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We’re deeply saddened to share that our beloved founder, Sir Alec Reed, has passed away.

That he left us on Giving Tuesday feels especially meaningful, as his vision and generosity shaped Big Give from the very beginning.

Read our full tribute: biggive.org/blog/2025/12/03/sir-alec-reed-1934-2025/

The 2025 #ChristmasChallenge is LIVE! 🎄

Until 9th December, every donation you make can be doubled. With over 1500 charities to choose from, that’s DOUBLE the support for thousands of people across the world. Visit BigGive.org to support a charity today. #GivingTuesday

The time is ripe for an extensive youth mobility scheme 'Global Britain' needs citizens who have experienced the benefits, both at home and abroad, of living alongside other peoples and cultures

Imagine being told you don’t belong in the country you’ve built your life in -- one party's recently-floated policy.

We desperately need stronger international ties.

Exchanges like Erasmus and Turing show how powerful cultural connection can be.

Co-founder of @omarabooks.bsky.social Lesley O'Mara explains the reasons behind the publisher's success as it marks its 40th anniversary: publishing a big variety of bestsellers, always on the look out for new trends and fantastic costings.

"Always hire people cleverer that you' she says.

#ipgac

Gosh need to send more biscuits!!

Michael O’ Mara celebrate 40 years in indie publishing. I’ve never met Leslie O’Mara but she sent me a really nice Biscuit when I helped her find a new sales and marketing assistant when I worked at The Bookseller and i never forgot it! 🍪 📖 #IPGAC

the importance of grammar!

How scientists can contribute to social movements and climate action Collective action on climate is crucial. Scientists play an important role in driving change.

Collective action on climate is crucial. Scientists play an important role in driving change.

TUI refuses to stop profiting from the suffering of captive whales and dolphins.

We’ve had enough. More pressure is needed, so we’ve joined with other leading NGOs to form a powerful coalition to expose TUI’s part in driving the suffering. And you can join us. 1/4

We are proud to support @biggive.bsky.social as they DOUBLE THE DIFFERENCE.

Visit donate.biggive.org/green-match-... between midday 22nd-29th April. Choose from over 300 brilliant green charities to give to, and your donation will be doubled!

#GreenMatchFund #EarthDay #241nature

Remember if you're looking for some reading (for yourself of somebody else) this Easter, there's a 10% discount on our new book, Scientists on Survival, via bookshop.org. Just use the code SURVIVAL10 between now and 8 May.

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#ScientistsOnSurvival

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It's #GreenMatchFund #Day3 and we’re cleaning up for our communities. With the planet getting greener, the air gets cleaner and who doesn't want that? We've raised an amazing amount so far but still have a way to go. Make your planet-saving donation today: bit.ly/GMF25Social

One week. One planet-saving deal.

Get ready to have your donations to over 300 impactful charities doubled from the 22nd-29th of April in our #GreenMatchFund!

Your donation, our match = DOUBLE the difference!

Browse the charities & get inspired: bit.ly/GMF25Social

Today is your last chance to get the ebook of Scientists on Survival for only 99p!! Happy Earth Day! 🌎

My chapter ‘Why I no longer fly’ is a way to try to reach academics on their flying habits, in our book Scientists on Survival:

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We are thrilled to present the shortlists for the 2025 Independent Publishing Awards! #IPA25

See thread below for the full shortlist and visit our website for more details bit.ly/4j6vWPq

Congratulations to all those shortlisted! Winners will be announced on 30 April 2025.

A compelling collection of stories from XR scientists detailing their personal responses to the climate and ecological crisis and their motivations that led them to work with XR 🧑‍🔬

#ScientistsOnSurvival is out now: buff.ly/2vWtghX ✅

@zadiesmith.bsky.social
#BookSky @scientistsx.bsky.social

💰Whatever you can donate will recognise the amazing contributions people make to XRUK! Without you, XRUK would look very different….
£12 could fund a Zoom account for a month, so we can host planning sessions & training for up to 100 rebels.
£40 could organise a community workshop online.

Among Drax's long list of climate crimes - burning old growth forests, lying about it, taking govt money to do it
#StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax

Exploring an extreme wealth line Insights from political figures, policy experts, and millionaires on a threshold for harmful wealth

Can establishing an extreme wealth line be an answer to addressing the risks of extreme wealth? We worked with the fabulous @NEF who developed a new report to explore the concept neweconomics.org/2025/01/expl...

Billionaire wealth surges to ‘unimaginable' levels in 2024 as Oxfam predicts emergence of five trillionaires within a decade Last year marked the second-largest annual increase in billionaire wealth since records started, according to Oxfam.

Billionaire wealth surges to ‘unimaginable' levels in 2024 as
@oxfaminternational.bsky.social predicts emergence of 5 trillionaires within a decade.

60% of billionaire wealth now comes from inheritance, monopoly or the power of crony connections.

#WEF2025

www.nbcnewyork.com/news/busines...

Record number of protesters will be in UK prisons this Christmas Forty people, aged 22 to 58, incarcerated for direct actions on climate and Gaza actions amid crackdown on dissent

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨

Record number of protesters in UK prisons this Christmas

40 people, aged 22 to 58, incarcerated for direct actions on climate & Gaza actions amid crackdown on dissent

#FreePoliticalPrisoners

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

We’ve made it to Bluesky! Please give us a follow and share - we post positive solutions offering hope for tackling the nature and climate emergencies🌱

We need a free press It’s vital for democracy that we receive verifiable information that is not manipulated or controlled

‪“Just three companies, News Corp (Murdoch family), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT, Viscount Rothermere) and Reach plc, control over 80% of daily newspaper circulation…”

We need a free press, free from the billionaires.
@leftwithnoparty.bsky.social
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The scandal of hidden homelessness Over 140,000 children live in sub-standard accommodation, enduring mould, bug infestations, and inadequate washing and cooking facilities

Over 140,000 children live in sub-standard accommodation…

…enduring mould, bug infestations, and inadequate washing and cooking facilities.

The private jets leaving COP29 are the ultimate symbol of climate injustice. Now the UK must go further in taxing them - Views & Voices With COP29 failing to deliver on climate finance, the world needs to look again at taxing rich people like us, says Julia Davies of Patriotic Millionaires UK. Expanding on Britain’s recent small incre...

Taxing private jets can help drive climate justice. 🛩️💸
In this guest blog for Oxfam, member Julia Davies argues that it's time to close the gap between climate pledges and action. Wealthy polluters must pay their fair share!
🌍 Read more: views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2024/11/the-... #TaxTheSuperRich

I’m a farmer – and I’m glad to see tax loopholes closing for cynical investor landowners | Guy Singh-Watson It could have been better designed, but Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tweak will help farmers with mud on their boots, says farmer Guy Singh-Watson

Today’s Commons debate on UK farming and inheritance tax is a timely moment to revisit our member Guy Singh-Watson’s insightful piece. He makes a compelling case for closing tax loopholes that benefit super rich landowners over farmers.
Read & share: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Fantastic to have members of Patriotic Millionaires UK—many of us business owners and entrepreneurs—at the launch of the Green Party’s Business Network. We shared ideas on fairer taxes on wealth —key to a thriving, fair economy.

Legal firms, like A&O Shearman, are complicit in the climate emergency, they enable ££s billions in fossil fuel deals in full knowledge of the devastating consequences.
Law graduates give these firms an 'F' and are looking elsewhere for more responsible firms to build their careers with.