
Nicola Lynch
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Nicola Lynch
@LynchPinSupport
Social Impact & Social Value consultant. Evaluation, coaching, training. National Lead, Civil Society, Social Value UK. Views - mostly grumpy.


Meanwhile our Civil Society Lead @LynchPinSupport has been in Manchester today to close out the final @GMSocialValue Inspiring Impact session. A huge thank you to all those involved!

We can’t regenerate town centres + grow local economies when antisocial behaviour goes unchecked. We can’t give young people choices + chances when drug dealers trap them in county lines. We can’t level up without tackling crime. ✍️ With @YvetteCooperMP inews.co.uk/opinion/enough…


Another day, another round of 'charities are a problem.' I'm not going to repeat the arguments - watch them below - but it was the usual set of sentiments. My view in a short 🧵 parliamentlive.tv/event/index/66…




Nothing about this, especially those involved, should give anyone confidence. There are clear ways to benefit from Brexit but they are in areas—public ownership, state aid, industrial strategy, planning, procurement—that are of no interest to these people. theguardian.com/politics/2023/…


Every community is different. When we recognise this, we can build systems that encourage autonomy and diversity – creating stronger communities. Our work on applying the ideas of Elinor Ostrom today ⬇️⬇️⬇️ newlocal.org.uk/publications/o…




For what minor inconvenience would you gladly see the perpetrator hang?

Next up meet @FinnOldfield who wants to energise working class communities in the North and bring Community Wealth Building to the forefront. Welcome to the #VMFChangeMaker Fellowship Finn, we’re so pleased to have you on board. @TNLComFund @NorthernSoulLtd

A progressive economics that truly wishes progressive change must lock horns with existing policy and practice. With that comes surfacing of messy contradictions. So beware the ideas and models that seem simple, clean and neat. They probably aint much use and wont change much.





