K Aitken-McDermott

Social scientist researching social enterprise, community organisations and rural business @cretweeting. River swimmer. Believer in kindness.

[K Aitken-McDermott @kaitkenmcd]

Really interesting listening to examples of successful 'working with' from #Haltwhistle Partnership and @KarbonHomes at today's @NICRErural community development event in #Hexham

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

'The Skate Girls of Kabul' photographic series by Jessica Fulford-Dobson featuring girls from the Afghan capital #WomensArt #WomenGirls Afghanistan 🙏

[Newcastle University @UniofNewcastle]

Together we are stronger - @uniofnewcastle @Northumbriauni announce an innovative new partnership to support the economic and social recovery of our region post-Covid @NewcastleCC @NewcastleHosps https://t.co/JyvjO0Ocia

[VARC @varc_arts]

Join us on Saturday 17th July 1-4pm, to see Bridget Kennedy's Work in Progress at The Heritage Centre Bellingham, with tea and cake from @CarriagesTeas - more details in our newsletter - https://t.co/FB4hLMrEpj #EntwinedRuralLandLivesArt @BellinghamHer

[K Aitken-McDermott @kaitkenmcd]

Nature's Living Room CIC 💚sharing the benefits of time spent together in the woods. WATCH https://t.co/UESWVkcVuD the Hexhamtv interview with @DeniRiach Brilliant!!

[CCRI @CCRI_UK]

Our partner, @NICRErural want to hear from small firms in #rural areas to find out how you hope to recover from the ongoing #COVID19 pandemic.

If you'd like to have your say & contribute to the evidence base, find out more here: https://t.co/h2xED5vROA
@bryonnygh @JaclynCurryJC

[K Aitken-McDermott @kaitkenmcd]

@gkrtzs @Inspirationorth @cretweeting @DtpNine @DurhamComAction @SocEntAcumen @HaSSResNCL @NCLBusiness @voiceintheroom Thank you lovely @gkrtzs !

[K Aitken-McDermott @kaitkenmcd]

Here's my #podcast about social enterprises #SocEnt in #NorthEast

https://t.co/8wUgHK2tRf

Thank you @Inspirationorth @cretweeting @DtpNine @DurhamComAction @SocEntAcumen @HaSSResNCL @NCLBusiness @voiceintheroom & v generous & inspiring interviewees!!

[Inspiration North @Inspirationorth]

Episode 4 with Katie Aitken-McDermott

Doing social good makes business sense.

💬 The pandemic accelerated the number of CICs being set up
💬 The importance of storytelling for social enterprises
💬 Many great examples in the region to learn from

#podcast #thisismine

[HaSS Research & Innovation Team @HaSSResNCL]

Hidden Histories partnership seed fund call is now open 👇👇👇👇@SAgEfundingNCL

[K Aitken-McDermott @kaitkenmcd]

@hexhamtv @HexhamTown @Emma_L_R @N_landCouncil I love this! Excellent idea.

[National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise @NICRErural]

There’s only a fortnight left to submit your bids for our £100,000 #research fund – get in touch by 15 March if you’ve an innovative idea that could boost #rural #business, see here: https://t.co/JbsT2ofSdL @CCRI_UK @ERC_UK @RoyalAgUni @cretweeting @NCLBusiness

[Jeremy Phillipson @JeremyPhillipso]

Also an opportunity to be embedded in the wonderful @cretweeting

[Sara Maioli #FBPE @sara_maioli]

Emerald Publishing Ltd. has seen a 35% decline in research from women in early education research roles during the pandemic. What will be the consequences for these women's academic career?
#pandemic #gendergap

[National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise @NICRErural]

Seen our latest #blog from @JeremyPhillipso - in our first few months we've launched our open call for research and welcomed new members to the team, read it here... https://t.co/ljEDdrBJCj @CCRI_UK @RoyalAgUni @ERC_UK @cretweeting @NCLBusiness

[Kate Raworth @KateRaworth]

Markets can only serve humanity if they are designed to be just one part of the economy - without dominating or crowding out the other fundamental ways in which we meet our needs and wants, within the means of the living world.

[Rob Hopkins @robintransition]

Let us long for a world in which we have more headlines like this than those we have seen in recent days...

[K Aitken-McDermott @kaitkenmcd]

@mbsocent Total respect to teachers, students & carers engaged in online teaching today. It involves huge work and stress from all. I am a lucky parent - my kids both have laptops & wifi, and crumbs of motivation for learning left! BUT IT'S STILL REALLY HARD!!

[explore.org @exploreorg]

Snow day ❄️ 🐼

[Centre for Rural Economy @cretweeting]

Great opportunity to work with CRE colleagues on the @field_wt project!

[K Aitken-McDermott @kaitkenmcd]

"This event explores different efforts to incorporate adaptive approaches within public management" Really looking forward to this. Sounds excellent!