Polly Neate
@pollyneate.bsky.social
Strategist, coach, mentor. Civil society leadership. Former CEO Shelter & Women’s Aid. NED Young Women’s Trust, Women in Sport, Wessex Local Medical Committees, feminist, paraclimber, podcaster, writer, speaker
Great piece by @sambowman.co in @theguardian.com - though I think you’ll find that the gains from fixing housing aren’t bigger than *anyone* imagined (see pic)😉
www.theguardian.com/books/2022/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2022/j...
July 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Great piece by @sambowman.co in @theguardian.com - though I think you’ll find that the gains from fixing housing aren’t bigger than *anyone* imagined (see pic)😉
www.theguardian.com/books/2022/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2022/j...
I’ve been in this building quite a few times in various roles, but today is the first time I’ve ever seen #LarryTheCat - I kind of thought he was a myth. But nope, he’s real - almost tripped over him on the doorstep!
May 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I’ve been in this building quite a few times in various roles, but today is the first time I’ve ever seen #LarryTheCat - I kind of thought he was a myth. But nope, he’s real - almost tripped over him on the doorstep!
So excited & proud to see these @sheltercharity.bsky.social posters in Westminster station today! You can help ensure a new generation has the opportunities a safe home brings. It’s a right - or it should be.
#InvestInSocialHousing
#HomeIsEverything
campaigns.shelter.org.uk/chancellor-i...
#InvestInSocialHousing
#HomeIsEverything
campaigns.shelter.org.uk/chancellor-i...
May 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
So excited & proud to see these @sheltercharity.bsky.social posters in Westminster station today! You can help ensure a new generation has the opportunities a safe home brings. It’s a right - or it should be.
#InvestInSocialHousing
#HomeIsEverything
campaigns.shelter.org.uk/chancellor-i...
#InvestInSocialHousing
#HomeIsEverything
campaigns.shelter.org.uk/chancellor-i...
Thanks @alifortescuenews.bsky.social @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social & Paddy O’Connell for being such great company on the Sunday Papers review on Radio 4 this morning. You can listen on catch-up here (45 mins in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
May 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Thanks @alifortescuenews.bsky.social @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social & Paddy O’Connell for being such great company on the Sunday Papers review on Radio 4 this morning. You can listen on catch-up here (45 mins in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Thanks to @turn2us.bsky.social for inviting me to open their staff conference this week. Preparing for it really helped with my thinking on strategy-setting & leadership that allows for learning, responsiveness to events, local autonomy, yet also sets the clear direction organisations depend on.
May 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Thanks to @turn2us.bsky.social for inviting me to open their staff conference this week. Preparing for it really helped with my thinking on strategy-setting & leadership that allows for learning, responsiveness to events, local autonomy, yet also sets the clear direction organisations depend on.
First holiday for 30+ years as a senior manager & leader in commercial & civil society life where I can 100% drop it all. Yes, freelance life doesn’t quite work like that. But if I go AWOL it can harm no one but me. Feels weird but good. Yes I’m reading a new book on coaching! I don’t have to tho…
April 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
First holiday for 30+ years as a senior manager & leader in commercial & civil society life where I can 100% drop it all. Yes, freelance life doesn’t quite work like that. But if I go AWOL it can harm no one but me. Feels weird but good. Yes I’m reading a new book on coaching! I don’t have to tho…
New episode of the #BetterWayNetwork podcast is out! 📢
I’ve admired @lauraseebohm.bsky.social ever since my @womensaid.bsky.social days. It was a real privilege to have her on the show. Absolutely one of the best.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
I’ve admired @lauraseebohm.bsky.social ever since my @womensaid.bsky.social days. It was a real privilege to have her on the show. Absolutely one of the best.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
April 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
New episode of the #BetterWayNetwork podcast is out! 📢
I’ve admired @lauraseebohm.bsky.social ever since my @womensaid.bsky.social days. It was a real privilege to have her on the show. Absolutely one of the best.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
I’ve admired @lauraseebohm.bsky.social ever since my @womensaid.bsky.social days. It was a real privilege to have her on the show. Absolutely one of the best.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
Rents sky high?
