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Alice Perkins @aliceperkins.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Pleased to have presented this morning at SASE 2026 on my doctoral research. My main takeaway to give was we need to consider how we want to end community regeneration programmes from the start. Nice to get feedback to take the work to policymakers!

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Alice Perkins @aliceperkins.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Great to be attending SASE 2026 at Sciences Po Bordeaux - lots of very interesting talks so far. So good to hear about the VCS from a socio-economic perspective, with a more of a focus on organisational thinking than usual, giving me a lot of food for thought!

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Alice Perkins @aliceperkins.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

As a certified Big Seal Fan™, very excited to see the grey seal on the list for potential inclusion for future Bank of England banknotes

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Alice Perkins @aliceperkins.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Pleased to share some insights from my PhD research. I’m eagerly watching Pride in Place areas develop - here’s some insights from past programmes. Drop me a line if you’re interested in hearing more!

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Local Trust @localtrust.org.uk · 30/03/2026

Celebrating Big Local – the movement communities made 🎉 For 15 years, 150 communities across England led change in their areas. As the programme closes, we’re celebrating the people, stories, and legacy of what’s possible with time, trust, and resources. Explore it all here: bit.ly/4m4GqS2

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Alice Perkins @aliceperkins.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Interesting launch earlier today of the OECD LEED report on an international policy mapping of ABIs. I enjoyed reading the report, and hearing presentations from the Irish, Dutch and French contexts. A welcome piece of work (and not just for my literature review!) www.oecd.org/content/dam/...

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Alice Perkins @aliceperkins.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Excited to see Pride in Place expanded to another 40 neighbourhoods - waiting for the list, but wonderful to see the future is neighbourhoods. Neighbourhoods is where life happens - and as I was reminded this week, where pastoral care is most experienced and valuable

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Local Trust @localtrust.org.uk · 26/01/2026

🚀 It’s here. Launching today: Learning from Big Local - a new website with 15 years of lessons from community-led change. Explore research and stories from 150 hyper-local areas - this is your resource for community-led change. Visit the website: bit.ly/4rbcuop

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Alice Perkins @aliceperkins.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Interesting article with some good points on Big Local and community action. Disagree however on the lack of evidence of enduring sentiment in NDC neighbourhoods - my research is suggesting positive long-term effects of work done (and still done) by community anchor bodies established by NDCs.

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Alice Perkins @aliceperkins.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Very excited by today’s announcement on Pride in Place. Very happy to see it builds on the work of NDC and Big Local (which I know very well). Much needed money in neighbourhoods but the work is never done. Opportunity for long-term change is there - if the end is thought about from the start.

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Alice Perkins @aliceperkins.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Day 1 of #HDCA2025 over! Very thought provoking presentations from UNDP on the future of AI and human development, and Kunal Sen on whether inequality is inevitable with development (spoiler: it’s not!) using the Kuznets curve - but interesting patterns in the US and UK…

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Alice Perkins @aliceperkins.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Day 1 of the #HDCA2025 Summer School at the University of Bradford was very inspiring. Lots learnt, lots thought about, lots added to the reading list. Also great to have opportunity to discuss challenges faced when using the capability approach for the first time!

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Alice Perkins @aliceperkins.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Interesting piece from The Guardian Oz yesterday on how we all need community, and different ways we can find it. Importantly highlights issues with volunteering bureaucracy - balancing protection with too much admin can act as a large deterrent. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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How to find community in 2025: ‘The most important thing I’ve learned is I’m not alone’

Civic participation is in decline across the English-speaking world. To opt out of the trend, Tom Gill learns to join in

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Alice Perkins @aliceperkins.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Excellent start to the #PPPconf2025 with Lord David Blunkett talking about communitarianism and its role in tackling populism. ‘We have got to restore people’s belief that they are part of the process of change’

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Alice Perkins @aliceperkins.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Welcome to see the Spending Review announcing 25 ‘trailblazer neighbourhoods’ across the four nations but have various questions What will spend be targeted on? How will residents be involved meaningfully? How will change be measured? Through VFM or diversifying into e.g., capability measurement?…

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Alice Perkins @aliceperkins.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Having read the Shared Prosperity Fund evaluation update, it’s disappointing to see the ‘Communities and Place’ study groups focusing solely on capital projects. Whilst significant for places, it would be interesting to have cases of more intangible aspects of community developed through the UKSPF

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Alice Perkins @aliceperkins.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Very exciting week for developments in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 neighbourhood policy First the (re?)announcement of Plan for Neighbourhoods from DHCLG - interested to see the impact of 75% capital spend Then the launch of ‘Think Neighbourhoods’ by ICON - definitely highlighting the crucial role of the ‘mission million’

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Alice Perkins @aliceperkins.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Feeling like a proper researcher today! Train down to London planning a presentation of my MRes research to go to the National Archives to access New Deal for Communities files. Feel slightly out of my depth with historical sources, but sure it will be fine!

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