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Daniel Wigglesworth

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Daniel Wigglesworth @dwigglesworth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Told my kids Irn-Bru flavoured electrolyte hydration tablets were a thing, and now it needs to be a thing
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Alfie Stirling @alfie-stirling.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Brilliant new opportunity at @jrf-uk.bsky.social, leading our energy and housing policy teams at an exciting time. Do reach out if of interest! jrf.octo-firstclass.co.uk/candidates/c...
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Octo Candidates - Application Form - Vacancy Details
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Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We'd love to know what you think of these ideas. You can read more here: www.jrf.org.uk/neighbourhoo...
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Essential but unequal: the need for social infrastructure in every place
Why we need a bold offer for community spaces, groups and activities to reverse decline and tackle double disadvantage in neighbourhoods across England.
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
💬 ‘Thriving neigbourhoods shouldn’t be idyllic. It should be something we all expect’, says our Senior Campaigns and Public Affairs Manager @joshwesterling.bsky.social. Hear him set out a vision of what thriving social infrastructure would look like for communities across the UK. 👇
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mySociety @mysociety.org · 30/07/2026
Governmental use of AI systems is growing at a speedy pace, but In many cases we still do not have enough basic information about it - what's being used and how is it affecting people's lives? We gathered experts to discuss the solutions.
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What do we need to better understand government use of AI?
We think it should be easier to reliably answer the basic questions: what AI systems are public bodies using? How are those systems affecting people?
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Soapbox @designbysoapbox.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Strong evidence no longer earns trust on its own. That was the thread through our London Wonkcomms — with the Institute for Fiscal Studies, the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk and the @nuffieldtrust.org.uk on what's shifting, and what it asks of comms. More: www.designbysoapbox.com/how-think-ta...
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How think tanks can build trust in a fragmented information environment
How do think tanks build trust in an increasingly fragmented information environment? Speakers from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, the Institute for Government and the Nuffield Trust shared...
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Daniel Wigglesworth @dwigglesworth.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Cc @chrisbelfield.bsky.social 👇
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Daniel Wigglesworth @dwigglesworth.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I know Loch Morlich when I see it
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
When possible, use simple and familiar data visualization techniques. Complex data visualizations can be visually appealing, but they can also be more difficult to understand. If a visualization gets overly complex, consider alternate chart types for the sake of understanding.
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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 23/04/2026
So "social media" is fragmenting into three post-social formations: (a) Algorithmic broadcasting platforms — few-to-many flows from creators, brands, and bots, delivered as personalized feeds. Broadcasting, but individualized. Endpoint: the fully synthetic feed.
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Joseph Elliott @jelliott94.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Shocking statistic ⬇️ The hallmark of a generation increasingly unable to achieve the milestones previous generations took for granted.. Its is an issue we discussed in our latest UK Poverty report, one which clearly intersects with low-incomes and lack of opportunity.
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Alfie Stirling @alfie-stirling.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Brilliant policy role at @jrf-uk.bsky.social currently live, at a particularly exciting time for the organisation's work. Lead two multidisciplinary teams, work and care, respectively. Do take a look, share and feel free to reach out to us if of interest. jrf.octo-firstclass.co.uk/candidates/c...
jrf.octo-firstclass.co.uk
Octo Candidates - Application Form - Vacancy Details
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Borthwick Institute for Archives @uoyborthwick.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Here's a Fun Kit Kat Fact for your Friday - it was NOT the first Rowntree product to use the name! Before the delicious chocolate wafer we know and love, there was a Kit-Cat Chocolate assortment sold from 1915-1932.
Page from a Rowntree sales catalogue showing an open box of 'Kit-Cat Chocolates', with two further closed boxes of the same, wrapped with a light green ribbon.
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.
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Carla Cebula @carlaonion.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
You can read more about what the improvements to the data mean for interpreting and using the latest statistics in Scotland in our explainer which can be found here: www.jrf.org.uk/child-povert...
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How improved data affects the Scottish child poverty reduction targets
The Department of Work and Pensions has improved the income data we use to measure poverty in the UK, which affects the Scottish Parliament’s child poverty reduction targets, and what you can say abou...
