Baby banks...sigh. Good to see candidates recognising the extreme hardship communities face - but we should be done with sticking plasters.
The next Mayor could be looking at cash-first local welfare, advice services, housing...so many other levers to be part of the solution.

And now think of the 25,000 tons of explosives (equivalent to two nuclear bombs) used against buildings largely identified as targets by Artificial Intelligence, the unguided munitions (“dumb bombs”) and 2000-pound “bunker buster” bombs launched on densely populated areas and…

Really useful online information sessions from Durham Community Action on a broad range of topics to include: safeguarding, volunteers, community engagement, charity finances, and funding.

We'll be supporting with a session on 13 June 2024.

Full list of events from link below.

Women and girls in #Gaza  are facing desperate shortages, with famine looming.

Our latest Gender Alert sheds light on the urgent need for access to food, water, sanitation, and hygiene services. 
 
What women in Gaza need right now is an immediate ceasefire, urgent relief and…

Liz Truss only wants to abolish the UN because she embarrassed herself there. She can't abolish places where she's been humiliated, the UK would look like Debenhams.

It’s #TheBigHelpOut app launch day! And we’re focusing on the important work of volunteers in cancer charities. Listen to what Stephen Fry & others have to say about how to get involved with The Big Help Out & download the app at bit.ly/bho-x-utm #lendahand

Just one more day to go before #TheBigHelpOut app drops!

Watch this space and get ready to find the perfect #volunteering opportunity near you from the 7th-9th June!

It's time to #LendAHand and make a difference. ✋💚

50:50 Parliament Carol Ann 🟪⬜️🟩 5050 #AmplifyingMutedVoices Alliance MBS #ZebraTribe & Carol Ann proud to lead the Rosa Fund #AmplifyingMutedVoices campaign for 50:50 Parliament - watch the #TheChatRoomPodcast youtu.be/xV4WcVksYnk?si… snippet in the thread - are you Northern? A Woman of Colour? #ScanToStand #RiseRoarRepresent

'Amplifying Muted Voices' is a new series of events to empower underrepresented minority ethnic female changemakers who have a vision for a better world + want to take agency to transform their communities! 🌍

People, Partnerships and The Pinch - free virtual conference for all #SmallButVital charities to manage continued uncertainty.

Online, 1 May 2024, 09:45-15.15

Book your place here ⬇️
resources.gunnercooke.com/people-partner…

Our #AccessTakeover gig was a great success! It was an absolute honour to be event lead at Band on the Wall and to work with such a fantastic cohort of performers.

See you in 2020!

#ZebraTribe

Big day and even bigger for the wonderful and inspirational Kurshida Mirza BEM Kurshida Mirza - first British Quaker High Sheriff hands over to first British Muslim of South Asian heritage Best of luck sister. You will be awesome. Fabulous ceremony today

Inspiring first episode of #TheChatRoom podcast 🎧 hosted by 50:50 Diversity Head Carol Ann 🟪⬜️🟩 5050 #AmplifyingMutedVoices with #5050amplifiers Hana, Somaiya and Jamilah recapping the 'Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History' panel discussion and networking event at Alliance MBS 🗯️

Let's remember: the danger of a single story can breed false narratives hindering our connections. Embracing #CulturalDiversity is crucial now more than ever.

On #WorldArtDay , watch UNESCO & Khalili Foundation's film, A Thousand Colours, showcasing humanity's mosaic of cultures!

'Small charities support the issues our society has failed to address'

Read Paul Streets latest blog where he visits charity partners Harbour Project, Southmead Project, and NYCA to see the vital work that they do to support people and communities.

lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk/our-impact/new…

Sure Start worked. It had big long term effects on the educational achievement of poor children. Its demise is a study in policy failure - over centralisation, over extension, poor data, 'not invented here syndrome'. thetimes.co.uk/article/sure-s…

❌🔌Electricity
❌🥣Food
❌🏥Hospitals
❌💧Water

Women in #Sudan have been working for peace and the return to democracy for decades.
Sudanese women’s role in peacebuilding must be ensured and their basic needs met.‌

Read more 👉 unwo.men/3EP250RfpIf

Some of the fabulous #AKOS cast 🌟supporting the fabulous author Elle McNicoll ✍🏻📚 book signing of her new book #KEEDIE a character from #AKindOfSpark ⚡️
An amazing prequel.
Great to meet David Coates, Events Manager, Blackwells Bookshop 📚
Thanks BlackwellsManchester & The Portico Library

True story: I once secured an exclusive 1x1 interview with the leader of Houthis at the height of the Yemen War. It would've been a global exclusive.

The network said I couldn't do it because Christianne wanted it.

It's not a lack of journalists. It's that those journalists…