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Credit unions help people access fair, ethical finance. But an outdated law is holding them back. I’ve signed this petition to update the rules so credit unions can grow and serve more communities. Sign here 👇 party.coop/campaign/commu…

@MichaelRosenYes Heath Hayes 391 - spoken with a special, uncharacteristic telephone voice when answered by an adult of course!

Question for over 70 year olds: can you remember your home phone number from when you were a kid?

@MichaelRosenYes Since leaving headship in 2008 & moving into HE it’s been interesting, frustrating and at times horrifying how much further away from the real job of teaching children and young people that the commercialisation of schooling through the academy system has pushed education in UK

If every school is going to be an academy, this unleashes onto the whole education system, the nationwide fixing of a layer of management that operates to different rules from the ones operating in local authorities. Likewise, the rules pertaining to the uses of school property

@MichaelRosenYes Since leaving headship in 2008 & moving into HE it’s been interesting, frustrating and at times horrifying how much further away from the real job of teaching children and young people that the commercialisation of schooling through the academy system has pushed education in UK

@MichaelRosenYes I couldn’t agree more @MichaelRosenYes - I worked in schools for a local authority for 35 years, 18 of which as a primary school headteacher and although I was a maverick HT & therefore a major thorn in their side, the help, support and guidance we received in schools was great.

Really looking forward to hearing from the brilliant Mick Waters, Marilyn Leask and David Jackson on Open Schools in our Zoom meeting on Monday 26th January. Zoom link will be sent to members. More details below. @MarilynLeask @deb_outhwaite @sarahyounie @ThePiXLNetwork

As Charles Darwin wrote in his autobiography: “If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week”: the ⁦@guardian⁩’s editorial on the power of the arts: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

We’ve been nominated! ✨ Our Youth Consultation in Stoke-on-Trent & North Staffordshire project has made it to the finals of the Youth Matters Awards in the Training & Education Project of the Year category! 🙌 This project gave young people the platform to speak up, be heard, and shape the future of our community – and now it’s being recognised nationally. 💬💛 Your vote could help us take home the win! 🗳️ It takes less than a minute to cast your vote and show your support. 📲 Vote here: bit.ly/4lnSKe3

We did it! Stoke-on-Trent achieves World Craft City status! Huge thanks to all our partners that worked so hard with us achieve this for our city - we're incredibly proud to share this fabulous news with you. stokecreates.org.uk/we-did-it-stok… #StokeonTrent

Learning systems that are community led and are based on both collaborative and co-operative principles are ‘all together better’ and represent the future. Centralised, competitive and commercialised systems have failed because they serve the needs of the few rather than the many

@stephenheppell Glad to see that you appear to be kitted out ready to run away to sea if given half a chance! 🌊 I hope this episode has a happy, successful & timely conclusion Stephen. Good luck - like many others I’ll have fingers crossed for you, well for a bed at least!🤞😀👍

Okey dokey…. here we go again. All good this time I think (hope) although currently we seem to have lost the bed. Nice hospital room though.

Completely agree with this...what a turnaround in a matter of a week. Surely there is yet hope that (some) politicians might learn the productive art of cooperative working so that we can mend the broken systems in this country - or am I just being naïvely over-optimistic?

Perhaps now is the time for Cooperative Community Clusters of schools? Read our proposal then comment and share. @MarilynLeask @aboutlearning @edufabians @CoopParty @UKLabour @guardian @bphillipsonMP @JonAshworth ripplesinlearning.com/all-together-b…  #AllTogetherBetter4Education

@katie_leonard1 @NSEAD1 That’s brilliant Katie - well done and well-deserved!

I just had an amazing three-day trip to Estonia where I heard a lot of great stories about the power of community-led development. I was hugely impressed by some of the community-led museums that had more community involvement than mainstream museums. Additionally, I saw a volunteer emergency response unit that were faster than many ambulances, road signs that pointed towards the gifts and skills of the neighbors, and community cinemas with thousands of movies dating back to the Soviet era. I also met with hundreds of dedicated practitioners and policymakers and heard many inspiring community stories. I also had the pleasure of being hosted by the Community Development studies team at Tartu University who are amazing people with great integrity. I am looking forward to coming back again soon!

The truth is that those who are needed need the needy more than the needy need the needed. Society, however, perpetuates the opposite story because there is an entire segment of the economy that commodifies human needs. This is a form of colonization, albeit a subtle one. In my opinion, this needs to change. Instead, we should adopt our street and become community connectors. #ABCD

Congratulations to @ArchStaffsUni on this exciting achievement. Thanks for sharing @Abohela

@CoopParty Great news from the Co-operative Party! I really like the principles and values that drive this party’s policies and plans for a fairer and more just society where communities come first.

Following years of campaigning by our party and our movement, the Government is finally u-turning and dropping their opposition to creating a new offence to protect shopworkers from violence and abuse.

We are a small creative community organisation, growing fast with an ambitious arts programme &capital project which is already under development on site. We are looking for a new permanent Chair and up to 2 additional Board Members theportlandinnproject.com/wp-content/upl… Please share 🍀

We are so excited to share that our #neighbourhoodworkshop programme launches on 26th March - street level learning to build a healthier neighbourhood- utilising the opportunity of our capital building project to leverage more support for households across the area and beyond