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
And our Chief Analyst @statspeter.bsky.social on the impact of this data on the UK-wide picture. www.jrf.org.uk/social-secur...
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What better benefits data means for poverty in the UK
The Department of Work and Pensions have improved the income data we use to measure poverty in the UK. Here’s what this means for talking about poverty in the UK.
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Structure content to guide users and help them quickly find what they need. Organize content logically, and break content into short sections that reflect natural stopping points. Write headings that help readers predict what is coming. www.w3.org/WAI/tutorial...
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Page Structure Tutorial
Accessibility resources free online from the international standards organization: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
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Peter Matejic @statspeter.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Do send in any questions - we have an excellent team of analysts ready to answer any questions you have!
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Turn2us @turn2us.org.uk · 27/01/2026
Across the country, households struggling to get by are being overlooked. @jrf-uk.bsky.social’s latest #UKPoverty2026 report shows that nearly 1/2 of the 14 million people in poverty are living in very deep poverty, on incomes so low they cannot reliably afford essentials like food and heating.
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Chris Birt @cdbirt.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
🚨CRUCIAL POLLING OUT TODAY🚨 We show today that economic insecurity is heavily linked to political disaffection in Scotland. Importantly, though, our poll of 3,000 people shows that politicians can change that if they do key things to make people's lives more secure. 🧵
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 13/12/2025
Earlier this week Kemi Badenoch criticised the government’s use of relative low income as a measure of poverty. Our recently updated child poverty explainer looks at the various ways in which the scale of poverty can be measured.
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Child poverty and the two-child benefit cap: explained – Full Fact
Our explainer looks at the different ways child poverty is measured, and the impact of the two-child benefit cap.
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Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The Chancellor made a bold claim today that this parliament will see the biggest reduction in child poverty since records began. If the Budget doc projection of child poverty falling by 400,000 is right, so is the claim. Removing the two child limit is pivotal to this reduction.
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
For screen readers to recognize headings, heading text can't just be body text or normal text that's been made to look bigger and bolder. It must be formatted as a heading. In Microsoft Word and Google Docs, this can be done in the styles box. In HTML, use the tags h1 through h6.
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We're Right Here @right-here.org · 21/10/2025
Our new film argues that community power is the antidote to division and democratic decline. Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up. 🎥 Watch and share. Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po... Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
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Daniel Wigglesworth @dwigglesworth.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Highlights from this week #SkeetNotes 🧵👇
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Daniel Wigglesworth @dwigglesworth.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
A note on digital-first publishing (HTML) and why it's important for us dwigglesworth.medium.com/publishing-f...
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Publishing for reach
How and why we publish digital-first at Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).
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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
[Terrific piece] The limits of AI in social change - lessons from microfinance idronline.org/article/tech...
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The limits of AI in social change
More and more nonprofits are using AI. However, the excitement around scale and efficiency often overshadows a critical question: What does it mean to bring machine-generated abstraction into systems ...
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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Who owns Britain www.common-wealth.org/interactive/...
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Data Dashboard | Who Owns Britain
An interactive Data Dashboard exploring who owns and profits from Britain’s essential services.
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Ala Alrababah @aalrababah.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
🚨 New working paper alert 🚨 Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️ In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
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Joseph Elliott @jelliott94.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
New report: Taxing landlords more is good, actually. Since 2016, tax reforms helped slash the growth of the private rented sector and boosted first-time buyers—without hurting existing tenants. A big housing story hiding in plain sight? ⬇️
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Today, Ofgem announced the energy price cap will rise by 2% from October. Energy bills are already unaffordable in the UK, so what does this mean for families who are struggling now? Thread 🧵 (1/4)
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Daniel Wigglesworth @dwigglesworth.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Skylight
Reed mace suspended from ceiling to floor
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Daniel Wigglesworth @dwigglesworth.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Work Gloves
A colourful display of various work gloves
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Daniel Wigglesworth @dwigglesworth.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Last week I went up to Grizedale Forest to visit Taking a Wall for a Walk. Possibly the most famous sculpture in the forest. Quite overgrown (in a good way) since I first visited, heck that photo was on 35mm
A dry stone wall weaving through trees
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Many struggle with writing alt text for charts and other other data visualizations. Amy Cesal's "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization" hammers home the importance of explaining the chart type, the type of data, and the reason for the chart. medium.com/nightingale/...
