Lucy Symington

@lucysym.bsky.social blogged about why we need a community-led high street strategy that marries up economic renewal and community empowerment - inspired by their recent visit to Nudge Community Builders in Plymouth 👇️ buff.ly/Tw60K8c

Meet the community business leaders joining us at Labour Conference - Power to Change This year, we're bursting the conference bubble - and bringing community business into the room.

@powertochange.org.uk ⚡️If you’re in Liverpool, come and hear from people working on the ground - diving renewal from health hubs to high streets - at our reception this evening www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...

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...

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)

Community leaders sit around a horseshoe table discussing community power

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

📣 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.
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👋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

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 👇

Invite your MP to the Museum of Broken Dreams From 1st to 4th September, the Museum of Broken Dreams – designed by the We’re Right Here campaign – will bring to Parliament the stories of community-led projects that could have transformed lives bu...

Still time to write to your MP and ask them to drop in on the exhibition 👉 actionnetwork.org/letters/invi...

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....

@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...

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.

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:

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...

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.

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

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 ...

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

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.

"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...

New govt plans announced in today's Spending Review offer real potential for local growth and a chance for regional leaders to step up on the social economy.

But to deliver growth communities can see and feel, community ownership funding is the missing link.

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. 🌊🏛️

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

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.

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...