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The campaign for community power. Driving forward landmark legislation that will give everyone the right to shape the place they live. https://www.right-here.org/

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We're Right Here @right-here.org · Sep 1

The Museum of Broken Dreams opens today in Parliament.

An exhibition of community-led projects that could have transformed Britain. The Museum reveals the depth of wasted potential in our country & makes the case for more #CommunityPower.

View the exhibition: arcg.is/0K9SvG1

Museum of Broken Dreams, presented by We're Right Here. The graphic is bright pink. On a pale pink band at the bottom, four objects represent stories from the exhibition: Matches burning out, a cracked skateboard, a broken hourglass, and a smashed garden pot.

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We're Right Here @right-here.org · 1d

Join us at Locality Convention ’25!

We’re hitting the road again with our Museum of Broken Dreams: this time, we’re heading to @locality.org.uk Convention in Liverpool.

🗓️ 12–13 November
🎟️ Book a ticket to one of the biggest community sector events of the year: locality.org.uk/events/local...

Locality Convention 2025 – Liverpool 12–13 November. Last chance to book. Photos of Locality staff members and conference participants.

We're Right Here @right-here.org · 6d

Too often, community power is held back by outdated ideas and assumptions.

In our new essay collection, Caitlin Prowle, @coopparty.party.coop, argues that we must disrupt "the statist mindset that too often sees community concerns as less important."

Read her essay: www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...

Bright yellow essay collection cover. Britain Renewed: Labour and the Communitarian Tradition

We're Right Here @right-here.org · 6d

The publication was created with @uclpolicylab.bsky.social and @powertochange.org.uk to bring together voices from our campaign alongside leading Labour politicians and thinkers.

👉 Read Kirsty McNeil’s essay and the full collection: www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...

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www.ucl.ac.uk

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We're Right Here @right-here.org · 6d

Our new essay collection explores Labour’s relationship to the politics of community.

In her essay, MP @kirstymcneill.bsky.social writes:
“long-term, relational, power-building work should be our guide as we navigate the 2nd year of this still-young Labour government.”

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Bright yellow essay collection front cover. "Britain Renewed: Labour and the Communitarian Tradition"

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We're Right Here @right-here.org · 8d

Visit the online version of the Museum of Broken Dreams: arcg.is/0K9SvG1

Yesterday, we also released a new essay collection ‘Britain Renewed: Labour and the Communitarian Tradition’, with @uclpolicylab.bsky.social & @powertochange.org.uk. Read it here: www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
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Museum of Broken Dreams

An exhibition of community-led projects that could have transformed Britain.

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We're Right Here @right-here.org · 8d

We’ve brought the Museum of Broken Dreams to the #LabourConference to tell the government that communities want the power to make change happen in their neighbourhoods.

Our Director gives a rundown of what we tried to achieve this week and why we need your help.

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We're Right Here @right-here.org · 8d

We're really pleased to be a part of an important new initiative: A Nation of Neighbours.

As @pollycurtis.bsky.social and @mds49.bsky.social write, "We need to flip the script. Enable the communities that are already leading to shape the national agenda — not the other way around."

Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 10d

🧵A Nation of Neighbours | New coalition of the willing 🤝

Across Britain, communities are quietly leading change – from food banks to youth centres, from local enterprises to new models of care. This energy and creativity is powering a story of national renewal rooted in neighbourhoods.

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Power to Change @powertochange.org.uk · 8d

Today, Charlotte Hollins from Fordhall Farm in Shropshire spoke to the Minister for Care, Stephen Kinnock, about their community covenant in Market Drayton. Here, community members have come together with local organisations & Shropshire Council to design a Family Hub for their neighbourhood.

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We're Right Here @right-here.org · 8d

As the party of government gathers at #LabourConference this week, Inayat Omarji’s essay underscores an important message: “We need to stop treating #CommunityPower as optional, and start making it the foundation of how we rebuild trust in politics and in each other.“

www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...

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We're Right Here @right-here.org · 8d

Andy Burnham @mayorofgm.bsky.social writes in his essay: “The country is crying out for change. But not just any change. People don’t want more promises from on high... It’s about shifting power – real power – out of Westminster, and into the hands of people who know their communities best."

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We're Right Here @right-here.org · 8d

We’re thrilled to launch a new essay collection with @uclpolicylab.bsky.social & @powertochange.org.uk, that calls on Labour to re-embrace communitarianism: politics with communities at its heart.

