It shouldn’t be so difficult for us to get a hearing when these are the decisions which so fundamentally shape our lives. I suffer from some chronic health conditions, and over the years I got increasingly frustrated that issues around reproductive and mental health were being trivialised by healthcare professionals and sexualised by the ethnic […]
I like the idea that people who live here can have influence. We have a right to expect better I have worked in public services in Barrow for most of my working life. A lot of people move to the Lake District, but it feels different when you were born and brought up here and have a […]
In Sheffield, Heeley Trust has stepped in where the market and state had left – helping to create a healthy, prosperous, community-led local economy. Meet our campaign leader Andy Jackson.
Our campaign leader Neelam Heera faced continous push-back in her search for something simple – a space to house period products vital for the marginalised communities she worked with. She shares why a Community Power Act is vital in giving initiatives like hers the – literal – room to flourish.
Inayat Omarji MBE dedicated 10 years and 5000 hours spearheading the renovation of his local church. Today, All Souls Bolton has gone from an abandoned and vandalised space – to a beautiful hub for community life.
You’d think putting empty buildings to good use in community hands would be a no-brainer. For Coalville’s Deana Wildgoose it’s been an uphill battle – but one she’s not giving up easily.