Ellie Munro
@elmunro.bsky.social
Researcher. Voluntary and community action - history, policy, theory. @cdjplus.bsky.social board member. Former trade union bureaucrat and policy wonk. Brand: archives, institutions, community action, disability, Godzilla, wool. All snark mine.
Widely regarded as history's greatest ever Christmas playlist (by me and my pal Jane) let's hear it again for my true lifetime's work open.spotify.com/playlist/4ke...
Chrzmz
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December 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Widely regarded as history's greatest ever Christmas playlist (by me and my pal Jane) let's hear it again for my true lifetime's work open.spotify.com/playlist/4ke...
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Shelter employees have cancelled plans to take industrial action after the homelessness charity tabled a new pay offer
Strike plans shelved as Shelter staff vote on new pay deal
www.civilsociety.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Shelter employees have cancelled plans to take industrial action after the homelessness charity tabled a new pay offer
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Geoff Higgins and co-authors write in our latest issue on implementability in community development approaches, and the novel taxonomy of principles, conditions and processes for success buff.ly/x4d6vqx #CDJ #Development
Implementability: a taxonomy of community development approaches
Abstract. The selection of a community development approach often occurs in an information vacuum, rather than through an evidence-driven alignment with lo
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November 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Geoff Higgins and co-authors write in our latest issue on implementability in community development approaches, and the novel taxonomy of principles, conditions and processes for success buff.ly/x4d6vqx #CDJ #Development
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#SkyStorians #History @socialhistsoc.bsky.social 50th anniversary conference CFP now live! A Lancaster, historic home of SHS, 1-3 July 2026. CFP deadline 16 Jan 2026.
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socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
Conference
Visit the post for more.
socialhistory.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#SkyStorians #History @socialhistsoc.bsky.social 50th anniversary conference CFP now live! A Lancaster, historic home of SHS, 1-3 July 2026. CFP deadline 16 Jan 2026.
socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
I also went to see this with some former Trade Union colleagues, and was reminded how excellent all of those women are, how beautifully we continue to support each other, and how disgustingly they (we) have been treated by our employer. Shame on all those who've perpetrated, enabled and defended.
Went all the way to London to see Gwenda's Garage, a play fundamentally about Sheffield. Campaigning and Queer content aside (I, a closet queer as a traceable result of Section 28, sobbed), here's to more musicals about the Manpower Services Commission. @gwendasgarage.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I also went to see this with some former Trade Union colleagues, and was reminded how excellent all of those women are, how beautifully we continue to support each other, and how disgustingly they (we) have been treated by our employer. Shame on all those who've perpetrated, enabled and defended.
Went all the way to London to see Gwenda's Garage, a play fundamentally about Sheffield. Campaigning and Queer content aside (I, a closet queer as a traceable result of Section 28, sobbed), here's to more musicals about the Manpower Services Commission. @gwendasgarage.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Went all the way to London to see Gwenda's Garage, a play fundamentally about Sheffield. Campaigning and Queer content aside (I, a closet queer as a traceable result of Section 28, sobbed), here's to more musicals about the Manpower Services Commission. @gwendasgarage.bsky.social
Ehehehehe just saw a gritter going up my Sheffield road called Gritchard Thawley ehehehehe
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Ehehehehe just saw a gritter going up my Sheffield road called Gritchard Thawley ehehehehe
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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Next up: rent strikes, housing co-ops, squatting, communes and more! A housing periodicals appreciation post 🙏
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November 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Next up: rent strikes, housing co-ops, squatting, communes and more! A housing periodicals appreciation post 🙏
www.instagram.com/peoplespapers @wcmlibrary.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/peoplespapers @wcmlibrary.bsky.social
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Being disabled shouldn’t mean you’re on a lower wage, or that you’re afraid to ask for support at work because it could hit you financially.
Having a reasonable adjustment should never lead to a pay cut.
But this is what’s happening to some UCU staff right now.
Short 🧵
Having a reasonable adjustment should never lead to a pay cut.
But this is what’s happening to some UCU staff right now.
Short 🧵
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Being disabled shouldn’t mean you’re on a lower wage, or that you’re afraid to ask for support at work because it could hit you financially.
Having a reasonable adjustment should never lead to a pay cut.
But this is what’s happening to some UCU staff right now.
Short 🧵
Having a reasonable adjustment should never lead to a pay cut.
But this is what’s happening to some UCU staff right now.
Short 🧵
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New archival research spotlight up on Instagram! Even featuring its own intro video 😍
Thanks to Rory and Real Time Video for sharing: www.instagram.com/p/DQejjL3jJ1...
Thanks to Rory and Real Time Video for sharing: www.instagram.com/p/DQejjL3jJ1...
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
New archival research spotlight up on Instagram! Even featuring its own intro video 😍
Thanks to Rory and Real Time Video for sharing: www.instagram.com/p/DQejjL3jJ1...
Thanks to Rory and Real Time Video for sharing: www.instagram.com/p/DQejjL3jJ1...
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What if friendship were understood not just on an individual, personal level, but as something political – a radical practice capable of upending hierarchies and producing revolutionary social change?
Laura C. Forster and Joel White reflect on radical friendship and everyday solidarities.
Laura C. Forster and Joel White reflect on radical friendship and everyday solidarities.
Friends in Common
How might we reassess friendship as a transformative, even revolutionary, political resource?
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
What if friendship were understood not just on an individual, personal level, but as something political – a radical practice capable of upending hierarchies and producing revolutionary social change?
Laura C. Forster and Joel White reflect on radical friendship and everyday solidarities.
Laura C. Forster and Joel White reflect on radical friendship and everyday solidarities.