@sheltercharity.bsky.social has a petition for that.
campaigns.shelter.org.uk/rent-stabili...
@sheltercharity.bsky.social has a petition for that.
campaigns.shelter.org.uk/rent-stabili...
April 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Rents sky high?
@sheltercharity.bsky.social has a petition for that.
campaigns.shelter.org.uk/rent-stabili...
@sheltercharity.bsky.social has a petition for that.
campaigns.shelter.org.uk/rent-stabili...
Well. I’ve left @sheltercharity.bsky.social Being me, I won’t know how I feel about it for several weeks. I miss my team already though. This lot have had my back through thick and thin. The most diverse leadership team Shelter has ever had - in more ways than a photo shows. Ready for the future.
March 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Well. I’ve left @sheltercharity.bsky.social Being me, I won’t know how I feel about it for several weeks. I miss my team already though. This lot have had my back through thick and thin. The most diverse leadership team Shelter has ever had - in more ways than a photo shows. Ready for the future.
This downpayment on the next Affordable Housing Programme is great news for getting spades in the ground asap - to deliver the social homes the country desperately needs. Good now, good sign: fingers still crossed for a transformative Spending Review for social housing
March 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
This downpayment on the next Affordable Housing Programme is great news for getting spades in the ground asap - to deliver the social homes the country desperately needs. Good now, good sign: fingers still crossed for a transformative Spending Review for social housing
This downpayment on the next Affordable Housing Programme is great news for getting spades in the ground asap - to deliver the social homes the country desperately needs. Good now, good sign: fingers still crossed for a transformative Spending Review for social housing
March 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
This downpayment on the next Affordable Housing Programme is great news for getting spades in the ground asap - to deliver the social homes the country desperately needs. Good now, good sign: fingers still crossed for a transformative Spending Review for social housing
Now in my final week at @sheltercharity.bsky.social looking forward to my last ELT meeting today. This is the “official” photo taken on my first day. The start of 7.5 years in my actual dream job. I was amazed to be standing there. I thought “This is going to be fantastic.” Boy have I had fun.
March 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Now in my final week at @sheltercharity.bsky.social looking forward to my last ELT meeting today. This is the “official” photo taken on my first day. The start of 7.5 years in my actual dream job. I was amazed to be standing there. I thought “This is going to be fantastic.” Boy have I had fun.
The latest #BetterWayNetwork podcast is out! This episode, Rog and I chat to @nikkifuller.bsky.social about system change - often discussed but less often understood maybe?? Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
March 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The latest #BetterWayNetwork podcast is out! This episode, Rog and I chat to @nikkifuller.bsky.social about system change - often discussed but less often understood maybe?? Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Following my excitement about the local beavers, an update. Yesterday evening we went to try and see them. Dusk fell and we were very chill, listening to birdsong and watching bats. Then we saw one, swimming not 5m in front of us! Made my weekend.
March 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Following my excitement about the local beavers, an update. Yesterday evening we went to try and see them. Dusk fell and we were very chill, listening to birdsong and watching bats. Then we saw one, swimming not 5m in front of us! Made my weekend.
Basically a perfect weekend.
March 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Basically a perfect weekend.
This 👇 is a political choice. And a direct result of decades of failure to #BuildSocialHousing - failures the government could reverse at the spending review if it chooses. Please help us persuade them england.shelter.org.uk/support_us/c...
February 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
This 👇 is a political choice. And a direct result of decades of failure to #BuildSocialHousing - failures the government could reverse at the spending review if it chooses. Please help us persuade them england.shelter.org.uk/support_us/c...
