Mark Walton
@mark-walton.bsky.social
Founder and Director of Shared Assets working for a more just land system. NED at Traveller Pride, The Love Tank and Digital Commons working for a more inclusive, healthier and informed future.
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We’ve been working on a big update to the Co-operative World Map this month 🌍
It’s built with our tool Mykomaps & will soon show >84,000 co-ops worldwide, giving a much clearer picture of the scale and diversity of the global co-op movement.
If your co-op isn’t on it yet, get in touch!
It’s built with our tool Mykomaps & will soon show >84,000 co-ops worldwide, giving a much clearer picture of the scale and diversity of the global co-op movement.
If your co-op isn’t on it yet, get in touch!
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We’ve been working on a big update to the Co-operative World Map this month 🌍
It’s built with our tool Mykomaps & will soon show >84,000 co-ops worldwide, giving a much clearer picture of the scale and diversity of the global co-op movement.
If your co-op isn’t on it yet, get in touch!
It’s built with our tool Mykomaps & will soon show >84,000 co-ops worldwide, giving a much clearer picture of the scale and diversity of the global co-op movement.
If your co-op isn’t on it yet, get in touch!
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We just sent out our last newsletter of 2025. Here's a preview...
💻 We’re hiring a part-time full stack developer (21 hrs/week): deadline 10 Jan 2026
🗺 The Co-operative World Map just passed 84,000 co-ops, with major new data added
And more...
Subscribe here: digitalcommons.coop/contact/
💻 We’re hiring a part-time full stack developer (21 hrs/week): deadline 10 Jan 2026
🗺 The Co-operative World Map just passed 84,000 co-ops, with major new data added
And more...
Subscribe here: digitalcommons.coop/contact/
December 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We just sent out our last newsletter of 2025. Here's a preview...
💻 We’re hiring a part-time full stack developer (21 hrs/week): deadline 10 Jan 2026
🗺 The Co-operative World Map just passed 84,000 co-ops, with major new data added
And more...
Subscribe here: digitalcommons.coop/contact/
💻 We’re hiring a part-time full stack developer (21 hrs/week): deadline 10 Jan 2026
🗺 The Co-operative World Map just passed 84,000 co-ops, with major new data added
And more...
Subscribe here: digitalcommons.coop/contact/
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As Big Local comes to an end after 15 years & £200m+ invested, @londonfunders.bsky.social and @localtrust.org.uk are launching a new learning series to explore what happened.
The series will draw out lessons to apply to future place-based funding. Learn more:
The series will draw out lessons to apply to future place-based funding. Learn more:
Big Local Unpacked: What we can learn from 15 years of community-led change | London Funders
London is entering a pivotal moment for community-led change. As devolution accelerates and place-based funding gains momentum, the sector has a rare chance to learn from what came before. This new…
londonfunders.org.uk
December 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
As Big Local comes to an end after 15 years & £200m+ invested, @londonfunders.bsky.social and @localtrust.org.uk are launching a new learning series to explore what happened.
The series will draw out lessons to apply to future place-based funding. Learn more:
The series will draw out lessons to apply to future place-based funding. Learn more:
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💻 We’re hiring a Full Stack Developer!
This is a fully remote, flexible role (~3 days / 21 h/week). You'll be contributing to the delivery pipeline across our open source tools.
Come help make the digital commons a reality!
🔗 👉 for more info + application form: digitalcommons.coop/we-are-recru...
This is a fully remote, flexible role (~3 days / 21 h/week). You'll be contributing to the delivery pipeline across our open source tools.
Come help make the digital commons a reality!
🔗 👉 for more info + application form: digitalcommons.coop/we-are-recru...
We are recruiting - full stack developer
We're looking for a new full stack developer to join Digital Commons and become part of the team delivering projects like LandExplorer, Data for Housing Justice and the Cooperative World Map. We've wo...
digitalcommons.coop
December 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
💻 We’re hiring a Full Stack Developer!
This is a fully remote, flexible role (~3 days / 21 h/week). You'll be contributing to the delivery pipeline across our open source tools.
Come help make the digital commons a reality!
🔗 👉 for more info + application form: digitalcommons.coop/we-are-recru...
This is a fully remote, flexible role (~3 days / 21 h/week). You'll be contributing to the delivery pipeline across our open source tools.
