Reposted by Heather NicholsonWe're Right Here @right-here.org · 1hOnce a year, politicians leave Westminster for party conference. Power gets on the train to Liverpool but never leaves the conference centre. Communities need power in their hands all year round. Don't take your foot off the gas, Andy. The next stop for devolution: community power. 🧵1/2 143
Reposted by Heather NicholsonASRA @asranetwork.org · 23/07/2026A wonderful cartoon from First Dog on the Moon in The Guardian yesterday captures the essence of our Risks Beyond Human Eyes project. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Learn more about the project in our webinar: unfoundation.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @beingphilt.bsky.social 053
Reposted by Heather NicholsonWe're Right Here @right-here.org · 06/07/2026Who else thinks communities should shape their own healthcare decisions? New animation shows how citizens' assemblies could improve health & happiness in every neighbourhood. Watch our series on community-powered neighbourhood governance. www.right-here.org/neighbourhoo... @theyoungfdn.bsky.social 022
Heather Nicholson @heathernicholson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Forgive the dry name, but the upcoming ‘neighbourhood governance arrangements’ could be transformational in giving us more power over the decisions that shape the places we call home. It's been brilliant to work on this series with @right-here.org @theyoungfdn.bsky.social. Watch below 🎬 011
Reposted by Heather NicholsonASRA @asranetwork.org · 18/06/2026Hear it from Christiana Figueres: holding systemic risk and systemic opportunity together can give us the energy to move forward. 1 year ago, Christiana Figueres, @outrageoptimism.bsky.social, spoke at our symposium about taking a systems approach to climate risk. youtu.be/B-246r-noxo?... 113
Reposted by Heather NicholsonASRA @asranetwork.org · 16/06/2026If you’re curious about working with non-human perspectives in risk analysis, join our webinar to hear learnings from our project: Risk Beyond Human Eyes. September 24 🗓️ 14:00 BST ⏰ Online 🛜 Register: unfoundation.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @beingphilt.bsky.social @adjuvant.bsky.social 033
Heather Nicholson @heathernicholson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026An extraordinary story of transformation is happening in Andhra Pradesh, India. Around 1.8million farmers are transitioning from chemical-intensive farming to natural farming. The impact it's had on farmers, the land, and the climate is really impressive. #APCNF 💫 010
Heather Nicholson @heathernicholson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Excited to go to MOTH Festival this Saturday with @asranetwork.org. We're adding a nonhuman perspective to conversations about how to address the systemic risks facing our world. #morethanhuman 010
Reposted by Heather NicholsonUnlock Democracy @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Today is the last day hereditary peers will be able to sit in the House of Lords. Some will cling on to a seat in Parliament as life peers, but lawmaking by birthright, that ends today. Now for an upper chamber fit for the 21st century. unlockdemocracy.substack.com/p/hereditary...buff.lyHereditary peers to go - this must be just the startA second chamber that relies on the patronage of Prime Ministers through life peerages is hardly a giant leap forward over the descendants of men given hereditary peerages hundreds of years ago! 0137
Heather Nicholson @heathernicholson.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Now in law, the Community Right to Buy is a brilliant win for local people who want to protect the places they love for the good of their communities. Just needs funding and support to ensure people can actually use the Right. See what the Bill failed on and where the next opportunity lies.👇 010
Heather Nicholson @heathernicholson.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Given the worsening climate and ecological crises facing us, this challenge from @asranetwork.org to consider systemic risk from a more-than-human perspective is very timely and urgently needed. 🐆🍄 010
Heather Nicholson @heathernicholson.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Always amazed by how much life on Earth depends on underground fungi – 80% of all plants! From food crops to forests. On #UnderEarthDay, we've got to do better at getting fungi into conservation plans, climate action & biodiversity loss strategies. 🍄 Great take on #EarthDay @spun.earth! 011
Heather Nicholson @heathernicholson.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Innovative approach to tackling rivers in crisis. What would change if we considered other species' perspectives to a river's health and future? 🌊 000
Heather Nicholson @heathernicholson.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Planting with @tmhackney.bsky.social brightened the winter days 🌳💚 021
Reposted by Heather NicholsonWe're Right Here @right-here.org · 12/03/2026The Museum of Community Futures shares powerful stories of local people across Greater Manchester defying the odds to achieve extraordinary change in their places. 📆 12–14, 19–21 March 📍Factory International & online A Joint exhibition with @greatermcr.bsky.social www.right-here.org/museum-of-co... 051
Reposted by Heather NicholsonASRA @asranetwork.org · 26/02/2026Will AI reshape the foundations of the public purse? Can fear be taken into account when managing systemic risk? The February edition of Radically Rethinking Risk lands tomorrow. Sign up: mailchi.mp/4e32e64a25e7... 011
