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Community members and community-based groups are always the first and last responders in times of humanitarian crisis. External solidarity in these moments should promote unity and social cohesion. It is crucial to link humanitarian response to development aid and peacebuilding that not only responds to the crisis, but does so with a view on the long-term strengthening of community systems, and not just a return to the status quo in the recovery process. This must always be led by the community, with support that is based in solidarity.

Two months ago I was informed I was a finalist in the City of Bayswater 2025 Citizen of the Year Awards. I immediately declined being involved in this event as I will not celebrate on the 26th January. I hope one day these awards are held on a day that everyone is able to celebrate on, a date that is respectful of everyone in this beautiful Country. Tomorrow is not a date to celebrate, if you don't know why, find out, if you think this is the date it MUST be held on fact check how many times this date has changed and ask yourself why you are so attached to 26 January. Instead of feeling annoyed or angry about a date change can I suggest you turn those emotions to things that really matter - Australia having the highest amount of women and children murdered by family members in a year since it's been recorded, homelessness at unfathomable rates and the cost of living putting a lot of Australians in heartbreaking situations or even go broader than Australia and concern yourself with the atrocious things Trump is doing in America targeting the most vulnerable people or the thousands or millions of innocent people being murdered in wars. If you care about Aboriginal people and us being respected in a Country we have been living in for over 60,000 years than stand with us and stop making us fight for every damn thing - for once just do the right thing. By changing the date you will literally lose nothing. Absolutely nothing, there are only benefits, maybe not to you and if that's all you're concerned about in life that says a lot about you. If its changed you'll still get a public holiday, you can still have a bbq, you can still have a drink if you choose, you can still eat pavlova or whatever food you want and you can do this respectfully with First Nations people if you just change the date. ** No judgement to other First Nations people who have been or are involved in these awards this year, each to their own.

To encourage you to nominate us, I wanted to share the data from our first four years of operations: Outputs: Trained 271 entrepreneurs through our Business Plan in a Day workshops; Trained 64 entrepreneurs through our 10-week Entrepreneurship Program; Delivered more than 700 hours of individualized business consulting and financial literacy services to entrepreneurs; Financed $55,000 in grants to 11 business owners. Impact: 75% of clients served are BIPOC; 67% identify as women; 72% are LMI; 153 jobs saved; 31 jobs created; 12 new businesses started; 46% are existing businesses in WA State; 45% report an increase in business revenue over the past year; 78% report an increase in household income; 78% report an increase in credit score averaging 33 points; 17% report successfully receiving outside funding totaling $159,500. Your support for UBS is not for nothing. You are helping us make a considerable impact for the small business community in our gentrifying neighborhoods. Thank you for all you do for us!

🎉 Today is the launch of NewsMatch ⏰ which means for the next two months *donations to nonprofit news will be doubled* all over the country. You can find newsrooms 🔎 by topic or geography here: https://lnkd.in/eE6zvDK4 We live in a time when falsehoods about the election, the issues, and the candidates themselves are spreading rapidly. And that’s not likely to change after the election — regardless of who wins. As we go to the polls, as we watch the results roll in, and as we move forward after Election Day, we need the work of local journalists to hold leaders accountable, to connect neighbors, to spotlight solutions. Indeed, to safeguard our democracy, we cannot wait to invest in local news.

As Herefordshire's countryside charity, our mission is to make the countryside a better place for everyone to live, work and enjoy.  Despite the financial challenges our country faces, we know that stepping up our efforts to restore nature now will save us from even greater costs in the future.  We’d like you to put nature and the environment at the forefront of your decision making for this general election.  For those who couldn’t make the recent nature and environment hustings in Herefordshire earlier this week, here is a list of our local candidates. The candidates standing in Herefordshire (listed alphabetically by Party for impartiality): North Herefordshire - Conservative: Bill Wiggin - Green: Ellie Chowns - Labour: Jon Browning - Liberal Democrat: Cat Hornsey - Reform UK: Andy Dye - Social Democratic Party: Michael Guest Hereford & South Herefordshire - Conservative: Jesse Norman - Green: Diana Toynbee - Independent: Mark Weaden - Labour: Joe Emmett - Liberal Democrats: Dan Powell - Reform UK: Nigel Ely Please research and review what each candidate and their party are promising and cast your vote wisely for a better Herefordshire. Your vote really does matter. Subscribe to our newsletter and find out more about what we do for the Herefordshire countryside on our website.

Delighted to participate as a Panel Member today as part of the Public Sector Executive event on Housing Issues with Cllr Tom Reinhard, Leader of the Labour Group at Bristol City Council and Jonathan Schaffer’s, Head of Housing Growth and Garden Communities at Essex County Council and chaired by Nicole Norman (Cllr Khurram was unfortunately not able to participate). Wide ranging discussion across Grey Belt, is the new Government’s target of 1.5m new homes in England deliverable, are carbon neutral homes deliverable at scale in an affordable way and what are the key tensions involved in increasing housing supply. Great perspectives and comment from my fellow panellists and loads of great questions from the audience which we did not have time to respond to. We all know there is a national housing crisis that is having a huge everyday impact on millions of people - those in temporary accommodation, poor quality HMO’s, rough sleepers, those struggling to meet increased rent levels esp in the private sector, those in poor quality homes that are in fuel poverty and for our younger generation where owning their own home is a distant and often unattainable goal. There are no easy solutions to delivering what needs to be a c30% increase in new homes every year for the next five years but there is an undeniable strength of commitment at national and local level to take sustainable steps to addressing this crisis and improve people’s lives. A tough and challenging five years ahead…….to deliver positive change that improves the housing situation of millions of people in real need.

Trumbull County Commissioners presented a check this morning for the remaining $500,000 in support of Valley Vision, an aggressive and vibrant strategy to increase economic prosperity and improve the quality of life across the Valley. The funding was given to Mahoning Valley Partners, the group leading the effort and comprising the Western Reserve Port Authority, Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber, The Youngstown Foundation, Eastgate Regional Council of Governments, Valley Economic Development Partners and Lake To River Economic Development. From left are: Jim Kinnick, executive director, Eastgate; Trumbull County Commissioner Tony Bernard; Guy Coviello, president & CEO, Regional Chamber; Teresa Miller, executive director, Valley Partners; Alexa Sweeney Blackann, interim CEO, Lake To River; Sarah Lown, public finance manager, Port Authority; JoAnn Stock, executive director, Center for Nonprofit Excellence; and Trumbull County Commissioners Denny Malloy and Rick Hernandez. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gHKavCjC

💡Keir Starmer has outlined a framework to enable a closer relationship between the government and Civil Society. The prime minister detailed his plans at the Labour and Civil Society Summit. This Civil Society Covenant has four key principles 1. Transparency 2. Recognition 3. Participation 4. Partnership The covenant agreement will launch in the New Year following a consultation process with people and organisations from across the Third Sector. “By harnessing the dynamism, innovation and trusted reach of civil society organisations, we can boost growth and deliver better outcomes for communities right across the country.” The government are keen to address the barriers to meaningful partnership: a topic which has often featured in our roundtable discussions with civil society leaders and philanthropists. Read about reactions from the sector here: https://lnkd.in/e35VQKkn And view the covenant framework here: https://lnkd.in/eVFTakqa

The results are in, and Holmes Murphy’s annual United Way campaign continues to make an impact on our employees and communities. In this blog, Senior Vice President & Managing Director of Brokerage Services Kari Cooling shares how we Give.Fully. Take a look! https://okt.to/lh5nvk