Come help make the digital commons a reality!
🔗 👉 for more info + application form: digitalcommons.coop/we-are-recru...
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🌱 The Powys Food Map is live!
Built with Mykomaps + launched by the coop Cultivate.
It brings together farms, food projects, hubs + community groups across Powys, Wales so people can actually see their local food system in one place.
Take a look 👇
www.cultivate.uk.com/bwyd-powys-f...
Built with Mykomaps + launched by the coop Cultivate.
It brings together farms, food projects, hubs + community groups across Powys, Wales so people can actually see their local food system in one place.
Take a look 👇
www.cultivate.uk.com/bwyd-powys-f...
The Powys Food Map - Bwyd Powys Food
This map shows the food system across Powys, including community food provision, growing, commercial producers and events.
www.cultivate.uk.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🌱 The Powys Food Map is live!
Built with Mykomaps + launched by the coop Cultivate.
It brings together farms, food projects, hubs + community groups across Powys, Wales so people can actually see their local food system in one place.
Take a look 👇
www.cultivate.uk.com/bwyd-powys-f...
Built with Mykomaps + launched by the coop Cultivate.
It brings together farms, food projects, hubs + community groups across Powys, Wales so people can actually see their local food system in one place.
Take a look 👇
www.cultivate.uk.com/bwyd-powys-f...
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The Countryside Right of Way (CRoW) Act succeeded in giving partial access across the nation.
November 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The Countryside Right of Way (CRoW) Act succeeded in giving partial access across the nation.
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New analysis of 1960s land use maps, many created by schoolchildren and students, reveals fresh insights on the timing and extent of habitat losses caused by post-war agricultural intensification and urban growth in England and Wales.
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
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#maps #LandUse
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
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#maps #LandUse
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
New analysis of 1960s land use maps, many created by schoolchildren and students, reveals fresh insights on the timing and extent of habitat losses caused by post-war agricultural intensification and urban growth in England and Wales.
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
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#maps #LandUse
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
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#maps #LandUse
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Swore you’d finish that project by the end of 2025?
I can help.
I can help.
Some end of year projects have pushed to 2026, so I’ve got time and space for new ones!
DM or @ko-fi.com link in bio!
#writing
#editing
DM or @ko-fi.com link in bio!
#writing
#editing
November 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Swore you’d finish that project by the end of 2025?
I can help.
I can help.
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Please support this! It's not just about rivers/woods/moors. It's also about communities being able to refer to 'environmental' interests in towns/cities, things like buying a building with plans to retrofit it, or create habitats in & around a building...
Let communities own rivers, woods & moors!
Excellent to see @simonforstroud.bsky.social has tabled amendments 107 & 108 to the Devolution Bill to strengthen Community Right to Buy laws in this way.
We need more Labour MPs to support this - email yours:
www.reclaimourmoors.uk/write-to-you... 1/
Excellent to see @simonforstroud.bsky.social has tabled amendments 107 & 108 to the Devolution Bill to strengthen Community Right to Buy laws in this way.
We need more Labour MPs to support this - email yours:
www.reclaimourmoors.uk/write-to-you... 1/
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Please support this! It's not just about rivers/woods/moors. It's also about communities being able to refer to 'environmental' interests in towns/cities, things like buying a building with plans to retrofit it, or create habitats in & around a building...
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James Dyson owns more UK land than the actual KING. But he pays an effective tax rate of LESS THAN 1%* on his total wealth.
Here’s a novel idea @keirstarmer: to fund schools and hospitals, TAX THE BILLIONAIRES.
📍Station Lane, Bristol - near James Dyson’s £20m country estate Dodington Park
Here’s a novel idea @keirstarmer: to fund schools and hospitals, TAX THE BILLIONAIRES.
📍Station Lane, Bristol - near James Dyson’s £20m country estate Dodington Park
November 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
James Dyson owns more UK land than the actual KING. But he pays an effective tax rate of LESS THAN 1%* on his total wealth.
Here’s a novel idea @keirstarmer: to fund schools and hospitals, TAX THE BILLIONAIRES.
📍Station Lane, Bristol - near James Dyson’s £20m country estate Dodington Park
Here’s a novel idea @keirstarmer: to fund schools and hospitals, TAX THE BILLIONAIRES.