Reposted by Heather NicholsonASRA @asranetwork.org · 15/01/2026HIRING: Join our team as a Research Analyst examining the systemic risks of climate change. We’re looking for a researcher to work on a major project focusing on the implications of exceeding the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C temperature goal. Learn more: www.asranetwork.org/news/job-ope... #climatejobsasranetwork.orgJob Opening: Research Analyst Systemic Risks of Climate ChangeASRA is seeking a Research Analyst to support a major project examining the systemic risks of climate change, with a particular focus on the scientific, environmental, and Earth system implications… 001
Reposted by Heather NicholsonASRA @asranetwork.org · 02/01/2026As our planet spins into another year, it’s a good moment to think bravely, flexing our imagination, to consider the kinds of changes that lead to transformation. 🐛🦋 Addressing #Systemicrisks creates an opportunity to redesign the systems that shape our lives. Watch ASRA Explores with Shama Karkal. 011
Reposted by Heather NicholsonWe're Right Here @right-here.org · 17/12/2025ACTION: We need your help at a critical moment for #CommunityPower in Parliament. Can you take two minutes to write to Baroness Taylor, asking her to back a Bill that delivers real community power? actionnetwork.org/letters/bcb5... Photo by Roger Harris: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Of... 032
Heather Nicholson @heathernicholson.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Great new film by @right-here.org features community leaders taking a temperature check on the worrying spike in polarisation and division in our country. Their message is clear: give communities the power to fix 'broken Britain'. 030
Reposted by Heather NicholsonWe're Right Here @right-here.org · 20/08/2025💔 The Museum of Broken Dreams opens in Parliament this September, telling the stories of bold community-led projects blocked by red tape and bureaucracy. 🎟️ Invite your MP to visit and see first-hand the lost potential in our communities. Use the email template: actionnetwork.org/letters/invi... 033
Reposted by Heather NicholsonWe're Right Here @right-here.org · 24/07/2025Today, over 350 community leaders delivered a stark warning: our democracy is in crisis. Ahead of the anniversary of last year’s riots, we handed in an open letter to No.10 warning that without action to address widespread feelings of disempowerment, we could see more social unrest. 🧵 1/3 176
Reposted by Heather NicholsonWe're Right Here @right-here.org · 01/07/2025📣 Calling all community organisations: If you want more #CommunityPower, sign our letter to the Prime Minister. Our campaign leader, Sacha Bedding, has written an open letter urging the government to grant more power to local people. ✍️ Will you sign the letter? actionnetwork.org/petitions/co... 032
Heather Nicholson @heathernicholson.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Christiana Figueres' tip for thinking about systems: Have a spider web in your head when looking at a system to understand which threads are being pulled and remember that it’s constantly a dynamic. We can't control a system, we can only influence & understand the interconnections. 🕸️ 040
Heather Nicholson @heathernicholson.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Really excited to be at the #CurrentsOfChange symposium with the lovely @asranetwork.org team today. The SuperFUTURES exhibition and Marshmallow Laser Feast artworks are looking incredible. 020
Reposted by Heather NicholsonASRA @asranetwork.org · 30/04/2025📣 Just launched: Our new case study collection—8 powerful, real-world responses to systemic risks from grassroots action to cities. From Amsterdam to Zimbabwe, discover diverse and practical approaches to tackling #SystemicRisks.asranetwork.orgFrom Benches to Boardrooms: Responding to systemic risksTo guide this work, ASRA’s Systemic Risk Response (SRR) Working Group co-developed a comprehensive set of assessment criteria that is grounded in ASRA’s Principles for Systemic Risk Assessment and… 001
Heather Nicholson @heathernicholson.bsky.social · 22/04/2025'Disconnection from and domination over nature and people' is one of the major drivers of #BiodiversityLoss and nature's decline (IPBES report). Love this blog by @tom-oliver.bsky.social via @asranetwork.org on restoring our sense of connection with nature for a safer and happier future 🌍.asranetwork.orgThe Rethink | Awakening the nature-centric mindset 000
Heather Nicholson @heathernicholson.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Great day with an inspiring bunch. A lot of powerful stories told in the room. #CommunityPoweredPolitics 010
Heather Nicholson @heathernicholson.bsky.social · 18/03/2025I loved talking to @hendricksonclaude.bsky.social about his dedication to community-led housing. Read his interview on @right-here.org's blog. 031
Reposted by Heather NicholsonWe're Right Here @right-here.org · 04/03/2025Exciting to see our campaign gain momentum in Parliament! This morning, we spoke with MPs in Parliament about shifting decision-making closer to communities. Our community champion Hannah Sloggett reports from Westminster.👇 #CommunityPoweredPolitics 061
Reposted by Heather NicholsonWe're Right Here @right-here.org · 27/02/2025We can’t wait to kick off our webinar today! Last chance to register for a free ticket. 👇⏳ Join over 300 people to hear from an inspiring line-up of community changemakers. Discuss how we can take action to advance the campaign for community power. 🗓️ 27 Feb ⏰ 13:00 GMT 👉 Register: buff.ly… 011