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They went into the Upside Down at Asylum 13… They came back JACKED 💪 STRANGER 13: An 80s, Darkwave & Industrial Party — w/ mighty Mike Saga at ASYLUM 13 This Thursday!
Cursed 80s • Darkwave • Industrial Gains
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#Jazzercise + @kellyclarkson = #therapy #selfcare #strongerthings #clarkstan
At #StrongerThings, @cormacrussell.bsky.social urged us to make “good trouble.”
His latest think piece for New Local sets out how might we do that in practice & argues that certain things are best done with citizens in the lead.
Read the full piece here 🔗 buff.ly/ffiAs3D
"For me, conversations about power are something I will take away and apply to my practice. The idea that power isn’t static; it ebbs and flows".
Our Principal Practice Lead, Liin Nur, reflects on her first time at #StrongerThings 🌟
"For me, conversations about power are something I will take away and apply to my practice.
"The idea that power isn’t static; it ebbs and flows to and from different people and groups."
Our Principal Practice Lead, Liin Nur, reflects on her first time at #StrongerThings 🌟
Advocates of Community Power are now at the centre of government, but it won't be easy to convert Whitehall to this way of working. My briefing following another inspiring #StrongerThings conference from @wearenewlocal.bsky.social www.lgcplus.com/politics/lgc...
A graphic featuring a quote from Dan Crowe, director of 3ni. The quote reads: “3ni had a great session at Stronger Things, discussing the support and resources needed for communities experiencing low levels of social infrastructure, and how to learn from pioneering approaches such as Big Local.” The background transitions from teal to green, and includes the Local Trust and the National Lottery Community Fund logos.
We were pleased to join @wearenewlocal.bsky.social's #StrongerThings conference yesterday for some inspiring and impactful conversations on empowering communities and reimagining the future of public services. 💪
Dan Crowe, director of 3ni, shared his thoughts with us:
Yesterday, we joined a growing movement of people, councils, and organisations backing a community-powered way of working at @wearenewlocal.bsky.social #strongerthings conference.
Our Director, Rich Bell, reflects on the day. 🎥
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Yesterday was my third time at #StrongerThings, but my first time on stage.
It was great to be involved in a workshop on the future of community centres, talking through the findings of our latest research (more here 🔗 www.newlocal.org.uk/publications...).
Huge thanks to @georgiagould.bsky.social for being part of #StrongerThings 2025.
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🌠 @georgiagould.bsky.social’s keynote was a real highlight of #StrongerThings 2025.
She spoke about her determination to create sustainable change.
And about building a movement for public service reform – Test, Learn and Grow.
One more thing from #StrongerThings 2025:
I'm really keen for library services to be actively present in this space, so here's a list of the speakers' books.
Obviously @hilarycottam.bsky.social and @cormacrussell.bsky.social there but a few others!
[links support @librariesconnected.bsky.social]
Following on from the success of our partnership last year,
@wearenewlocal.bsky.social chose us to capture another highlights video and social media material for their #StrongerThings festival!
Check out the 2024 highlights from the inspiring event below!
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Great to be part of the Stronger Things 2025 Conference today!
'Reflecting and adapting' in co-production with @nessbennett.bsky.social and Mandy from Pathway was the theme for a taster session on our Measuring Success in Co-production Reflective Resource today at #StrongerThings.
The social contract is at real risk of breaking down - people's and communities' engagement and trust in the state is strained more than ever This is due to poor experiences of reduced and disjointed public services, and how hard it is in today's society for many to carve out a decent life, and will only get worse as the impacts of climate change continue to accumulate As people working in public service we are at the frontline of renegotiating and securing the social contract, and we can do this by reimagining services so they are led by communities, who can be engaged and invested in them and restore that connection to place and to society more widely We need to start this now.
I've put my #StrongerThings thread into a linked article for easier reading. It captures just a small fraction of the brilliant insight but there are some gems from the speakers.
An excellent day - thank you to the excellent team at @wearenewlocal.bsky.social
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Collage of 9 photos of people from today’s Stronger Things conference.
Energising day at #StrongerThings. Thanks New Local for bringing together so many people from UK community power movement! To include colleagues from #Oldham, #Wigan, #Trafford, #GreaterManchester.
A joy to see people & share stage with Tabz, Andy & Shannon to talk about GM approach. #GMLiveWell ❤️✨
"The case for #TotalPlace 2.0" www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/... via @instituteforgovernment.org.uk #StrongerThings.
Really enjoyed this workshop today. Thankyou @wearenewlocal.bsky.social for another great #StrongerThings
Overall brilliant conference (again!)
Lots of food for thought and potential connections for the library sector and libraries connected.
Superbly organised too!
Thank you @wearenewlocal.bsky.social!
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That's it for #StrongerThings 2025!
Thank you to our phenomenal partners for making this event possible
And thank you to everyone who joined us in person & online – we hope you feel as inspired and energised as we do.
Last from @hilarycottam.bsky.social
If we are to grow good economies we need to start with building good places, good work.
Interesting mention of ‘houses’ as a base of good work - wonder whether libraries can step up there as well as creating new imagination places
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“We are trying to move the axis so that work isn’t everything – it’s an element of a good life. We are searching for something collective & shared”.
@hilarycottam.bsky.social is asking: what if we shaped this force to meet political, social, economic & environmental challenges. #StrongerThings
The final keynote talk from @hilarycottam.bsky.social around meaningful work leaves me on a high today. I love my job as Community Builder. Thank you #strongerthings !
And a big q from @hilarycottam.bsky.social - where are the spaces to talk about, think about work - or any big ideas?
And to share them with people who aren’t like you?
And from me - this sounds like libraries but how do libraries get ready for this and actively create this space?
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Interesting to hear @hilarycottam.bsky.social talk about the most expansive and exciting imaginations about work is coming not from think tanks, but from people in Kilmarnock, barrow etc where their motivation for entertaining radical change is driven by necessity.
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6 principles - one of which is ‘place’
Work happens in place and it matters that it happens there - often the better employers are place based.
Feels to me like the link to place comes back to that social contract - with something local and tangible.
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Looked at
What do you think good work would look like in a century?
How do we get there?
Interesting to hear about a gravedigger who came up with the non-linear working life long before it became fashionable in the pandemic
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Q: why look at the nature of work? Is that limiting?
@hilarycottam.bsky.social:
Welfare / social systems are two sides of the same coin.
We’ve been trying to solve the problems of localities through a social services model, but need a vision of what people would want to be doing
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This is an important new book ‘The Work We Need’ by @hilarycottam.bsky.social speaking at the @wearenewlocal.bsky.social #StrongerThings this afternoon at the Guildhall.
Setting out a vision that reimagines good work for the 21st century.
3 what’s the role of public service in this?
•Develop staff skills in relationships and listening
•Make sure commissioning is community focussed
•Have capacity to convene.
For me these are where the libraries can really shine - connecting services and convening communities.
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