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LocalMotion: a shared ambition for local change
Read moreThe circumstances facing communities and charities across the country are increasingly difficult. The long-term and continuing squeeze on funding to local government and for local services against a backdrop of long-established regional...
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A look in the mirror? Can the “System Behaviours” be a useful mechanism to reflect on the health of a system?
Read moreWhat does a place look like when the different people and organisations in it work together effectively for people who experience severe and multiple disadvantage? How do people in that place behave to make a system that works? For over...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...