Our 2024 impact report is out now. Five years ago, we set out to grow the impact of a new kind of economy – one led by people, powered by purpose, rooted in place. Our report shows what’s possible when we invest in lived experience. Find it here: kindred-lcr.co.uk/news/2024-im...

Are you a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic-led business in Liverpool City Region and looking to take the next step in your growth journey? 🌱🙏🏿⁠ ⌛ – Deadline to apply: 5pm, 17 November⁠ ⁠ 📆 – Residential Weekend (23 and 24 November)⁠ More info here and below: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

There’s still time to apply for the government’s Common Ground Award… ❓ Open to VCSE organisations with charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes 🌱 Up to £10,000 per successful applicant 📆 Deadline for applications: 21 November 2025 Find out more here: www.gov.uk/government/p...

Street and a Half (SnA) is celebrating its first birthday! 🙌🥳🎉 Over a third of the space is now rented by STOs, artists, makers and creatives who’re helping make the space into a vibrant creative community. More here: kindred-lcr.co.uk/news/celebra...

As we celebrate our fifth anniversary, we’re not just marking a milestone – we’re looking ahead. 🙌 This is a moment to energise the social economy movement, shape the next phase and invite people to join us in a thriving, inclusive future. Read more here: kindred-lcr.co.uk/news/buildin...

Liverpool City Council is shaping its Social Value Policy – and needs your help 🙌 Have your say on what the policy should achieve, what would make it easier for your business to engage with social value in public sector contracts and the challenges you face here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

🌟 It’s time for another STO spotlight! 🌟 The Book Stop in St Helens is an independent community bookshop and coffee shop on Bridge Street – a thriving community hub with more than 5,000 titles in-store, promising something for everyone. Find out more on Based: wearebased.co.uk/single-listi...

Our October newsletter is out! 🍂🤗 Our monthly newsletter is the best place to discover everything you need to know about the Liverpool City Region’s thriving social economy. Read our October newsletter and sign up to join the Kindred mailing list here: mailchi.mp/75b7796ab38f...

Vauxhall Health Centre is doing wonders with the community garden that it’s set up for its patients, staff and volunteers. “It’s particularly aimed at patients,” says VHC’s Dr Green, “to get them in nature; hands in the soil, knowing about what healthy food is." kindred-lcr.co.uk/case-studies...

DON’T FORGET! Street and a Half’s (SnA) open tour is this Saturday! 🎊🥳⁠ ⁠ 🗓️ Saturday, 25 October⁠ ⁠ 🕐 11 am – 1 pm⁠ ⁠ 📍 11 Haydock Street, St Helens, WA10 1DD⁠ Find out more about SnA and RSVP your place for our open tour here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-day-s...

Calling all Black-led STOs who’re looking to grow! You could be in a chance of winning a share of up to £2,000 at the next That THiNG, in November ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿 🗓️ Thursday, 27 November⁠ ⁠ 🕐 6 – 10 pm ⁠ ⁠ 📍 District, 61 Jordan St, Liverpool L1 0BE Get your tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/thatt...

Preparations are well underway for our next Street and a Half (SnA) open day! 🤩🙌⁠ ⁠ 🗓️ Saturday, 25 October⁠ ⁠ 🕐 11 am – 1 pm⁠ ⁠ 📍 11 Haydock Street, St Helens, WA10 1DD⁠ You can RSVP your place for our SnA tour right now here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-day-s...

You could qualify for a grant of up to £10,000 through the government’s Common Ground Award! ❓ Open to VCSE organisations with charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes 🌱 Up to £10,000 per successful applicant 📆 Deadline for applications: 21 Nov 2025 More here www.gov.uk/government/p...

It’s nearly time for the first Entrepreneurs Monthly Meet-up of the academic year! 🎓 🗓️ Thursday, 23 October 🕐 5:30 - 8 pm 📍 Sir Peter Rigby Centre for Enterprise, Foundation Building, Brownlow Hill, L69 7ZX RSVP here 👇 www.ticketsource.co.uk/brett-centre...

Brazuka International (AKA Katumba) has been marching to the beat of its own drum for positive social change for years 🥁🎵🪘 kindred-lcr.co.uk/case-studies... @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social #BlaSTnetwork #BlackSocialTraders #Blackled #inclusiveinvestment #socialeconomy #LCRsocialeconomy #Liverpool

It’s nearly time to RAISE UP! ✊⁠✊⁠✊⁠ 🗓️ Wednesday, 15 October⁠ ⁠ 🕐 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM⁠ ⁠ 📍 Boxpark, L8 5XJ⁠ Raise Up will connect hundreds of businesses and employers with young people to help re-energise social mobility and support future economic growth. events.ticketquarter.co.uk/frontend/web...

