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Harry Harrold

@harryharrold.bsky.social
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Medium-sized fat bloke. #ukcharitycamp Helps build web stuff @neontribe. Tries to be agile and user-centered. Proud resident of the Fine City of Norwich. Has never been a TV producer. (He/they)

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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
... there were a number of folk with gov.uk email addresses in that session saying "I cannot say anything about that right now", but yeah.. Critical national infrastructure should be owned publicly might be an idea whose time has come. Again.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
The session notes are here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... I *think* the closest emerging answer was "Join the European efforts", but tbh quite a lot of the session was pretty downbeat.
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GovCamp 2026 Session 4 _ Room Committee Room 3&4
Session: 4 Room: Committee Room 3&4 Session title : How do we Take Back Control from tech giants Digital Sovereignty Session leader : John & Alaric Volunteer to continue conversation after : Notes ta...
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
...if you fell in love with the format of an un-conference today, but wanted more folk from the third sector, and more conversations of a charitable focus. May I interest you in UKCharityCamp, same city, same deal, but the other end of the year. (It's a Nov. thing.) #ukgc26 www.ukcharitycamp.com
A picture of me in front of a session grid.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
And here we go... Pitching. #ukgc26
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
The enduring popularity of the pecan plait demonstrated yet again, alongside a strong showing by the apple crown. #ukgovcamp26
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
...but who'll start the dancing? You'll find me and an interesting conversation or two at @ukcharitycamp.bsky.social
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I must go down to the camp again, to the lovely folk and the buzz, And all I ask is a clear grid and ideas to fill her with; #ukgovcamp26
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
share.google/mriPqDTwbxgx...
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
...in my defense, I'm a Harrold. And we've only got a Place.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
I'm admitting nothing.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites today I *think* l learned there's an award for "best charity annual report." Arguably - the best impact reporting is from the best Comms teams, as opposed from the charities with the most impact... The many purposes reporting is used for makes it harder to write one doc to fit all needs.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites impact reporting done once, for the Commission, used by all funders. Reducing duplication. Bravo, David Holdsworth (one of two David Hs on the panel...)
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Folk at #npcignites mightike this by CAST, a self-service AI course buff.ly/1KSivpU
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites ...is there a tension between valuing our own knowledge, and the openness we believe is right? "We can't collaborate in every single way". The system makes us compete and maybe that's ok? But there's things big charities can do: not compete with small grassroots orgs for example.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#nocignites ...listen to civil society, value co-production, be prepared to the speaking of truth to power.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites I think the reflection here is that a danger to the impact economy is how larger and/or commercial orgs might take control of grassroots organisations. "Be careful how you scale and fund." But the opportunity is for Money to trust civil society and recognise it's entrepreneurial touch.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites "It's hard to be equal, when all the money is on the other side of the table." Our value is in knowledge of practice and lived experience, we need to influence *before* we're called on to implement. That's too late. And be conscious of commercial orgs monetising the ideas we developed.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites openness isn't just about sharing what works. And Chayn shows that.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites "We live in a deeply competitive funding landscape, and there's no evidence that competition is helping innovative and impact." which really resonates.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites Openness in the impact economy. @trishml + legend Hera Hussain from www.chayn.co who's forgotten more about trauma-informed practice than I'll ever know. Sharing what you know; particularly critical now, when AI might/is changing everything and theres no time for all to learn everything.
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Chayn – Free Tools and resources for Healing from Abuse and Trauma
Chayn offers free, trauma-informed resources for survivors, focusing on mental health, safety, and empowerment. Access a range of tools, from self-care guides to tech safety tips, all designed to help...
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites mapping work across a geography... 360giving, I think? Shows what funding has been targeted where... www.360giving.org
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Homepage - 360Giving
We are a charity that helps organizations publish and use open grants data, enabling informed decisions and effective community support.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites "Let's put the privacy to one side"... Can we not do that, actually? And can we be sure what it produces are editable, so we can keep our tone of voice and identity front and centre? "AIs going to happen". That really does sound like a threat. "Built for our sector" is gold, mind.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites Turn2us giving the "what's worked well", "what's not" retro. I applaud. (Special praise for "... sometimes "we" don't even go back and tell folk what's been done as a result." I must remember that.) But... It's better to start somewhere; don't make perfection the enemy of starting.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites Co-production next... Interesting note on shifting from a "paternalistic" model to shifting power to the beneficiary. "Nothing about us without us." Systems not built with humans in mind, let alone members of the marginalised communities they're meant to be for.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites "Progress moves at the speed of trust." Well, that's a cracking precept.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites "A rising tide lifts all boats" Chris Ashworth's wisdom cited here :+)
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
/c @trisml ^ Please and thank you.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites (Everyone seems to have five tips: please share those slides...)
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites Theory of change... Starts with postit notes (ofc!) links differentiators to outcomes to the impact of those outcomes deliver it *alongside* strategy in an iterative, messy, process - you might call it an 'impact model" - and don't leave it as a .pdf sdgs.un.org/goals
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites wrt to AI move the conversation to *what* impacts, and to what degree. AIs bias intersects with gender bias, qv Toms TedX here www.ted.com/talks/tom_il...
