Nick Addington

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Chief Executive,@WmGrantFound. Trustee @CommEnterprise & @greenfunders. Also @totheobelisk.

[Nick Addington @N_Addington]

So long, Twitter. Going to try to get back into the habit of posting over where the sky is blue. Link in bio and on linktree: https://t.co/eypDVw4mAD

[William Grant Foundation @WmGrantFound]

📢Invitation to tender
Did you know @WmGrantFound is in its tenth year of grant-making? We're looking for a consultant to help us reflect on our first decade & look ahead to the next one.
🗣️Please share with your networks
⬇️Download details on our website https://t.co/WQ7AIXrRQP

[Nick Addington @N_Addington]

The lichen makes him look like he's just been hauled out of the sea...

[Nick Addington @N_Addington]

Quite taken with this fellow, outside Smith's Hotel, Gretna Green.
#sculpture #PublicArt #Scotland

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

What a forlorn sight to see. Scotland's very last patch of snow from the previous winter about to expire, on Aonach Beag near Ben Nevis. We weren't sure if this or Sphinx was going to be last to disappear, so now it's settled.

In any event it doesn't matter. Scotland is about to be completely snow-free for the third consecutive year. It used to be the case, not so long ago, that one year with now snow was unusual. Two consecutive years would have been unprecedented. Three years is, in my view, very much into the realms of a fundamental change in our weather systems.

📷Colin Hutt

[Nick Addington @N_Addington]

Looking forward to joining colleagues in Scotland's newest city shortly.

[William Grant Foundation @WmGrantFound]

We're pleased to be supporting today's #HTNConf2024, welcoming @HTNmembers from across the UK to Dunfermline, to share experience and inspiration about community-led initiatives that ensure our built heritage is part of a thriving future.

[Nick Addington @N_Addington]

Huge congratulations to @LeahRBlack and everyone whose diligence and diplomacy got this over the line.

[Nick Addington @N_Addington]

Not a huge contribution to this pooled fund, but by literally buying-in to it, councillors have made a critical contribution to viability & credibility of this innovative and forward-looking partnership working for a fairer, greener future for the capital. (No-brainer, mind you!)

[The City of Edinburgh Council @Edinburgh_CC]

Councillors have today agreed to invest £100,000 towards the Regenerative Futures Fund (RFF), a new multi-million-pound initiative to combat poverty and inequality in Edinburgh.

Read the full story on our website: https://t.co/VaFj1YkOBR

[Nick Addington @N_Addington]

For anyone interested in Asset-Based Community Development #ABCD in Scotland, this looks like a great opportunity to connect to and learn along with others.

[Scottish ABCD Circle @ScottishABCD]

Interested in #ABCD and #CommunityPower? Have a story to share? Just want to make a difference and join a collective that see the potential in a collaborative future? Then please sign up for this! We would absolutely love you to come along.

https://t.co/tSuyU7PGig

[Nick Addington @N_Addington]

Excellent summary report highlighting opps & challenges re community ownership in urban areas, w some good common-sense recommendations. A good read for anyone interested in land reform & community ownership in Scotland. Glad @WmGrantFound could help support this action research.

[Laurie Macfarlane @L__Macfarlane]

This is a sensible, evidence-based answer to the perennial “how will pay you for it” question

If UK political leaders had the courage to give similar answers, I suspect we’d be in a very different place

[Nick Addington @N_Addington]

Never mind the ONS's basket of goods & services, it's the rising price of the Star Bar's 3-course lunch deal - prominently advertised above the door - that's my inflation tracker. Was £2.50 when I moved to Glasgow, I think. Enjoyed this wee article on a Southside institution.

[🦋 @greatergovanhill.com on BlueSky 🦋 @Govanhill_mag]

Located in Eglinton Toll, The Star Bar has stood the test of time, serving up Glasgow’s cheapest three-course lunch in a historic setting. We caught up with regular Tony and manager Angela for a bar-side blether...
https://t.co/voPMqMCQNF

[Nick Addington @N_Addington]

Gate, Inchmadamph old kirk, Assynt. #IronworkThursday

[Nick Addington @N_Addington]

Looking forward to having @elfmhairi and Jane on the team!

[William Grant Foundation @WmGrantFound]

We're excited to welcome a couple of new faces to the Foundation's staff team.
Read more about our new colleagues here ⬇️
https://t.co/SHeYcntP7h

[Environmental Funders Network @greenfunders]

We’re looking for a new Executive Director to lead EFN & increase our impact at this critical time for people and the planet!

If you’re a strategic & operational leader with a strong understanding of environmental issues, we’d love to hear from you: https://t.co/IBeyoj30tB

[Nick Addington @N_Addington]

If you'd like to know more about Kamala Harris, Radio 4 put together this 13-minute profile back in 2020 when she was running for VP with Biden. https://t.co/X0K651JF0z

[Juliet Harris 🧡 @Ulgrid]

A new dawn for children's rights

As the sun rises over Scotland, @together_sacr is flying the UN & Scotland flags from the summit of Ben Nevis to celebrate children's rights becoming law through the #UNCRCScotland Act.

Happy UNCRC Commencement Day to children across Scotland🎈

[Nick Addington @N_Addington]

Important the National Wealth Fund doesn't nationalise the risk but privatise the profit from its 'catalytic' investments. Ensuring it shares in the upside where it materialises is essential to sustain its ability to continue investing, given the scale of transformation required.

[Mariana Mazzucato @MazzucatoM]

The UK’s new Labour government must transform how the state operates to deliver on the promise of its mission-oriented industrial strategy. Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer’s mission boards are a strong signal that he understands this - but to work, they must be dynamic and empowered to design the policies, tools and institutions the missions demand.

Read more in my latest @ProSyn op-ed with @SarahDoyleTO: https://t.co/GCrdHXwOv0

Our full report: https://t.co/NmDnoYeXqI

[Nick Addington @N_Addington]

Pity the junior hack at the P&J who has to compile the litany of shamed humanity that is the courts round-up, but at least they've got that headline for their cuttings file.

[Nick Addington @N_Addington]

Woman bites dog.
https://t.co/C3CBdVatcz