Want to find out more about Kindred, the work we do, membership and our investment process? Open House is the best way to do it. 🗓️ Thursday, 9 October 🕐 1 - 2 pm RSVP your place for tomorrow's free webinar here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-is-ki...

Don’t forget – Open House is back! And, this time, we’re fully online 🏡💻😀⁠ ⁠ 🗓️ Thursday, 9 October⁠ ⁠ 🕐 1 - 2 pm⁠ ⁠ Our team will be hosting monthly hour-long Open House sessions for the rest of 2025, with the first this Thursday afternoon.⁠ RSVP here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-is-ki...

Calling all St Helens-based STOs, makers, artists and more – Street and a Half (SnA) is hosting an open day at the end of October, for you to come and have look around 🤩 🗓️ Saturday, 25 October 🕐 11 am - 1 pm 📍 11 Haydock Street, St Helens, WA10 1DD RSVP here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-day-s...

Transition Liverpool Gathering 2025: Creating Circularity in Our Community is on Sat, to explore how we can share resources and create a more circular economy. 🔃 🗓️ Saturday, 4 October 🕐 10 am – 4 pm 📍 Quaker Meeting House, L1 3BT Find out more and RSVP here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transition...

November’s That THiNG is looking for pitches for the next event, where your STO could be in with a chance of winning a potential share of £2,000! 🤩⁠ ⁠ 🗓️ Saturday, 27 November⁠ ⁠ 🕐 6 - 10 pm ⁠ ⁠ 📍 Arts Bar Baltic, 27 Parliament St, Liverpool, L8 5RN⁠ Find out more through the Linktree in our bio!⁠

Nick cites examples like @kindredlcr.bsky.social in Liverpool City Region and the Market Drayton community covenant as examples of good practice in LAs/CAs sharing power and resources w their communities; says we need more of them to make this culture shift. www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...

Our latest edition of Kindling is out now! 📨⁠ ⁠ Our Kindling newsletter is the best place to find out what’s happening in @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social’s thriving social economy. Read all about it and sign up here: mailchi.mp/1a73f6823d62... #socialeconomy #LCRsocialeconomy #livedexperience

Thanks to everyone who came along to our Space, Property, Access symposium in Runcorn at the end of August! We heard ideas, opinions and lived experiences from more than 20 different people across the course of the day from across LCR. Read all about it here: kindred-lcr.co.uk/news/space-a...

Are you looking for a space for hire for therapeutic and holistic practices? Take a look at Growing Sudley CIC’s brand-new Treatment Rooms 🌱🤩 Find out more about the eco-friendly transformation or discover the events happening at Growing Sudley here: growingsudley.com/the-changing...

BlaST network’s That THiNG was a celebration of collective activity when it took over District last on Thursday 4 September, with Motion Boyz awarded £1,200 to its work transforming local basketball courts, following an audience vote.⁠

Don’t forget, FLIPIM is this Friday. It’s your chance to join the conversation about how our homes and high streets could – and should – work together to create more prosperous communities 🏡⁠ ⁠ 🕐 9 AM⁠ - 7 PM⁠ ⁠ 📍 Make Hamilton, 69-71 Argyle Street, Birkenhead, CH41 6LQ⁠ makecic.org/events/flipi...

The Labour Party Conference arrives in Liverpool this week and we’re working with partners to make sure the voices of STOs are heard. Come along and join us at a networking event with SEUK, or hear about ideas for ‘In your neighbourhood’, hosted by Ignite: kindred-lcr.co.uk/our-programme/

The Good Growth Roadshow returns at the end of September for its fourth session, focusing on how your STO can become more eco-friendly ♻️🌱🌞 🗓️ Thursday, 25 September⁠ ⁠ 🕐 10 AM⁠ - 12 PM ⁠ 📍 The Book Stop, 11 Bridge Street, St Helens, WA10 1NN

Have you heard about the amazing work Ismaeel Hayter, Albaraa Elsamak and Dahir Nassir of EnviroCleanLCR are doing? They're taking part in Kindred’s young ideas arm Ideas Work's programme, exploring the crossover between creative practice and traditional trades. kindred-lcr.co.uk/news/youth-p...

Flip the conversation about how homes and high streets should work together to help communities thrive 🏡 🗓️ Friday, 26 September⁠ ⁠ 🕐 9 AM⁠ - 7 PM ⁠ 📍 Make Hamilton, #Birkenhead, CH41 6LQ All too often you're left out of the conversation when discussions on future regeneration plans are held.

🌟 STO SPOTLIGHT 🌟 Inspire, Train, Grow CIC supports the journey of young learners as they transition from education to the world of work with confidence. ITG also works alongside schools, training providers, employers and other partners to provide them with a range of services.

Raise Up, a new social mobility summit, is coming to #Liverpool! 🗓️ Weds, 15 October⁠ ⁠ 🕐 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM⁠ ⁠ 📍 BOXPARK, Brewery Village Raise Up explores how bringing in young people from diverse backgrounds not only tackles inequality but can also be a catalyst for innovation and fresh thinking.

