"It's crucial to ensure that decisions about local public services reflect the real needs and strengths of the local area." Read our blog with @right-here.org on how government can ensure community organisations sit at the heart of decision-making about the health of their communities 👇

.@goodfinanceuk.bsky.social asked 3 experts to predict emerging trends in the world of social investment for 2026. Their blog unpacks the biggest developments in the social investment space and what this means in practice for charities and social enterprises. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3ZHeCsi

Proud to collaborate with @right-here.org @localtrust.org.uk @hopenothate.org.uk and @powertochange.org.uk on how New Neighbourhood Governance arrangements can put power in the hands of local people. Read the blueprint: bit.ly/A-blueprint-...

Decisions taken now will determine whether communities gain real influence or whether old patterns of bureaucratic governance & exclusion are baked into a new system. Blueprint co-written with @localtrust.org.uk @hopenothate.org.uk @locality.org.uk @powertochange.org.uk bit.ly/A-blueprint-... 🧵2/2

Ready to expand your #SocialInvestment knowledge in 2026? Good Finance e-learning program Social Investment Unpicked is beginner friendly and CPD-accredited! Join the next cohort starting 3 Feb. Register now: https://goodfinanceuk.typeform.com/to/Wz6GBWPz?typeform-source=www.goodfinance.org.uk

We did it - The Guardian appeal reached a million pounds! These donations will help Locality members create resilience, pride and opportunity in some of our most disadvantaged neighbourhoods. A huge thank you to readers and to the amazing Guardian team. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

💡 @locality.org.uk's free online event offers practical lessons in community‑led regeneration for anyone working in or near a Pride in Place area. 📅 Wednesday 21 January 👉 buff.ly/lL3fhJP

The Guardian's Hope charity appeal is now at £950,000. With only two days left can we get it to £1m? The response from readers has been amazing. Find out more here: www.theguardian.com/society/2026... @theguardian.com @katharineviner.bsky.social @patrickjbutler.bsky.social

Today as part of the Guardian appeal, this film explaining illegal HMOs features Locality members Canopy Housing and Back on the Map. They tackle the issue by buying and doing up homes, and renting them out at affordable rates. Please read, share and support: www.theguardian.com/world/video/...

The Guardian's charity appeal has reached £750,000! These organisations show that when people come together to listen and support each other, they create opportunities and hope. Can we get to £1m? Please share & donate: www.theguardian.com/society/2026... @antlondon.bsky.social @theguardian.com

Today's Guardian features 174 Trust's 'Circle of Change'. People from different backgrounds meet monthly, share stories and fundraise. The project tackles division and builds understanding. Please read, share & donate to the Guardian appeal: www.theguardian.com/society/2025... @theguardian.com

The Guardian's 'hope' appeal has reached £500,000! Some of this will help Locality members create opportunities and connections. As one reader said: “this country is full of decent and wonderful people who want to help those around them" Please share & donate: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Check out this film about rising hate in disadvantaged communities. Part of the Guardian charity appeal, it ends with Locality member Back on the Map who are improving their area and creating hope. Please share & donate www.theguardian.com/society/vide... @tajali1.bsky.social @theguardian.com

❄️Season's greetings from all the team at Locality❄️ The Locality office will be closed from 24 Dec- 4 Jan. We will occasionally post updates for @theguardian.com's charity appeal. We look forward to seeing you in the new year with an amazing events schedule locality.org.uk/events

Thank you so much to Guardian readers for their generosity, helping Locality members to bring together their communities in a time of division. Find out more, donate and share the campaign ⬇️

Applications for loans, grants & equity are falling — yet trust in social investment is rising. What’s really going on? Good Finance’s latest blog unpacks SEUK’s State of Social Enterprise report and what it means for charities & social enterprises. 👉 www.goodfinance.org.uk/latest/post/...

A great read. Back on the Map are doing incredible things in Sunderland - local people coming together to transform their neighbourhoods and create opportunities.

Our friends at @locality.org.uk have been picked as one of five charities for this year’s Guardian charity appeal.👏👛 Locality supports grassroots community organisations to inspire much-needed hope in places across the UK. Learn more and donate if you can: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Meet @locality.org.uk They’re one of the 5 @theguardian.com Christmas Charities for this years theme of HOPE

Locality members Back on the Map are featured as part of @theguardian.com charity appeal. Back on the Map is transforming the local area, fostering hope and belonging, and bringing people together in a time where some communities feel more divided than ever. theguardian.com/society/2025...

We’re honoured to be included with the wonderful people of @citizensuk.org @locality.org.uk Hope Unlimited and Who is your neighbour The theme is #Hope @theguardian.com is recognising all our work in local communities where we’re building connections as an antidote to polarisation, distrust & hate

Congratulations to @locality.org.uk on being chosen as a partner for The Guardian’s Charity Appeal 2025! In line with this year’s theme, Locality works with communities to foster connections and strengthen local leadership, helping to tackle loneliness, division, and hate. Support them here 👇

🔔 Is it time for a new push on delinquent ownership? 🔔 We're hosting a conversation @kinship.works to share ideas... cado.kinship.works. 1/n

We're so proud that the Locality network has been chosen as a partner for the Guardian charity appeal 2025. The appeal focuses on local efforts to create hope. It launches today! Read more and donate: www.theguardian.com/society/2025... @theguardian.com Please share and follow us for updates.