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Why Africa's girls will engineer the future
The Giants we are searching for are the brilliant young female scientists hidden away amongst the billion people on the African continent.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites "it'd be crazy if..." We all tried to solve these problems. Let's have fora. Like ukcharitycamp ofc www.ukcharitycamp.com let's leverage the collective power. The big companies know nothing about charities. Charities do. (As do some agencies ofc.)
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UK Charity Camp
An unconference event that means charities across the sector come together, share and learn.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites Short transitions are hard to manage; what does that mean for young people, how can disadvantaged yp be helped through it. Will a loss of jobs make the competition for blue collar jobs harder, or praps level the playing field in favour of folk traditionally looking for jobs less impacted
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites Kings Trust started by understanding what young people were thinking about AI, just like we did, through the lens of a "Just Transition", things will change, yp will have to understand how AI will impact them to get the opportunities. www.dxw.com/2025/01/unde...
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Understanding how young people engage with generative AI
Hannah shares her work with CAST to help 15 - 17 year olds understand, examine & use generative AI in positive ways.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites Tom Ilube: A Visionary Leader in Technology, Philanthropy, and Rugby www.linkedin.com/pulse/tom-il... starts "I'm pure geek", now chair of Kings Trust, found the charity sector wasn't leaning in to AI, should know of the work of CAST - www.wearecast.org.uk
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Tom Ilube: A Visionary Leader in Technology, Philanthropy, and Rugby
Tom Ilube CBE is a true Renaissance man, a successful entrepreneur, a passionate philanthropist, and a trailblazer in technology. His life story is one of resilience, determination, and a deep commitm...
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites That place-based approach: The Common Lot www.thecommonlot.org/about-us/vis... started with community theatre, their legacy and current work is led by the principal "Everyone benefits" - is an excellent example.
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The Common Lot - Vision and Values
We follow three principles in all that we do: Everyone must benefit All contributions are equally valued We have what we need (and if we don’t, we can find it!) Our mission is to make theatre that ma...
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites here's a cracking bit of advice - the way of working "identify problem/produce solution/identify folk who want to help" isn't as effective as identifying the folk who want to help *first*..
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites Communities are not just place-based, they can also be of-interest, of-thinking. Don't forget them.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites I'm sure someone just implied partnering with government *is risky*, because of the pace of political change, and ministerial pass-the-parcel... That's interesting.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites philanthropy creates societal impact, the best centres communities. There's an assumption that gov should be in some places, but it's not got the money (or motivation to spend) to be everywhere, and political change is questioning that assumption. Read that again, it's critical.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites Good stories might also lean on fairness and efficiencies, explaining the detail in broad strokes, to an increasingly knowledgeable public and funding landscape.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites small orgs know their niche really well; key to good partnerships is enthusiasm for partnering, getting signoff is about a good impact story on beneficiaries as well as the ROI of what is essentially an investment - good boards understand risk of experimenting, and measuring impact.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites - philanthropy/impact capital doesn't require money back, it's different. Hence "Office for Impact Economy", gov could do more, could partner/mobilise with impact economy to solve societal problems, and could do so by design, early. This could extend from charities, to pension funds etc.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites teaches me the etymology of Philanthropy - Philia+Anthropos or something like that - "Love of Mankind"
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites Gemma Peters had a cracking story about how an experiment in patient-centred end of life care, also showed a solid return on investment in saving bed-days. (I think this is the case study www.socialfinance.org.uk/insights/hel... )
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Pioneering Social Investment: The Macmillan End-of-Live Care Fund
The Rapid Intervention for Palliative and End-of-Life Care (RIPEL) project, the first service to be launched through the Macmillan End-of-Life Care Fund,…
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#npcignites Macmillan are the safetynet that fills gaps that are getting bigger. Nobody has tried to widen disparity, it needs to decrease, that's the other strand to their work. Eg. Support for the best end of life experiences where the best care is cheaper. www.linkedin.com/in/gemma-pet...
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Gemma Peters - London, England, United Kingdom | Professional Profile | LinkedIn
Location: London · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Gemma Peters’ profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
www.linkedin.com/in/kjboyle Impact is inextricable from the economy; it's 10% or the UK economy, that's big, and the majority of people worldwide want to buy from businesses who care about their social impact. The broader economic model is against the impact economy and the phrase itself has value
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Kieron Boyle - 100x Impact | LinkedIn
Kieron Boyle leads three connected efforts to grow the impact economy. Widely… · Experience: 100x Impact · Education: University of Cambridge · Location: London · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View K...
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
A conversation about funding that fuels impact #npcignites www.linkedin.com/in/kate-symo... Work that is difficult to explain is often the most impactful. Is the work community-based, is it place-based, is it researched.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Jonathan Simmons "Consultancy works" as he keynotes at #npcignites - their aim next , as well, as that - to grow the impact economy, to frame great work in a simple story, and to be inclusive of all orgs who have an intention of delivering positive change, making a bigger pie.
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
We don't know how the AI trainers will work out how to identify authoritative information - maybe we will one day? Do they even care? (Maybe it's just about volume...) We all know it's a questionable industry, but we rely on them. Be sceptical. #charitydigitalaisummit
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Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
And maybe we need to participate on Reddit, if that's where the ai bots go to get training data. How can we provide good quality information despite AI overviews inserting themselves between us and them? Good quality document structure, being authentic and authoritative. #charitydigitalaisummit
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