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A 10–15 minute weekly check on cash, invoices, costs and the decision that matters most.
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Ideas shaped in the work.
Field thinking on community power, enterprise pathways and sport systems—alongside practical tools people can use.
The Local Champions journal
A point of view, earned on the ground.
We write from the space between community knowledge and institutional power: what we are learning, what needs to change and what we would build next.
Collaborative research · 17 August 2026
Co-design builds confidence, connection and capability.
What an independent collaborative study of YEA! and Mothers & Care found—and what we are carrying into the next generation of programmes.
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Community-led development · 17 August 2026
Community knowledge is infrastructure.
Participation should change the design, the decisions and who holds capability when the commission ends.
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Enterprise pathways · 12 August 2026
A cohort should end. The alliance should not.
The strongest accelerators create relationships, confidence and routes to opportunity that outlast the timetable.
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Sport systems · 5 August 2026
Talent is not scarce. Development environments are.
The question is not only who can play, but whether the system can see, support and connect their potential.
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Five practical check-ins for the working week.
Short prompts designed to move work forward—not sit unread in a folder.
Growth Tuesday
Review leads, strengthen the pipeline, follow up and choose one priority growth action.
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Improve the processes, software and information that help work flow without constant intervention.
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Check in, align shared priorities and strengthen the team and partnership relationships behind the work.
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Close the week with honest learning, recognise progress and choose what deserves attention next.
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Evidence worth using.
Selected reports, tools and methodologies for commissioners, partners and practitioners. Public versions are shared where consent and confidentiality allow.
Resource
Impact Report 2022–2024 · working edition
Our first two years in stories and numbers: 608 people directly supported, £500K+ secured with community-led organisations and 45+ good-work roles created.
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Commissioner learning from three community-led voter-registration pilots—and the value of trusted intermediaries.
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An independent study of co-design across YEA! and Mothers & Care, based on case analysis and 11 stakeholder interviews.
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Learning from a network of 13+ organisations delivering mentoring for women and girls with Propel funding.
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See how values, lived experience and organisational intelligence became a practical shared methodology.
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