Chris Sanderson

We are over the moon to see this news! This SLF award matches their recent successful community share campaign.

Credit to the hard work of everyone involved, well done all! Community power in action!

YouTube video by Dave Goulson No More Beewashing! Why beekeeping doesn't help conserve bees.

No more Beewashing please! Why beekeeping doesn't help conserve bees. Pls RT if you agree.
youtu.be/fiBYBmlKSYU

Children fetching water killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, emergency officials say The Israeli military has not yet commented on the strike, which witnesses said hit a crowd queuing to get water at a refugee camp.

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These children-killing strikes seem to be acceptable to people. I don’t know what else to say about it.

It’s the ‘but’ and the hierarchy of love that reveals everything.

Amazing news: as part of this DTAS has created a new £5 million Recovery & Resilience fund for our members over the next 2 yrs.The forward thinking of @foundationscotland.bsky.social means we can help DTAS members gain stability, build capacity & future-proof their operations/impact across Scotland

“The war's horrors multiply. The dead, the pieces of the dead. The dying. The starving. More and more of them now …
The urge to avert our gaze can be overpowering.”

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Such an important reminder from @davidgurteen.bsky.social. When we prioritise connection before content, we create the trust and openness needed for real collaboration. It’s easy to jump straight to tasks, but without strong relationships, the work suffers.

Labour accused of trying to mimic Reform with migrant raid videos The government is publishing videos of raids of venues employing illegal workers as it prepares for the second reading of its Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

Witnessing Labour trying to mimic Reform with migrant raid videos is sickening & will simply reinforce Reform’s messages. Just months after race riots, it also risks encouraging further animosity. We need safe & legal routes for asylum seekers, not boasts about which party can be cruellest

I worry about walking past people by accident at these things, esp when there’s no delegate list and I’ve no idea who’s there.

But yes, good to feel out collective strength and sense of purpose! We make a huge difference.

Oh did I miss you? 😐

So looking forward to #SCVOGathering tomorrow. A packed day in prospect 👍🏻

Welcome!

And it’s dog friendly (although mine doesn’t deserve to be readmitted 😬)

3000 bikes!
Donated, refurbished and given a second life.
Bike reuse is changing lives in Scotland.
Read how @bikes4refugees.bsky.social supports refugees and people seeking asylum:

👏🏻 Bike reuse -refurbishing bicycles for a long life - could be so much easier with standard components.
Affordable access to bikes changes lives.
Let’s make it easier.

No alternative to flattening our green spaces for unaffordable new build homes ? But there is !

Read the briefing and send it to your MP . We need HomesForEveryone.org

Pedestrianised streets are a destination, not just a route.

Multi benefits evidenced here ⬇️

Independent Human Rights Fund for Scotland: Tender Opportunity Corra Foundation seeks a learning partner to support an action learning approach for the Independent Human Rights Fund for Scotland.

We are looking for a learning partner for the Independent Human Rights Fund for Scotland to deliver an action learning approach. Closing date 20th December 5pm. More information on our website:
www.corra.scot/human-rights...

#research #learning #HumanRights #funding

In this Newsletter: The ECA Podcast: Disinformation is Designed Article: What is ‘Dialogue’ in Public Engagement with Science and Technology? Bridging STS and Deliberative Democracy Germany Leading on Citizens’ Assemblies Article: Inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in the Public Procurement Market - Lessons for Latin America and the Caribbean Book Chapter: Energy Transition and Indigenous Communities in Chile Global Citizens’ Assembly to Broaden Engagement in Climate Policy Blog: So, Where to Begin with ‘Embedding’ Co-Production? Video: We Are It – Community Power in Our Time About the Citizen Participation Network

🗓️ The December newsletter from the Citizen Participation Network is now out 🗞️ Including articles, reports, events, a guide, a podcast and a video across the fields of participatory and deliberative #democracy. As ever, open access and available here 👉 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...

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With his usual good humour, DG cuts through a lot of the nonsense expressed about garden rewilding.

A BIG thanks to @patrickharvie & other supporters for the parliamentary motion celebrating our milestone of #3000 refugees/asylum seekers supported with essential mobility & freedom of movement 🚴‍♀️💞🕊

Pop in for your “winter ready” bike:

This was an interesting watch for lots of reasons, not least how to work towards increasing the involvement of people with lived experience of trauma in the running of an organisation.