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My book UP IN THE AIR: A HISTORY OF HIGH-RISE BRITAIN is out today!
October 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
My book UP IN THE AIR: A HISTORY OF HIGH-RISE BRITAIN is out today!
(Don't know why I'm posting in a Fifer accent today but here we are)
October 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
(Don't know why I'm posting in a Fifer accent today but here we are)
Youse should probably unionise, ey
Cat Ross: Across our public sector we have seen the fight for recognition of value, primarily in the fight for fairer wages. How have nurses, doctors, bin men and teachers achieved this? Strikes!
What would happen to our society if charities went on a mass strike?
What would happen to our society if charities went on a mass strike?
Cat Ross: Imagine a world where charities took mass strike action
Our country’s social security system is broken and charities are constantly picking up the pieces – but how much longer can we be the sticking plaster?
www.thirdsector.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Youse should probably unionise, ey
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In [Archive reveals hidden history of Frating Hall Farm community[(www.essexrecordofficeblog.co.uk/frating-hall...), Essex Record Office announces the launch of a new archive that sheds light on one of Britain’s largest and longest-running pacifist communities: Frating Hall Farm. #OnePlaceWednesday
Archive reveals hidden history of Frating Hall Farm community
The Essex Record Office is proud to announce the launch of a new archive that sheds light on one of Britain’s largest and longest-running pacifist communities: Frating Hall Farm, active from 1943 t…
www.essexrecordofficeblog.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
In [Archive reveals hidden history of Frating Hall Farm community[(www.essexrecordofficeblog.co.uk/frating-hall...), Essex Record Office announces the launch of a new archive that sheds light on one of Britain’s largest and longest-running pacifist communities: Frating Hall Farm. #OnePlaceWednesday
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Around 550 Shelter employees are being balloted for industrial action in a dispute over pay and working conditions, including its refusal to offer a four-day working week
Shelter staff balloted on strike action as charity decides against four-day week
www.civilsociety.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Around 550 Shelter employees are being balloted for industrial action in a dispute over pay and working conditions, including its refusal to offer a four-day working week
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Far too often, medical schools leave Black heritage students feeling persistently unwelcome. We need to move beyond mere inclusion towards genuine and lasting belonging, writes Carl Kulimushi, a student at the University of Manchester.
New on our blog ✍️ www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/getting...
New on our blog ✍️ www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/getting...
Getting in but not getting on
Despite efforts to widen access to the medical profession for under-represented groups, Black students still face a host of barriers. It’s time for medical education to move beyond simply opening door...
www.runnymedetrust.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Far too often, medical schools leave Black heritage students feeling persistently unwelcome. We need to move beyond mere inclusion towards genuine and lasting belonging, writes Carl Kulimushi, a student at the University of Manchester.
New on our blog ✍️ www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/getting...
New on our blog ✍️ www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/getting...
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Let's take a ride... My next book is coming out with @faberbooks.bsky.social. Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains will be published March 12 2026. Preorder links in profile, and lots more on the book and the remarkable stories people told me to come over the next few months...
October 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Let's take a ride... My next book is coming out with @faberbooks.bsky.social. Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains will be published March 12 2026. Preorder links in profile, and lots more on the book and the remarkable stories people told me to come over the next few months...
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Bins update: the 2nd largest city in the UK hasn't had domestic recycling services for ~11 months. Our city council is so incompetent that agency staff who have been brought in to do part of the striking bin workers' labour are *themselves* balloting for strike action
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
October 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Bins update: the 2nd largest city in the UK hasn't had domestic recycling services for ~11 months. Our city council is so incompetent that agency staff who have been brought in to do part of the striking bin workers' labour are *themselves* balloting for strike action
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Help us bring festive joy to trans youth at the end of a difficult year. Support Trans Secret Santa!
Fundraising links below 👇
Fundraising links below 👇
October 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Help us bring festive joy to trans youth at the end of a difficult year. Support Trans Secret Santa!
Fundraising links below 👇
Fundraising links below 👇
Man I forgot I started making 'collect them all' badges for the cyclical voluntary sector policy reviews while I was doing my PhD. What a nerd - no wonder it took me 6 years to finish. drive.google.com/file/d/1gsxQ...
TLDR Blog.pdf
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October 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Man I forgot I started making 'collect them all' badges for the cyclical voluntary sector policy reviews while I was doing my PhD. What a nerd - no wonder it took me 6 years to finish. drive.google.com/file/d/1gsxQ...
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HR departments are finishing their calculations of the harm done by Clearing, it seems…
This is completely unsustainable; we can’t drastically adjust our staffing every single autumn in response to the volatility of the recruitment cycle. #SaveHE #UKHE
qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
This is completely unsustainable; we can’t drastically adjust our staffing every single autumn in response to the volatility of the recruitment cycle. #SaveHE #UKHE
qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
October 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
HR departments are finishing their calculations of the harm done by Clearing, it seems…
This is completely unsustainable; we can’t drastically adjust our staffing every single autumn in response to the volatility of the recruitment cycle. #SaveHE #UKHE
qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
This is completely unsustainable; we can’t drastically adjust our staffing every single autumn in response to the volatility of the recruitment cycle. #SaveHE #UKHE
qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
Got a big deficit caused by dodgy business decisions that you keep using as an excuse to restructure bits of your university that you personally don't understand so must just be worthless? Time to hire a management consultant at the cost of several academic & PS staff! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY189/d...
Director of Operational Improvement at Sheffield Hallam University
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October 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Got a big deficit caused by dodgy business decisions that you keep using as an excuse to restructure bits of your university that you personally don't understand so must just be worthless? Time to hire a management consultant at the cost of several academic & PS staff! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY189/d...