shows that increased participation in local clubs can restore some of that trust.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
June 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"If we accept that our democracy is in poor health, then we need to look at different ways of reviving it." Great piece from my colleague Linda at @powertochange.org.uk for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Yesterday I visited the brilliant Victoria Hall in Settle, North Yorkshire – a community-run venue that's just turned 170!
With @coopparty.party.coop and Mayor David Skaith.
The town also boasts a community-owned pool and hydro scheme. Settle shows what’s possible when communities lead. 🌊🏛️
With @coopparty.party.coop and Mayor David Skaith.
The town also boasts a community-owned pool and hydro scheme. Settle shows what’s possible when communities lead. 🌊🏛️
June 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Yesterday I visited the brilliant Victoria Hall in Settle, North Yorkshire – a community-run venue that's just turned 170!
With @coopparty.party.coop and Mayor David Skaith.
The town also boasts a community-owned pool and hydro scheme. Settle shows what’s possible when communities lead. 🌊🏛️
With @coopparty.party.coop and Mayor David Skaith.
The town also boasts a community-owned pool and hydro scheme. Settle shows what’s possible when communities lead. 🌊🏛️
A brilliant new report from my colleagues at Power to Change, great reading for anyone wondering - this week especially - how to reset the relationship between people and politics
🧵 REPORT | 🚨 New research 'Closing the void: Can we reconnect politics with associational life?'
Our new polling with @moreincommonuk.bsky.social highlights the role of grassroots civil society in bridging the gap between people and power.
Quick read: www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
Our new polling with @moreincommonuk.bsky.social highlights the role of grassroots civil society in bridging the gap between people and power.
Quick read: www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
May 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A brilliant new report from my colleagues at Power to Change, great reading for anyone wondering - this week especially - how to reset the relationship between people and politics
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Following her excellent adjournment debate, @paulettehamiltonmp.bsky.social has penned a brilliant article on the contribution of community business @wittonlodge.bsky.social to her constituency: parliamentnews.co.uk/by-investing...
By investing in people and supporting the third-sector we have a blueprint for unlocking Britain’s potential | Parliament Politics Magazine
In the heart of Birmingham lies the vibrant communities of Erdington, Kingstanding, Castle Vale, and South Oscott, areas bursting with untapped potential.
parliamentnews.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Following her excellent adjournment debate, @paulettehamiltonmp.bsky.social has penned a brilliant article on the contribution of community business @wittonlodge.bsky.social to her constituency: parliamentnews.co.uk/by-investing...