A friend who runs a grassroots group recently messaged about Pride of Place . She lives in one of the priority areas and had only just heard it was a thing due to her Ward Councillor posting on Facebook: "Is it true that the Council has to choose the chair? From asking around they are already cherry picking! I.e. approaching CIC's with links to the Council asking them to apply. They are CIC's directed by council employees so they are just going to do what suits them!" Whilst

Why grassroots by-and-for organisations must be central to any renewed left political project. By Frances Northrop and Nick Mahony 2025 signalled a new wave of progressive party political organising which is likely to gather pace in 2026. The election of Zack Polanski as leader of the Greens and the Party’s subsequent surge in the polls, taken alongside the launch of Your Party - however chaotic and bumpy - has opened up new and much needed possibilities for left movement bui

Politics is lurching rightwards and into an ever more dangerous and dystopian situation, with this most clearly and worryingly...

The 7+ year Everyone Everyday initiative has concluded and its parent organisation - Participatory City Foundation - is being wound up. ...