Please give us a follow over at @regenfuturesfund.bsky.social and for those of you who know people in Edinburgh who might be interested in this paid opportunity for people to join our new residents decision making panel - please share widely and do connect with Andy @futurejourneys.bsky.social 🪴

Hello, Calling out to my #Edinburgh #creative networks - this is quite a quick turnaround but Aala & Andy my colleagues at Regenerative Futures Fund is hoping to work with someone on a small illustration commission. One (8-hour) day of work at current SAU rates. Please share! Thanks 🙏🏼

Bangladeshi, Black African and Pakistani families are up to 5x more likely to be living in severe poverty for a long time compared to white families in the UK 📢 We've carried out new research to understand what these families experience and why they have this elevated risk 1/6

How to start the year! Celebrating achievements of Edinburgh based Bengali women’s group Mohila Ogrojatra in Scottish Parliament. Women, confidence, showing leadership, public speaking, there was even poetry 💜 Supported by @shastahali.bsky.social and her colleagues at @corrafoundation.bsky.social

Good news for Gorgie Farm, love the idea that they will partner with The Forge 🌱 theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/01/new-...

First article of 2025 is up; on rape culture and its continued harms to women and increasing harm to our democracy: www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

For the final @techpolicypress.bsky.social podcast of the year, I spoke to Dr. Ruha Benjamin (@ruha9.bsky.social). We discussed her latest book, Imagination: A Manifesto, published this year by Norton. We talked about the role of technology in collective imagination, and more:

A wee reflection on our Regenerative Futures Fund collective imaginagion work in 2024 💜 leah-black.medium.com/developing-a... @shastahali.bsky.social + not sure who else is on here, hopefully I find you all! 🌿✍️

On Friday @ Push The Boat Out poetry festival in Edinburgh, poets @jedapearl.bsky.social @alycia.bsky.social Hannah Lavery, Niall Moorjani + my friend @shastahali.bsky.social absolutely owned the stage, their presence, confidence, vulnerability and unity was powerful, moving, my heart was thumping 💕

Lurking a little here but loving the connections and the vibes 💕 Wee bit about me work-wise. Founded + co-leading Regenerative Futures Fund, 10-year £15m pooled funding shifting power to communities to lead system change across poverty, racism + climate change. Employed by fab Foundation Scotland 🌱

When you see your Tw*tter buds arriving on Bluesky

Happy find (and purchase) in Leith Collective in Ocean Terminal today - Edinburgh theme art work made by WHALE Arts participants and printed on community riso. Photo take by my wee T ❤️💕

You can now also follow @passthemic.bsky.social on here - the national programme to amplify the voices of women of colour experts in media, commentary and policy making. Recently we did general election media monitoring and the findings revealed just why this work is needed:

Booked for this - looking forward! 💕 @shastahali.bsky.social pushtheboatout.org/events/disru...