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Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization
How do you write text that conveys the whole meaning of a visualization? You probably can’t. But that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try
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Matt Taylor @matt-taylor.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
My first proper commission - I actually got paid to write something 🤯 I wrote a little piece for @beelitmag.bsky.social about why I can't wear tracksuit anymore. Class has a uniform - prove me wrong.
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Chris Birt @cdbirt.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
🚨STOP THE BUS🚨 We have a new vacancy in JRF's Scotland Team. We're looking for a Senior Policy Adviser to join our brilliant team here. Passionately believe we can deliver a better Scotland free from poverty? Then it could be 🫵 Details 👇🕑 10/8. www.jrf.org.uk/careers
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Careers
Do you want to help build a fairer future, free from poverty? Join us and use your skills to make a real difference.
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Daniel Wigglesworth @dwigglesworth.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
At JRF we've come a long way on PDF. At some point I should probably write a blog on how we publish and why, some commissioned writers aren't aware there are alternative options
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Government is seeking people to join a Responsible AI Advisory Panel to advise the Government Digital Service. Given we have such bodies come and go in the past (remember the CDEI?) and this is only a one year term you will want to weigh up how influential it will be www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Role specification for external panel members of the GDS Responsible AI Advisory Panel
The Government Digital Service (GDS) Responsible AI Advisory Panel is seeking applicants for external panel members.
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Daniel Wigglesworth @dwigglesworth.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
On a trip out at a @jrf-uk.bsky.social away day having a mini history tour
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Daniel Wigglesworth @dwigglesworth.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
I don't get the timing of Tour de France Unchained Season 3. Like we watched two episodes, and now we are bypassing it engrossed in the drama of this years' tour
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Iain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Today Govt confirmed changes it will make to planned cuts to disability benefits. But Govt will still ask MPs to vote for large, arbitrary cuts to disabled people’s incomes that will increase poverty. The Bill should be opposed. Here’s why. 1/7
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Chris Birt @cdbirt.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
⏰⏰You may have already seen this but we're looking for a partner to work with us to consider our approach to movement building and grassroots organising in Scotland. More info in the link below - closing date for applications 16 July. www.jrf.org.uk/funding
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Funding
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation funds and works in partnership with other organisations to unlock the UK from poverty
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Daniel Wigglesworth @dwigglesworth.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
I'm keen to watch the TV on the Radio #glasto set, I just can't seem to find it
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Sam Tims @sam-tims.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Much of the Government's intention for cutting PIP and UC is to motivate people to find a job But cutting social security can't 'incentivise' people into jobs that don't exist New @jrf-uk.bsky.social analysis shows there are simply too few jobs for the Government's argument to hold
A graph showing that local authorities with weaker local economies have more people on UC that are searching for work or unable to work due to a health condition for each vacancy in that area
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Daniel Wigglesworth @dwigglesworth.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Good bike ride to Beverley yesterday, took a shady route
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Iain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Govt just published the Bill to cut disability benefits for > 3 million people, revealing that mitigations for those with the most severe conditions ministers have been telling MPs about will protect only up to 10% of new claimants from a halving of UC's health element 1/5
Image of cover of Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill.
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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
📢 9.3 million people are facing hunger and hardship in the UK! We support the Joseph Rowntree Foundation @trusselluk.bsky.social and and 100s of people at @ukparliament.parliament.uk today calling on MPs to Guarantee our Essentials. Here's why it matters: bit.ly/3FEZKnK #EssentialsGuarantee
Guarantee our Essentials graphic
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Chris Bush @chrisbush.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
We’re looking for people with lived experience of access needs to take part in paid user research. Sessions are remote or in Macclesfield. Interested? Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/XPMJFQmLde #Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #UserResearch #DigitalInclusion
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Microsoft Forms
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