Reposted by IanJennifer Young @jenniferyjoallen.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Good afternoon, DCI Satterthwaite fans...the next book is now available for preorder! Publishing 4 November. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FVXSXCV1 044
Reposted by IanBetter Society Capital @bettersocietycapital.com · 16/09/2025🌹 This year at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, we, along with @access-si.bsky.social and @pathwayfund.bsky.social, are hosting a Mission-Driven Business Reception at the Royal Albert Dock on Tuesday 30 September, 4–6pm. 143
Reposted by IanResonance @resonance.ltd.uk · 16/09/2025Thanks to BBC Nottinghamshire for the coverage today - read more here: bbc.co.uk/news/article... #CommunityHousing #LearningDisabilities #InclusiveLiving #SocialImpact @unitedresponse.bsky.socialbbc.co.ukFormer nightclub in Mansfield reopens as supported living homesThe old Urban Cherry nightclub building is converted into eight supported apartments. 042
Reposted by IanGood Finance UK @goodfinanceuk.bsky.social · 26/08/2025The social care system in the UK is broken. But, can social investment fix it? In this blog, we'll cover the state of the sector, examples of how repayable finance has been used to provide essential services to a struggling system, what's next and more! 🔗 Read here >> buff.ly/8OtLuxG #charity 011
Ian @ianyoung77.bsky.social · 11/08/2025This was great, particularly the point that we're spending almost as much putting sticking plasters on existing lines as it should cost to build transformative, new infrastructure in the North 020
Reposted by IanThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/08/2025Want to know what’s going right in Britain? Come to the capital, look at the Elizabeth line railway | Jonn Elledgetheguardian.comWant to know what’s going right in Britain? Come to the capital, look at the Elizabeth line railway | Jonn ElledgeIt’s a ‘can-do’ object lesson for the Treasury. And imagine what such ambition could do for the fortunes of Birmingham, Manchester or Leeds, says author Jonn Elledge 76615
Reposted by IanAlan White @aljwhite.bsky.social · 05/08/2025New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation 27548821974
Reposted by IanDarren Jones MP @darrenpjones.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Our up to £1bn Better Futures Fund will help tackle the structural causes of poverty. Bringing together public funds with social impact investments, it will open up opportunities for training and work across the country. My interview with the @theguardian.com 👇 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.com‘It’s very personal to me’: Darren Jones on his £500m plan to fight child povertyTreasury chief secretary says he wants to emulate New Labour support for community groups that changed his life 134710
Ian @ianyoung77.bsky.social · 11/05/2025@conororr.bsky.social just a message that I'm a UK fan, and you were so right about both international games and jersey number retirements on HTC over the last week 100
Ian @ianyoung77.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Big update from BSC! £1bn committed towards addressing the most entrenched social problems in the UK 020
Reposted by IanGeorge Brewster @georgebrewster.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Great to have reached such an incredible milestone! Over £1 billion invested in UK charities and social enterprises👏 Here's to continuing to drive positive change 🌟 021
Reposted by IanBetter Society Capital @bettersocietycapital.com · 06/03/2025🔎 In her latest blog, Investment Director Amelie Montague explores how Government can support children in care through social investment, highlighting how blended finance models can combine Government grants with repayable finance to help children in need. To learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3QRpKhK 011
Reposted by IanBetter Society Capital @bettersocietycapital.com · 24/02/2025How can LGPS pools unlock local economic growth and social progress through impact investment? 📖 Read our CIO Anna Shiel's piece on the opportunity place-based impact investing presents to drive greater economic and social progress while maintaining risk-adjusted returns. bit.ly/4i7FlFEbit.lyViewpoint: Unlocking LGPS capital - a new era for local impact investment | Impact InvestorAs the UK government moves forward with reforms in the local government pensions sector, Anna Shiel, chief investment officer at Better Society Capital, explores the challenges and opportunities of le... 011
Reposted by IanBetter Society Capital @bettersocietycapital.com · 18/02/2025We look forward to continuing to work alongside social investment partners, empowering enterprises and charities that are improving the lives of people across the UK. Read the full report here: bettersocietycapital.com/impact-repor...bettersocietycapital.comOverviewNone 021
Reposted by IanAnnie Constable @annieconstable.bsky.social · 27/01/2025In the 190 community pubs known to @plunkettuk.bsky.social, over 41,000 people have become shareholders, raising over £38 million between them through #CommunityShares. @andrewdubock.bsky.social explores the vital role of volunteers in community projects ▶️ www.goodfinance.org.uk/latest/post/... 0107
Ian @ianyoung77.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Man United's men playing away in London on a Sunday night, at the same time as Man United's women play a home game, both on TV, is maybe the stupidest bit of TV scheduling I've ever seen 001
Ian @ianyoung77.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Thought this was really good - ask young liberals not to buy cocaine because of their social conscience, on a journey towards it no longer becoming a moral quandary in the future 010
Reposted by IanStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Some wonderful feline asides in this from Janan Ganesh, which I think is basically right.ft.comBritain should stop pretending it wants more economic growthAlmost everyone in politics has something they prioritise over it 148121
Reposted by IanBetter Society Capital @bettersocietycapital.com · 14/01/2025🌟 Great to be in Parliament today, hosting a meet and greet event for MPs and social enterprises in partnership with @access-si.bsky.social and @pathwayfund.bsky.social. A big thank you to all those who connected with us today! 093
Reposted by IanRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Last night, my football dreams came true. A play I’ve yelling about online for about a decade happened in an actual NFL game—the first fair catch kick since 1978. Here’s everything there is to know about this impossibly rare play, the NFL’s vestigial tailbone: open.substack.com/pub/rodgersh...open.substack.comEverything you need to know about the fair catch kick, football's vestigial tailboneThursday night, the Chargers made history by converting on a play that hadn't been successful in FORTY SIX YEARS 1111928224
Ian @ianyoung77.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Ten months ago Gary O'Neil let me see us beat Albion and then Chelsea away in an eight day span - that I will appreciate for a long time 000
Ian @ianyoung77.bsky.social · 09/12/2024No pleasure (obviously) in GON's demise but anyone in the away end would have got more out of the players tonight - shouldn't have survived Palace and am sure he won't survive this, good luck to whoever is next #Wolves 000
Ian @ianyoung77.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Mortgage against his future fee to give Semedo one as well 🙏 000
Ian @ianyoung77.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Fair play to UEFA for making Aston Villa hosting Juventus something that I’m not only not jealous of but have also barely noticed 020
Ian @ianyoung77.bsky.social · 23/11/2024@footballcliches.bsky.social surely Maddison scoring on his birthday is not him 'receiving a present' (per Match of the Day) - it has to be 'what a way to celebrate/mark the occasion'? 000
Reposted by IanAnnie Constable @annieconstable.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Happy #SocialEnterpriseDay! Did you know💡 📈There are 131,000 social enterprises across the country, representing almost 1 in 42 of all UK businesses. 💰£1b in profits has been re-invested to drive social change in the last year 🤝Social enterprises employ 2.3 million people in the UK! (1/3) 1116
Ian @ianyoung77.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Never forget the guy in the summer who said that Wharton was "a mix of Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets" or something to that effect 000
Ian @ianyoung77.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Trying to get the algorithm working a bit: Premier League: Wolves Scottish football: Stranraer MLB: Giants NFL: Bills NBA: Knicks NCAA: Wyoming Cricket: England 010
