Showing posts with label Voluntary Sector. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Voluntary Sector. Show all posts
Sunday, 10 May 2026

Reform Have Won Sandwell. Now Comes the Hard Bit: Don’t Get Swallowed by the Same Old Machine.

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Reform Have Won Sandwell. Now Comes the Hard Bit: Don’t Get Swallowed by the Same Old Machine. Well, here we are. The teal t...
Wednesday, 4 February 2026

Scrutiny Without the Minutes: Bring Your Own Accountability

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Scrutiny Without the Minutes: Bring Your Own Accountability If you enjoy live political theatre, the Safer Neighbourhoods ...
Friday, 23 January 2026

When Saying Something Good Feels Radical: A Look at SCVO

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When Saying Something Good Feels Radical: A Look at SCVO It probably says something about the current state of local governance ...
Thursday, 22 January 2026

Sandwell Consortium, the Funding Fog & the Art of Not Replying

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Sandwell Consortium, the Funding Fog & the Art of Not Replying If transparency were an Olympic sport, Sandwell’s voluntary...

Same Circle, Different Logos: When Community Governance Starts Eating Itself

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Same Circle, Different Logos: When Community Governance Starts Eating Itself There’s a point in any piece of local scrutiny wh...
Thursday, 8 January 2026

“Engagement Theatre: Now Showing at the Safer Neighbourhoods and Communities Scrutiny Board”

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🎭 Scrutiny, but Make It Selective Notes for Today’s Safer Neighbourhoods & Active Communities Scrutiny Board...you can watc...
Tuesday, 23 December 2025

Follow the Power, Sandwell: Because Money Doesn’t Approve Itself (Part 2)

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Follow the Power, Sandwell: Because Money Doesn’t Approve Itself (Part 2) In Part 1 , we followed the money. It kept turning ...
Monday, 22 December 2025

Follow the Money, Sandwell: The Consortium That Ate the Voluntary Sector

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Follow the Money, Sandwell: The Consortium That Ate the Voluntary Sector. You know that phrase “the voluntary and community sec...