Rebecca White

On this day fours years ago, enough was enough. The horrific invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Something inside of me snapped and a lifetime of waking up, switching on the news ended in floods of tears for this incredible country. Слава Україні 🇺🇦

Want to learn more about power? Sign up to the 25th Feb workshop, facilitated by Katie Roberts and Ann-Marie Agyeman, at https://smk.org.uk/training-events/lived-experience-solidarity-social-change/

When a treasured pub was at risk of closing, how did a committed community come together to save it?

And what role did social investment play?

Read NEW blog, produced in partnership with Locality, to learn about the comeback story the Half Moon Inn!
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To misquote Monty Don - planting/sowing in the winter is the definition of hope.

The social enterprise sector is one I remain proud to be associated with. Despite the tough times an astonishing 83% pay the living wage.

So sorry to read of your loss, Patrick.

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It was great to attend the Funding the Future event in Dereham to meet charity and social enterprise leaders exploring funding options.

We discussed the role Good Finance can play in helping organisations to navigate social investment as a financial tool.

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Pre Investment Support At Good Finance, one of our core missions is to improve knowledge on social investment or socially responsible investment (SRI) including, what it is, what it can be used for and the journey and process it requires.

Is your social enterprise not ready for repayable finance?

Head to our ‘Pre Investment Support Hub’ to find tools, resources and organisations that can help you with key aspects, including marketing strategies, business planning and governance and policies 👇

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I want Corky!

I just think it should be called Agnes and not Hamnet 🤷🏻‍♀️

In & out of the dentist in 6 minutes. At £27.80 my very rough maths makes it £280 an hour. This is not ragebait post (I’ve worked for the public sector @ run my own business so I know what things cost). Anyone more knowledgeable than me have any views on whether this does in fact sound a lot or not?

So @scaramucci.bsky.social, you’ve always insisted that Putin had something on Trump. Isn’t it actually the case that Trump just wanted to copy from the Putin playbook and invade a sovereign country?

Nothing says New Year’s Day like homemade granola. Happy New Year 🥳

Thank goodness for the erudite, well thought through and nuanced views of our local press 🤦‍♀️

There are MAJOR opportunities to support charities & social enterprises through social investment.

Our latest blog breaks down the State of Social Enterprise report, exploring what the data tells us about access to finance — and specifically, social investment.

👉5min read: bit.ly/48SSRLK

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy Christmas breaks the rules of economics

Christmas is economically strange. We stop working. Spending surges. Profit stops mattering. Time off is normalised. Family and care come first. And we accept all of this without question. The real tragedy is not Christmas excess. It is forgetting the lesson in January.

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This is a fabulous quote from a recent webinar covering all you need to know about social investment. It might surprise you. You can find support, webinars & information about Social Investment & put rocket fuel under your charity or social enterprise, on the @goodfinanceuk.bsky.social website.

A fantastic community yesterday in Jenny Lind Park with our @camerados-org.bsky.social Public Living Room

Norfolk and Suffolk mayoral elections to be delayed for TWO YEARS In a move understood to be announced today, the Norfolk and Suffolk mayoral elections could be postponed until 2028.

Who’d have thought that Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation at the same time would end up being too much? 🤦‍♀️ www.edp24.co.uk/news/2567163...

Contrary to these findings, the process of securing social investment in reshaping our impact story was as transformational as the investment itself. If you’re wondering about how to grow, sustain or transform your charity or social enterprise, I recommend the @goodfinanceuk.bsky.social website

With help from the Wise Owl Mentor 🦉 Benny strengthened his model and his second social investment application was successful!

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A soft illustrated grid of nine small gift boxes, each with a different coloured ribbon. Around each box is a handwritten phrase: calm steady energy, freedom from expectation, soft slow paced days, ease on repeat, a quietness that settles, rest that truly restores, a gentle kind of merry, people that feel like home, peace that lingers. The title reads “All I want for Christmas is…” in simple lettering. The colours are muted pinks, greens and creams, giving a warm and soothing feel. Picture by Simply Anxious

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realise they were the big things.” Robert Brault

The smallest moments often mean the most.

The simple things really do matter.

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#kindness #gentleness #humanness

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I want to say ‘Rain in Royston’, but I’m in Hitchin grabbing breakfast before a workshop for the Hitchin branch of the @samaritans.bsky.social
Luckily I’ve been promised a rail replacement bus via Royston 🚌 later 👿

You’d be forgiven for thinking I plan my wardrobe 😆 #hitchin #hertfordshire #workshop #board #samaritans

It’s impossible knowing where to start with social investment. In fact there’s a lot of help available including unrestricted grants (yes, I said unrestricted). So check out the good people at @goodfinanceuk.bsky.social and the acres of info on their website. www.goodfinance.org.uk

It’s #socialenterpriseday for all those that celebrate! Today I’ll be sharing glimpses of the wonderful social enterprises locally. Many struggle in these tough times and to be honest many are too reliant on funding. It’s time think seriously about trading sustainably. Social investment can help!

Four one hour workshops with people I don’t know in four locations across Norfolk and Suffolk in one day 🤯 This means pre-gluing Pinpoint boards and doing as much prep as possible as there won’t be time to set up. What could possibly go wrong….

Just another participatory workshop with charity and social enterprise leaders on types on involvement, opportunities to involve teams, how to do it and most importantly of all - the difference it makes to a motivated and creative team 🙌