🔎 New report shows the government’s upcoming Local Power Plan is a rare win–win: accelerating net zero and strengthening community infrastructure. Clean Power = Community Power shares stories, insights & practical guidance. 📄 Read more: https://locality.org.uk/reports/clean-power-community-power

#CommunityBusinessWeek kickstarts this weekend on #SmallBusinessSaturday🎉 Download our free toolkit packed with posters, social templates, and press release tips to help you shout about your community business or one you love 👇 https://www.powertochange.org.uk/what-we-do/community-business-week/

⚡ Community energy is hugely popular, but it's being held back. 📄 @cmmonwealth.bsky.social’s report has outlined exactly what the Government needs to do to empower communities, bring down bills and create a local energy revolution. Now’s the time to act. 👉 www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...

Tony Armstrong, CEO of Locality, responds to the 2025 Budget: “We need ambitious, long-term, coordinated investment in community assets to get behind community organisations & help them drive national renewal from the ground up.” Read the full response: https://locality.org.uk/news/budget-2025

An insightful couple of days at @locality.org.uk #Locality25 Convention at Anfield Stadium! Two days full of inspiration, insights, and the power of community. It’s clear: local communities are shaping a brighter future 💪 #Locality25 #CommunityPower #CYDCymru #DTAWales

We had a blast talking about community power at @locality.org.uk Convention last week in Anfield, Liverpool. Watch our campaign leader Deana Bamford give her highlights. Thanks to everyone who dropped by our stall for a chat! #Locality25 #communitypower

100 years in the making, the #IFS100 #locality25 Convention has been exceptional. Thank you to everyone who attended, spoke, hosted a visit, supported, exhibited, was nominated for an award, and inspired us. Together, we have the tools, vision, and tenacity to create community-powered neighbourhoods

🏅🧵 We're honoured that the We're Right Here campaign was awarded highly commended in Best Campaign category at the Smart Thinking Awards. @right-here.org aims to close the gap between politics and ordinary people and put the power to make local decisions in the hands of local people: buff.ly/UqSbZhF

Our executive director, Christopher Hanway, joined community leaders from around the world at the IFS100 & Locality Convention in the UK this week, where he delivered a plenary speech on behalf of Riis, highlighting our Astoria Love Family Enrichment Center (FEC) and its resident-driven model.

It was wonderful that Melissa opened the convention. It was a pleasure to visit the University Settlement a few years ago whilst on our Jollies. They do so much inspirational work, and it always reminds me of an international youth exchange in Berlin (2010) as part of the #IFS100

🏆 Congratulations to Shropshire Council, winners of the 'Keep it Local' Award at this year’s @locality.org.uk Convention! Their work on community covenants shows what’s possible when councils & communities work hand in hand. Learn more about our pilot with them and Fordhall Farm 👉 buff.ly/IevJ6sh

Last night at #Locality25 we were delighted to announce the winners of the Locality Awards 🏆 Thank you and congratulations to all the winners and shortlisted organisations. Meet the winners: https://locality.org.uk/news/locality-awards-winners-25

Got to see #Anfield today. I didn’t have to walk alone as we were guided by locals from #HomebakedCLT and #KittysLaundry today. It’s good to know @locality.org.uk is an umbrella organisation. My, didn’t it rain? #Locality25 #IFS100

Evening at #Locality25!

Thank you so much to the supporters and exhibitors at #Locality25! Make sure you check out their stands in the exhibition hall and get advice and tips for your organisation 🙌

"Hope isn't gone - it lives in our neighbourhoods, in local people who refuse to give up on the places they call home... Government should ask communities not what we can do for you, but what we can do with you." - Jane Dawe, Safe Regeneration #Locality25

It's great to be here at #locality25 convention, meeting new people and bumping into international friends. #PowerOfCommunity

Locality CEO Tony Armstrong welcomes delegates to #Locality25 - a time to find solutions from within and give ourselves energy and inspiration

Melissa Aase, CEO of the International Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers, opens #IFS100 #Locality25 “The people of our movement, of Locality’s movement, have worked together as a network to build community strength, no matter where we are in the world, for the last 100 years.”

We’re at Anfield Stadium ready to kick off #Locality25! We can’t wait to welcome our delegates and celebrate the #PowerOfCommunity #IFS100

Fantastic to join @locality.org.uk yesterday for the launch of their new report, Community powered neighbourhoods. Read the full report here ⤵️

At #IFS100 in Westminster, Tony Armstrong has announced our new report, “Community-powered neighbourhoods” In a time of social division, let's get power back to local people through the organisations that know them best – community anchor organisations Read here locality.org.uk/reports/comm...

We're at #IFS100 celebrating 100 years of The International Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers (IFS)! We're launching into our visit at Bromley by Bow Centre with CEO Elly De Decker, who is telling us how the centre created a model for healthy, vibrant communities.

82% of the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods today were in the same situation six years ago. Previous policies meant to tackle this have undermined local efforts. Our Policy Manager Sam Pluckrose-Oliver explains how the government can back local communities instead. locality.org.uk/news/persist...

🚨 Just one day left to get your tickets for #Locality25 Convention! Hear from speakers from across the UK and around the globe, from New York to Nigeria. 📅 12 and 13 November 2025 📍 Liverpool FC, Anfield Stadium 🎟️Tickets: https://locality.org.uk/events/locality-convention/

We can’t wait for #Locality25 Convention this November – join us to learn about the latest best practices and bold new approaches for community organisations. Grab your ticket while you still can! 📅 12 and 13 November 2025 📍 Liverpool FC, Anfield Stadium 🎟️Tickets: locality.org.uk/events/local...