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Lucy Caldicott

@lucycaldicott.bsky.social

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Former lots of things: charity chief exec, Lambeth Labour cabinet member, Chief of Staff to WM Mayor I run changeout.org - subscribe to my newsletter! Politics, health, reading, gardening, walking, buses, music, cake, UTV, #DuranLive 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 📍Birmingham.

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Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Martin! Pleased to be working with everyone on such vital issues ✊🏼

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Martin Price @mrmjprice.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a pleasure to have @lucycaldicott.bsky.social in @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org’s committee.

Lucy steered our 1 year of the road safety emergency event and is currently preparing to launch our new manifesto asks into the world next month.

Lucy had an hour-long interview on Brum Radio y/day.

Birmingham Midweek with Roifield - Brum Radio

Mondays from 6pm. #BrumHour’s Dave Massey chats to Birmingham-based people about how they use social media to promote the work they do. Join in #BrumHour, Birmingham’s biggest social media networking ...

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Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · 20d

Leading teams through change doesn’t have to mean confusion, stress, and burnout.

I learned a powerful lesson years ago about maintaining trust with your team.

This week’s newsletter:

www.changeout.org/leading-chan...

Leading Change Without Losing Your Team

I've seen a lot of workplace change over the years. I've led change and also been on the receiving end. My experiences on the receiving end include abrupt job role redundancy or months of uncertaint...

www.changeout.org

Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · 27d

Ah thanks Joel!

Hope all good with you xx

Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · 27d

We don’t talk about burnout enough

I’ve written about it in this week’s newsletter ❤️

www.changeout.org/burnout-in-m...

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Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · Aug 15

This week’s newsletter is now out and it’s all about making the business case for joy 🌻

www.changeout.org/the-business...

A bright yellow sunflower fills the frame. There is grass, a hedge and trees beyond

Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · Aug 9

I’m trying to understand all this better at the moment.

This is a crowd-sourced leaderboard ranking the different LLMs for different uses (research, text to image, coding etc)

Might help? lmarena.ai/leaderboard

Overview Leaderboard | LMArena

Compare and explore top-performing models across different benchmarks.

lmarena.ai

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Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · Aug 8

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Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · Aug 8

In this week’s newsletter I look at leadership in complexity where beliefs are sometimes held as being in opposition and where people are seeking black and white, not grey.

The important thing is to lead with inspiration and trust and try to find the common ground.

Have a good weekend

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Tim Egan @timegan1995.bsky.social · Aug 1

I hope 1 day our country and auto industry will change and these events will be a piece of history. Thanks to @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org for organising tonight's event to mark the 1 year of @brumroadsafety.bsky.social declared by council. Thoughts with the 23 victims since, including 1 today.

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Martin Price @mrmjprice.bsky.social · Aug 1

My speech from the @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org event to mark the first anniversary of the road safety emergency today. 🧵

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Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · Aug 1

Happy Friday!

This week’s newsletter is now OUT looking at why strategies should be kept simple, making wills and a mass Wuther.

Oh, and couldn’t resist mentioning the Lionesses again ❤️

Have a great weekend!

www.changeout.org/keeping-it-s...

#linkinbio #strategy #leadership

Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · Jul 30

RNLI volunteers should never apologise for saving lives at sea.

The charity's legal purpose for over 2 centuries has been to do exactly that.

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RNLI crew makes no apologies for saving migrants' lives in English Channel - BBC News

It says it has saved the lives of 58 people crossing the Channel "in their most distressing times".

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Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · Jul 30

"That the subjects of all nations be equally objects of the Institution, as well in war as in peace [and] that medallions or pecuniary rewards be given to those who rescue lives …"

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Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · Jul 30

"That an Institution can now be formed … to be supported by donations and annual subscriptions."

"That such immediate assistance be afforded to persons rescued as their necessities may require."

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Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · Jul 30

On 4 March 1824 at the City of London Tavern in Bishopsgate, over 30 eminent "gentlemen" put their names to the fledgling RNLI at its inaugural public meeting.

The crowd unanimously passed 12 resolutions, including:

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Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · Jul 26

You’re welcome!

And they could indeed 😢

Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · Jul 26

Great to join the @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org demo in Moseley this morning. Thank you to everyone for coming.

Constant red light jumping while we were there which underlines what a dangerous junction this is.

A group of people holding placards with road safety slogans such as: Speeding Kills, Take it slow, No more deaths on our roads. Houses and road signs and shops beyond

A group of people on a pavement holding placards with road safety slogans such as: Speeding Kills, Take it slow, No more deaths on our roads.

A woman holding a sign which reads take it slow and a man with a sign which reads Speeding kills and a bicycle stand beside a road junction. Houses and cars are beyond them

A woman with a sign which reads Stop! Cats around. She has pictures of cats on her bag

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Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · Jul 23

“I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that’s OK - the bat had to get Ozzy shots.”

RIP Ozzy

#utv

Two people walking away down a street. Both are wearing black T shirts and dark shorts. The T shirt of the person on the left reads “Ozzy” in white letters with “up the villa” beneath and Ozzy Osbourne’s face also in white

Bunches of flowers cover a bench on a bridge with cut out figures of four men on it. The railing behind has a sign which reads Black Sabbath bridge

A mural of a man’s face in purple and black. There are bunches of flowers below. The signature Ozzy can be seen on the wall to the left in white with a clear plastic cover

A photograph of Ozzy Osbourne on an electric billboard. It reads RIP 1948-2025 on white letters

Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · Jul 19

@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org doesn’t accept that road danger is inevitable.

We are campaigning for our public bodies and our politicians to work together to treat these issues with the urgency that they deserve and implement measures that will make crashes less likely.

Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · Jul 19

Good to represent @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org on Midlands Today yesterday.

Thank you to the BBC for dedicating the whole programme to road danger and Birmingham City Council’s road safety emergency.

A screenshot of TV footage. The image shows a woman with short hair and glasses wearing a white top. She is standing in front of a railing along a road. There are cars and trees and houses beyond. The caption reads: Lucy Caldicott Better Streets Birmingham BBC Midlands today

A woman with short hair and glasses is standing facing a woman with long dark hair who is facing away from the camera. There is camera equipment visible. There is a railing, a road, trees and a block of flats beyond

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Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · Jul 16

I had one a few months ago. The drinking of the stuff was grim. Solidarity ✊🏼

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Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · Jul 13

'Ethan Akotiah, 22, who lives off Stratford Road, said: "It's terrible, it's getting worse and worse.

My nan was in a collision and so was my mom. It's constant
... I fear for my family's life."'

@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org

www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

'I fear for my family's life' - city road protest as road safety 'getting worse'

Drivers sounded their horns and gave the thumbs up as camopaigners demanded action at crash blackspot

www.birminghammail.co.uk

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Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · Jul 12

So exciting! Hic est Wadard 😍

Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social · Jul 11