For International Day of Democracy we are delighted to feature a guest blog from Kezia Dugdale MSP, campaigner, co-founder of Women 50:50 and former leader of the Scottish Labour Party. “If a democracy cannot change its mind, it ceases to be a democracy.” What a wonderful quote, and one that’s particularly relevant as we mark the…
Guest blog: Monopolising what is valued
This week we share a blog from Pritpal S Tamber, Founder of Beyond Systems, on the importance of systems that connect with the people they serve. This post was first published on Beyond Systems. Statutory systems are struggling to understand people’s lived realities. This belief has fueled our work from the beginning and it’s why we believe…
Experience versus learned knowledge
This has been an interesting week of anniversaries, both global and local. The 17th anniversary of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Centre was followed the next day by the 10th Anniversary of the Financial Crash. At the same time I attended an event at the Scottish parliament marking ShelterScotland’s 50th Anniversary where I…
Guest blog: What’s so great about baking?
So the Great British Bake Off is back, a reliable indicator that autumn is well and truly here and seemingly more popular than ever. 11 million people tuned into last year’s final, every workplace seems to run a Bake Off sweepstake and Twitter explodes whenever Paul Hollywood grants a handshake for a particularly accomplished bake….
CEO Blog: Homelessness hits close to home
Earlier this week I spend two hours out with Nick from the Outreach team, out listening to and speaking with some of the folk he and the rest of the team engage with and support. Although it wasn’t the first time I’d been out with outreach team members there was lots in the two hours…
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