Building a network of cross-sector, diverse new breed talent. Designing unique learning experiences that connect them to organisations #newbreedthinksprint
🚨NEW FUNDING ALERT🚨 organisations led by and for Black and minoritised women providing frontline services that respond to Violence Against Women and Girls can now apply for funding via Comic Relief. More info 👇
"To avoid changing the nature of the relationships we built we turned to participatory grantmaking as a way to share the power and shift decisions to a wider group who understood their community." Director of Development, @THEJillBaker https://t.co/0bwsVK6uEr
Right now, charities are #NeverMoreNeeded, but resources are running out and people and causes are suffering. We need government to create an Emergency Support Fund. Find out how to show your support this Wed. Visit https://t.co/qtD71qvA7Y #RightNow
Join us on 23 February to hear how small + local charities have been responding to the pandemic as we share our new research, The Value of Small: in a Big crisis. We will also be joined by the Minister for Civil Society & @DCMS, @dianabarran#ValueOfSmall
https://t.co/cXulp39wXZ
Just a thought: what would happen if every economics degree required students to take at least one ecology course per term, for the duration of the programme? I imagine that within a generation, the discipline would be radically transformed.
So depressing to read a prediction from Emirates CEO that air passengers will double by 2030 😢🌎. Disappointing @thesundaytimes gave zero challenge about the #climatecrisis implications of this
I give a webinar. I receive an email next day from man listening to webinar who has written up an article using chunks of my words on the topic of my work without mentioning the webinar / my work once. @NoraBateson I now know how you feel.
If your economy requires people to consume things they don't need or even want, and to do more of it each year than the year before, just in order to keep the whole edifice from collapsing, then you need a different economy.
If you are working in the cultural and creative industries - fill in this @Creative_Fed questionnaire about impact of COVID 19 on our sector https://t.co/xEOg28pEx0 @A_New_Direction@Create_Jobs
We’re running a global search for frugal innovators who have made ventilators across Africa and South Asia
With @DFID_UK we want to adapt your work and make a difference to the global challenge of #COVID19
For more details and to apply
https://t.co/MCNnRyUtKa #COVIDaction
The big question left hanging by the Chancellor's announcement:
Where's the help for the self-employed, and the people in precarious work or on zero hour contracts?
Many are at tremendous risk right now. Shouldn't they be prioritised?
Our friends at @postgrowth are hosting a webinar (March 19 @ 3pm PST) to discuss the current and future economic outcomes during the #COVID19 crisis. Please click the link below to register:
https://t.co/3lNIbM1ZBx
@DavidWa59907969@jasonhickel@ClimateBen And most opponents seem to not understand what growth is. Clue: it's *not* about consuming endless resources. It's about limited resources and human behaviour. Denigrating economists as if they're all neo-liberal casino bankers completely misunderstands what the subject is about.
Written last night. I need you to read this and decide about Coronavirus. Data, information, and tonality in an argument to act now, and not delay any longer. Feel free to share with event organisers, business owners, bosses, etc. We need to act now.
https://t.co/91KK37hziO
The global response to coronavirus has thus far ignored how the outbreak will affect gig workers, who now have to choose between following public health advice and making money | Analysis by @lukemcgee https://t.co/42GvKMPFmO