Leaving London after three days to go home today. And “going home” to Dorset is still a very new thing! But I’m getting there…
February 27, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Leaving London after three days to go home today. And “going home” to Dorset is still a very new thing! But I’m getting there…
The government has made a step forward for justice by committing to implement all the Grenfell Inquiry’s recommendations. However, with access to rights and justice so severely weakened, there is more to do. My quote in pic. Full story below
news.sky.com/story/seven-...
news.sky.com/story/seven-...
February 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The government has made a step forward for justice by committing to implement all the Grenfell Inquiry’s recommendations. However, with access to rights and justice so severely weakened, there is more to do. My quote in pic. Full story below
news.sky.com/story/seven-...
news.sky.com/story/seven-...
The latest #BetterWay podcast is out! Link below. Rog and i chatted with Better Way convenor Will Nicholson about his (highly varied) life and the next steps for our network creators.spotify.com/pod/show/bet...
February 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The latest #BetterWay podcast is out! Link below. Rog and i chatted with Better Way convenor Will Nicholson about his (highly varied) life and the next steps for our network creators.spotify.com/pod/show/bet...
My last parliamentary event for @sheltercharity.bsky.social and a great opportunity to push for government to use the spring #SpendingReview as a chance to make its commitment to #BuildSocialHousing real. You can help: england.shelter.org.uk/support_us/c...
February 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
My last parliamentary event for @sheltercharity.bsky.social and a great opportunity to push for government to use the spring #SpendingReview as a chance to make its commitment to #BuildSocialHousing real. You can help: england.shelter.org.uk/support_us/c...
The latest #BetterWayNetwork podcast is out! This time Rog and I interview Grandma-in-Tech Jake King, who is putting the Better Way principles into action in unique ways. Listen here: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/bet...
February 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The latest #BetterWayNetwork podcast is out! This time Rog and I interview Grandma-in-Tech Jake King, who is putting the Better Way principles into action in unique ways. Listen here: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/bet...
1/3 🧵
Yesterday was the 3rd anniversary of my life-changing accident which happened when abseiling down to a trad climb. Several operations and recoveries later it is what it is. I can’t do everything but I can do what I love. The picture shows me hanging on to the cliff.
Yesterday was the 3rd anniversary of my life-changing accident which happened when abseiling down to a trad climb. Several operations and recoveries later it is what it is. I can’t do everything but I can do what I love. The picture shows me hanging on to the cliff.
January 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
1/3 🧵
Yesterday was the 3rd anniversary of my life-changing accident which happened when abseiling down to a trad climb. Several operations and recoveries later it is what it is. I can’t do everything but I can do what I love. The picture shows me hanging on to the cliff.
Yesterday was the 3rd anniversary of my life-changing accident which happened when abseiling down to a trad climb. Several operations and recoveries later it is what it is. I can’t do everything but I can do what I love. The picture shows me hanging on to the cliff.
Shocking new data on the deaths of children linked to temporary accommodation. Unthinkable and avoidable suffering. My quote in pic, full story (£) here:
www.thetimes.com/article/3a3b...
www.thetimes.com/article/3a3b...
January 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Shocking new data on the deaths of children linked to temporary accommodation. Unthinkable and avoidable suffering. My quote in pic, full story (£) here:
www.thetimes.com/article/3a3b...
www.thetimes.com/article/3a3b...
This is not some ordinary sewer, it’s one of the only places you can still hear the River Fleet in London. Outside the Coach pub in Clerkenwell. Love this stuff. Check out one of my fave poems at the same time: Rising Damp by UA Fanthorpe alicerosebell.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/r...
January 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This is not some ordinary sewer, it’s one of the only places you can still hear the River Fleet in London. Outside the Coach pub in Clerkenwell. Love this stuff. Check out one of my fave poems at the same time: Rising Damp by UA Fanthorpe alicerosebell.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/r...
Sunrise over the Saxon walls this morning
January 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Sunrise over the Saxon walls this morning