📍Station Lane, Bristol - near James Dyson’s £20m country estate Dodington Park
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Food for thought: hosting HIV PrEP research dinners.
"Hosting dinners like this for Black queer men is a valuable way of including perspectives & creating spaces for us to freely talk about sexual health." @idiosyncraticxl.bsky.social @benvyle.bsky.social
www.thelovetank.info/news/bqmdin
"Hosting dinners like this for Black queer men is a valuable way of including perspectives & creating spaces for us to freely talk about sexual health." @idiosyncraticxl.bsky.social @benvyle.bsky.social
www.thelovetank.info/news/bqmdin
Food for thought: The Love Tank hosts HIV PrEP research dinners — The Love Tank CIC
The Love Tank is hosting community-based dinners to better understand the HIV PrEP needs of Black queer men, in a research collaboration with the University of Durham .
www.thelovetank.info
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Food for thought: hosting HIV PrEP research dinners.
"Hosting dinners like this for Black queer men is a valuable way of including perspectives & creating spaces for us to freely talk about sexual health." @idiosyncraticxl.bsky.social @benvyle.bsky.social
www.thelovetank.info/news/bqmdin
"Hosting dinners like this for Black queer men is a valuable way of including perspectives & creating spaces for us to freely talk about sexual health." @idiosyncraticxl.bsky.social @benvyle.bsky.social
www.thelovetank.info/news/bqmdin
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"CyanLines is the bold plan to link & transform Manchester’s green and blue spaces...The vision is to develop a network of over 100 miles of...routes over ten years, starting with the city centres of Manchester & Salford...& linking to the rest of Greater Manchester’s boroughs"
Link: cyanlines.com
Link: cyanlines.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
"CyanLines is the bold plan to link & transform Manchester’s green and blue spaces...The vision is to develop a network of over 100 miles of...routes over ten years, starting with the city centres of Manchester & Salford...& linking to the rest of Greater Manchester’s boroughs"
Link: cyanlines.com
Link: cyanlines.com
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Access to green and blue spaces shouldn’t be a privilege reserved for the few. It should be something everyone can enjoy, explore, and connect with.
Why do you support a Right to Roam, and what does it mean to you?
Tell us here -> forms.gle/zCmuYkevUAov...
Why do you support a Right to Roam, and what does it mean to you?
Tell us here -> forms.gle/zCmuYkevUAov...
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Access to green and blue spaces shouldn’t be a privilege reserved for the few. It should be something everyone can enjoy, explore, and connect with.
Why do you support a Right to Roam, and what does it mean to you?
Tell us here -> forms.gle/zCmuYkevUAov...
Why do you support a Right to Roam, and what does it mean to you?
Tell us here -> forms.gle/zCmuYkevUAov...
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Some end of year projects have pushed to 2026, so I’ve got time and space for new ones!
DM or @ko-fi.com link in bio!
#writing
#editing
DM or @ko-fi.com link in bio!
#writing
#editing
November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Some end of year projects have pushed to 2026, so I’ve got time and space for new ones!
DM or @ko-fi.com link in bio!
#writing
#editing
DM or @ko-fi.com link in bio!
#writing
#editing
Questionable safety advice from @themerl.bsky.social on bonfire night
in short:
if you're looking for love, get your nuts out by the fire.
if you're looking for love, get your nuts out by the fire.
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Questionable safety advice from @themerl.bsky.social on bonfire night
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
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'Communities must have the right to own environmental assets'
Great letter from @tomchance.bsky.social of the Community Land Trust Network to @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social, asking her to amend the Devolution Bill to strengthen Community Right to Buy:
www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Great letter from @tomchance.bsky.social of the Community Land Trust Network to @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social, asking her to amend the Devolution Bill to strengthen Community Right to Buy:
www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Communities must have the right to own environmental assets | Community Land Trust Network
We have written on behalf of 100s of community land trusts to urge the government to add 'environmental interests' to the definition of Assets of ...
www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk
October 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
'Communities must have the right to own environmental assets'
Great letter from @tomchance.bsky.social of the Community Land Trust Network to @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social, asking her to amend the Devolution Bill to strengthen Community Right to Buy:
www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Great letter from @tomchance.bsky.social of the Community Land Trust Network to @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social, asking her to amend the Devolution Bill to strengthen Community Right to Buy:
www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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The Love Tank urges continued mpox vaccination uptake as new European cases identified.
www.thelovetank.info/news/mpox
www.thelovetank.info/news/mpox
The Love Tank urges mpox vaccination uptake as new European cases identified — The Love Tank CIC
The Love Tank joins other organisations in calling for uptake of mpox vaccinations (formerly called monkeypox) as new cases are identified in Europe and the USA.
www.thelovetank.info
October 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The Love Tank urges continued mpox vaccination uptake as new European cases identified.
www.thelovetank.info/news/mpox
www.thelovetank.info/news/mpox
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🐏 New Absolute Units 🐏
Same-sex relationships have always been part of rural England, but they've been underrepresented in our collections.
