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Blog Post
A look back at the Lankelly Chase Power Inquiry
Read moreOver the past 18 months or so, Lankelly Chase has been trying to take a closer look at power. Trying and succeeding at points and failing at others - if there is one thing we’ve learned about power it’s that it’s slippery and elusive as a...
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Blog Post
New Hard Edges report is shining a light on SMD
Read moreIn 2019, people in Scotland are seeking, and in some cases being advised, to commit crimes in order to get the support they need. Let that sink in for a minute. Of all the findings of Hard Edges Scotland, most of which do not make easy...
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News Story
Hard Edges Scotland
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Today, we are launching Hard Edges Scotland, a piece of research commissioned by ourselves and The Robertson Trust and authored by Heriot-Watt University. The research highlights the complexity of the lives of people facing multiple disadvantage...
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News Story
Using the law to address unfair systems
Read moreThe Public Law Project’s (PLP) collaborative approach to public law has featured in a case study of the landmark legal challenge to the personal independence payments scheme, a case that changed the assessment criteria for thousands of people...
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News Story
Local Motion: a shared ambition for local change
Read moreLocal Motion sees six funders joining forces in a commitment to support communities in a more radical, joined-up way. Together we've set out to use their collective resources, experience and strengths to maximise the `power of place` working with...
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Blog Post
Brave and safe spaces: philanthropy and systems change
Read moreI don’t often get invited to events for ‘senior members of the funding community’ in the UK - perhaps because the work I’m involved in is quite unusual. Because of this, I had a sense of trepidation about joining the recent retreat...
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Blog Post
Data and disadvantage: are we learning anything new?
Read moreIn 2015, Lankelly Chase and Heriot-Watt University published the Hard Edges report on severe and multiple disadvantage. As well as showing the number of people accessing substance use, homelessness and criminal justice services at the same time,...
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Blog Post
The Games We Play
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I usually start a piece with a quote or by referencing an academic model. Something pertinent that someone I’ve never met has said or thought of. I do this for many reasons and if I am completely honest one of those reasons is that I’ve...
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Blog Post
Reflections on trust and systems change
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Part of Lankelly Chase’s Action Inquiry on ‘place’ has involved funding associates to work with local actors to embed the 9 System Behaviours. This piece is a synthesis of our experiences in the action inquiry as they relate to those...
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News Story
Bereavement and multiple disadvantage
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Revolving Doors Agency’s Research Network has published a new literature review on Bereavement and Loss. It outlines how people facing severe and multiple disadvantage (particularly people in prison) are disproportionately affected by...