Are you a maker in Liverpool City Region looking for space to build up your socially-trading organisation? ✊ Make’s private and shared workspaces are based throughout LCR and available 24 hours a day. Find out more about Make open days at Huyton Village here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/make-huyto...

August’s edition of our monthly newsletter, Kindling, is out now! 📨 Kindling is the best place to find out what’s happening in LCR’s thriving social economy. Read and sign up here: mailchi.mp/ac737f2d023d... CC: @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social #socialeconomy #LCRsocialeconomy #livedexperience

Adding Value provides specialist financial support to STOs, helping them grow and make better financial decisions. By offering business coaching alongside financial services, they help STOs to achieve sustainable growth. Known for their work within the social economy, Adding Value works nationwide.

🚨 THIS THURSDAY!⁠ ⁠ Space, Property, Access brings voices together to talk about who gets space – and how we can make access fairer.⁠ ⁠ From creatives to changemakers, if space matters to you, join us.⁠ ⁠ 📍 Be in the room⁠ ⁠ 🎤 Shape what’s next⁠ ⁠ Find out more through the Linktree in our bio!

There’s still time to share your thoughts on how to #ReimagineRuncorn 💭 📍 SPACE Runcorn 📆 Wednesday 27 August, 6-8pm Wednesday at SPACE is your last chance to talk to us before we put all your amazing ideas together and reveal them to the world in September. Let's Reimagine #Runcorn together!

Have you got tickets yet for That THiNG? 🙌🏿 🎟 🗓️ Thursday, 4 September 🕐 6 – 10 PM 📍 Arts Bar Baltic Hosted by BlaST network, That THiNG shines a spotlight on emerging talent with four individuals taking the stage to pitch their creative/aspirational ideas. www.tickettailor.com/events/thatt...

The Power to Change team has included Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and Kindred as a case study in its report, Lessons in Local Growth. Read all about it and the lessons we've learned on our growth journey on Power to Change’s blog here: www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...

It’s STO spotlight time! 🙌 Located close to #RockFerry train station and easy to get to by bus, visitors can book Byrne Avenue Baths' sports hall and community room (with audio-visual set up) to host events, day or night, making it ideal for meetings, workshops, training courses and more.

There’s still time to join our drop-in sessions at SPACE to #ReimagineRuncorn! Monday 18th August, 12-2pm Wednesday 27th August, 6-8pm We believe that the best people who know what change should look like are the communities who live there who have ideas on how to unlock the region’s potential.

⏳ Just two weeks to go! Space, Property, Access brings people together to tackle the space crisis holding back STOs. 📍 Who gets access to buildings, land and space – and who doesn’t? 🔑 What needs to change? Join the conversation. Shape the future. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/space-prop...

"Kindred isn’t radical. It costs far more to exclude people than to include them; far more to drip-feed poverty than to fund potential." Properly inspiring piece from Erika Rushton of @kindredlcr.bsky.social for @powertochange.org.uk 10 year collection. www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...

Ever wanted to know more about herbalism, including which herbal teas are right for you? 🗓️ Saturday, 23 August 🕐 10 - 11:30am 📍 Sudley Walled Garden, Mossley Hill Road, #Liverpool, L18 8BX RSVP here: growingsudley.com/all-events/s...

That THiNG returns this September 👊🏿 🗓️ Thursday, 4 September 🕐 6 – 10 PM 📍 Arts Bar Baltic, Parliament Street, Liverpool, L8 5RN And there’s still time for Black STOs to apply to pitch on the night – it’s a chance to win up to £2,000 to bring your idea to life!

If you’re a creative in the #Liverpool City Region then you must have heard of Make. Over 130 makers call Make home, whether in #Huyton, their site at North Docks, or their new home on Argyle Street in #Birkenhead. And it’s that concept of ownership and repurposing space that's helping Make grow.

“We don’t need more performative allyship. We need structural change. Liverpool is showing what that can look like.” They’re the words of Pathway Fund Chief Executive Asher Craig following BlaST hosting the @pathwayfund.bsky.social on 18 June as part of its wider UK regional engagement programme.

Let's #ReimagineRuncorn together. Join us at SPACE in Runcorn Old Town and tell us your bold ideas. Friday 1st August 6-8pm Saturday 9th August 3-5pm Monday 18th August 12-2pm Wednesday 27th August 6-8pm We believe the future of Runcorn’s Old Town starts with the people who know it best...

🚨 Thursday, August 28 Join us at Space, Property, Access, a symposium tackling who gets space – and who doesn’t. 🧠 Hear lived experiences 🏢 Learn from those who’ve claimed buildings 🎤 Help shape future policy www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/space-prop... @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social @haltonbc.bsky.social