In the first of 2 episodes, @timjerrome.bsky.social shares his work tracing queer rural lives in The MERL archives.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
Same-sex relationships have always been part of rural England, but they've been underrepresented in our collections.
In the first of 2 episodes, @timjerrome.bsky.social shares his work tracing queer rural lives in The MERL archives.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
October 16, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🐏 New Absolute Units 🐏
Same-sex relationships have always been part of rural England, but they've been underrepresented in our collections.
In the first of 2 episodes, @timjerrome.bsky.social shares his work tracing queer rural lives in The MERL archives.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
Same-sex relationships have always been part of rural England, but they've been underrepresented in our collections.
In the first of 2 episodes, @timjerrome.bsky.social shares his work tracing queer rural lives in The MERL archives.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
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Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?
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Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?
Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United
open.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?
open.substack.com/pub/thinkbig...
open.substack.com/pub/thinkbig...
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15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.
Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors.
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors.
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
October 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.
Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors.
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors.
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
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In our latest blog, Kathie Pollard explores how Scotland’s next Land Use Strategy could play a vital role in bringing coherence across government policies that set the direction how land is used and managed in the years ahead.
Read more: buff.ly/DwBwqZt
Read more: buff.ly/DwBwqZt
October 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
In our latest blog, Kathie Pollard explores how Scotland’s next Land Use Strategy could play a vital role in bringing coherence across government policies that set the direction how land is used and managed in the years ahead.
Read more: buff.ly/DwBwqZt
Read more: buff.ly/DwBwqZt
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This is a really welcome development - IPPR called for land to be included in the government's plans for a Community Right to Buy, to facilitate more community ownership of environmental assets at a time when nature is in managed decline
See our full report here: www.ippr.org/articles/dri...
See our full report here: www.ippr.org/articles/dri...
October 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
This is a really welcome development - IPPR called for land to be included in the government's plans for a Community Right to Buy, to facilitate more community ownership of environmental assets at a time when nature is in managed decline
See our full report here: www.ippr.org/articles/dri...
See our full report here: www.ippr.org/articles/dri...
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England's Community Right to Buy must enable communities to own environmental assets.
Excellent to see this cross-party amendment to the English Devolution Bill tabled by @vikkislademp.bsky.social @simonforstroud.bsky.social @sianberry.bsky.social:
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
Excellent to see this cross-party amendment to the English Devolution Bill tabled by @vikkislademp.bsky.social @simonforstroud.bsky.social @sianberry.bsky.social:
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
October 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
England's Community Right to Buy must enable communities to own environmental assets.
Excellent to see this cross-party amendment to the English Devolution Bill tabled by @vikkislademp.bsky.social @simonforstroud.bsky.social @sianberry.bsky.social:
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
Excellent to see this cross-party amendment to the English Devolution Bill tabled by @vikkislademp.bsky.social @simonforstroud.bsky.social @sianberry.bsky.social:
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
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As land ownership becomes increasingly concentrated, real freedom to access and enjoy nature is at risk. That’s why it’s more important than ever to keep pushing to protect and extend our right to roam.
What does a Right to Roam mean to you?
Tell us here - forms.gle/X6FnwL82paNg...
What does a Right to Roam mean to you?
Tell us here - forms.gle/X6FnwL82paNg...
October 13, 2025 at 8:02 AM
As land ownership becomes increasingly concentrated, real freedom to access and enjoy nature is at risk. That’s why it’s more important than ever to keep pushing to protect and extend our right to roam.
What does a Right to Roam mean to you?
Tell us here - forms.gle/X6FnwL82paNg...
What does a Right to Roam mean to you?
Tell us here - forms.gle/X6FnwL82paNg...