Grace Wyld

Really proud of the whole team at @futuregovforum.bsky.social for being highly commended as 'One To Watch' at the inaugural @smartthinking.bsky.social awards last night. A real achievement less than two years after we launched.

And congrats to @britishprogress.org who took home the award!

Time to change relationship between people and state The government’s mission playbook should be taken to a neighbourhood level, write Grace Wyld, head of policy and research, and Ollie Smith, policy

Read @gracewyld.bsky.social and Ollie Smith's article in the Local Government Chronicle about why it’s ‘Time to change the relationship between people and the state’ and the launch of a new FGF and @localtrust.org.uk report 🔽

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This Party Conference season, through 1️⃣1️⃣ fringes and 3️⃣ receptions, we've put practical delivery at the heart of the political debate.

A huge thank you to all those who participated, attended and partnered with us.

Until next year 👋

We're heading to Liverpool with our biggest Labour Party Conference programme yet. We’re hosting 12 events, all but one in our dedicated pod within the ACC and featuring a fantastic line-up of speakers. Come and join us!
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How design capabilities could help the government deliver their national missions By Nigel Ball, Lucy Kimbell, Ramia Mazé, Esme Trevelyan, Niki Wallace and Grace Wyld.

Read a new article on how design capabilities could help the government deliver their national missions

The article is by UAL’s @nigelball.bsky.social, Professor Lucy Kimbell, Ramia Mazé, Esme Trevelyan & Niki Wallace, & FGF’s @gracewyld.bsky.social

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One leader’s reflections on moving from the civil service to civil society Emma de Closset is the Chief Executive of UK Community Foundations (UKCF), a place-based network which invests in communities through local giving and philanthropy.

Yesterday we also published this brilliant piece by Emma de Closset on moving from the civil service to civil society:

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Announcing the Social Insights Panel: a new FGF project led by Polly Neate (Picture credit: Honor Elliot)

Excited to announce The Social Insights Panel - putting into practice today's Civil Soc Covenant to influence the Test, Learn, Grow approach to public service reform. (Most excitingly it means I get to work with @pollyneate.bsky.social to make it happen)

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Announcing the Social Insights Panel: a new FGF project led by Polly Neate (Picture credit: Honor Elliot)

Today’s Civil Society Covenant outlines principles for a better relationship between government and civil society, and we’re announcing a new initiative putting those principles into action. [1 / 2]

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Important new findings from @re-state.bsky.social & @civilserviceworld.bsky.social, incl that officials want to innovate but feel held back.

FGF's @gracewyld.bsky.social will appear at a CSW event w/ co-author Joe Hill tmw on how missions can change this. Sign up 👇
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And further analysis from our Chief Economist, Dan Corry (who obviously manages to talk about Thomas Tuchel in the first line) @danrcorry.bsky.social www.publicfinance.co.uk/opinion/2025...

Take a look at our initial analysis of today's Spending Review @futuregovforum.bsky.social @adamterryfgf.bsky.social @hamidaali.bsky.social @danrcorry.bsky.social

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Public service reform: Changing the rules of the game Written by Charlotte Augst, a voluntary and community sector leader.

How should the government get to where it needs to on health?

A new blog by @charlotteaugst.bsky.social/ considers how health policy can be better delivered as a meeting of national & local health leaders in Leeds today, discusses the health neighbourhood agenda ⬇️
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Brilliant blog from @adamterryfgf.bsky.social on the PMs speech & our emerging thinking at FGF: We need a state which disrupts but also creates (that's what sets progressives apart from populists) and where the PM has hit his stride abroad, it's time for a coalition of the willing on home turf

Quantum Computing: The next battleground for global tech leadership Written by Shuab Gamote, Researcher, The Future Governance Forum

Want to know where the next battleground for global tech leadership is?

#QuantumComputing is the most important but least understood tech breakthrough, that could redefine industries, national security & scientific discovery.

FGF blog by @shuab.bsky.social. ⬇️

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Grace Wyld, FGF Head of Policy and Research, joined experts (inc. Jane Ide OBE, Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations) at an event discussing: ‘resetting the relationship between the voluntary sector and the state’ at Sheffield Hallam University.

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Next week we at @futuregovforum.bsky.social are launching a report with @publicdigital.bsky.social on transforming local govt for the digital era.

We've got an exciting launch event planned featuring some of the leading voices in the sector.

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Brilliant and comprehensive thread from my colleague @adamterryfgf.bsky.social on the Chancellor's speech yesterday...

Was particularly good to hear @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social extolling the virtues of mission-driven government, and how that involves a whole-of-society effort, including the state, business and civil society.

More to come on that very topic from @futuregovforum.bsky.social in the morning...

Finally, and most importantly, there's a long list of people and organisations in the report who contributed time, energy and ideas.

I hope they got more face time with government in the years to come so that efforts in pursuit of shared missions add up to move than the sum of our parts.

I was very lucky to work on this with the wonderful @shadibrazell.bsky.social, @jamessomervlle.bsky.social, Leah Davis, @hamidaali.bsky.social in this partnership between @futuregovforum.bsky.social, @thinknpc.bsky.social and @lbfew.bsky.social

Treat civil society as equal to businesses, report urges government Partnership with civil society should be catalysed from the centre of government, the report recommends

And thanks to Third Sector for covering the piece here www.thirdsector.co.uk/treat-civil-...

Greater than the sum of our parts: Delivering missions in partnership with civil society organisations - Future Governance Forum To fulfil ambitious missions, Government must form a genuine two-way partnership between civil society and the state.

I've summarised the paper in a blog here. My co-author @shadibrazell.bsky.social has consistently reminded us that ‘culture eats strategy for breakfast.' Collaboration has to be thought of across gov as both a value to cultivate and a skill to teach www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/2025/01/30/g...

The gov can't achieve missions alone, so the 3rd in our Mission Critical series looks at how to get the best out of partnerships w/ civil society. Significant change is required across govt but also in civil soc, who must look up from sector based challenges to play a part in transformational change

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Grace Wyld on Government and Governance — Freewheeling Politics tends to focus on what is to be done, but none of it matters if it doesn't actually happen. We've been living through a crisis of governance recently. Government has become centralised, mic...

Great interview with my colleague @gracewyld.bsky.social here speaking to @freewheeling.info about mission-driven government, how to empower civil servants to innovate and reasons to be optimistic for 2025...

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It’s been a hell of a year helping get FGF up on its feet and a huge privilege to learn from everyone who has joined our growing forum of thinkers and doers. Feeling very proud of the team.

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