Read the full collection of thought-provoking essays: www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...

Yellow graphic with the title: Britain Renewed: Labour and the Communitarian Tradition.

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We're Right Here @right-here.org · 12d

We’re taking the Museum of Broken Dreams to the #LabourConference next week.

🗓️ 29/9 at Revolución de Cuba, open to all.

Our community leaders will attend the conference to call for #CommunityPoweredPolitics – thanks to @powertochange.org.uk

☕ Get in touch for a chat: Email: [email protected]

Bright pink graphic with a symbol of a broken heart. The title says "Museum of Broken Dreams at Labour Conference, Monday 29 September, Revolucion de Cuba, Liverpool"

We're Right Here @right-here.org · 12d

We welcome today’s news that the government will funnel funding directly to 330 disadvantaged communities through a new 'Pride in Place' programme.

BUT it’s vital that decisions about how to use this funding and these powers are genuinely community-led.

news.sky.com/story/pm-to-... #CommunityPower

Save the high street: Starmer's plan to block fake barbers, betting and vape shops

Communities will get new powers to revive neglected high streets in a move Labour insiders hope will give the party a boost against Reform UK.

news.sky.com

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Power to Change @powertochange.org.uk · 15d

📣 This year at #LabourConference, we're joined by 7 community business leaders from across Liverpool & the country putting voices of communities at the centre of political debate.
👋 Meet them here: buff.ly/TIJ0uzj
🥧 Join us all at our drinks reception: buff.ly/0oYQG6i

Meet the community business leaders coming to Labour Conference - Power to Change

This year, we're bursting the conference bubble - and bringing community business into the room.

www.powertochange.org.uk

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We're Right Here @right-here.org · 13d

A dream fulfilled: In the 1980s, private developers were itching to monopolise London’s South Bank. Locals fought back & won a radically different future.

@coinstreet.bsky.social is a rare success story, led by locals who defied the odds - featured in our Museum of Broken Dreams. arcg.is/0K9SvG1

Bright yellow banner with images of people socialising in Coin Street's community-led centres. The title says: "Regeneration led by local people."

We're Right Here @right-here.org · 16d

💔 Hartlepool’s broken dream: a one-stop shop for community business, education & wellbeing.

When a local enterprise centre went up for sale, Wharton Trust whipped up plans to make it community-led. But without the council’s backing, their dream remains in limbo.

Read their story: arcg.is/0K9SvG1

A mint green graphic with a smashed hourglass. The title says: "A wellbeing campus in limbo."

We're Right Here @right-here.org · 19d

Parliament invited our campaign leader to provide his perspective on the English #Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill.

With 4 in 5 UK adults feeling powerless over decisions that affect their areas, the Bill could turn the tide on mass discontent. But only if it delivers communtiy power.

We're Right Here @right-here.org · 22d

💔 Gipton’s broken dream: a joyful, shared community garden to grow food and host events.

A community came incredibly close to growing their dream garden. Then the bad news hit. Poor communication between council departments had shut down their project.

Full story: arcg.is/0K9SvG1

A cracked terracotta plant pot lies on the floor with soil pouring onto the ground. One sapling valiantly grows from the overturned pot. The title says: "The garden that never grew."

We're Right Here @right-here.org · 26d

💔 Chapeltown’s broken dream: Working-class communities building homes while learning a trade.

BBC Radio Leeds interviewed the Founder of Frontline Self-Build, Claude Hendrickson, whose project features in our Museum of Broken Dreams.

Visit the online exhibition: arcg.is/0K9SvG1

We're Right Here @right-here.org · 26d

We spoke with MPs about strengthening the English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill so it shifts real power to communities.

Thanks to @joplatt.bsky.social @johnmilnehorsham.bsky.social @patrickhurley.bsky.social @rozsavage.bsky.social @sadikal-hassanmp.bsky.social for backing community power!

Andy Jackson poses with Sadik Al Hassan MP, who hangs his community dream postcard on the We're Right Here display.

Andy Jackson poses with Jo Platt MP in front of the We're Right Here banner.

Patrick Hurley MP poses with Andy Jackson in front of the We're Right Here banner.

Roz Savage MP poses with Charlotte Hollins in front of the We're Right Here banner.

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We're Right Here @right-here.org · 26d

Huge thanks @rozsavage.bsky.social for helping us to inject the voices of communities right into the heart of Westminster through our Museum of Broken Dreams 💔

See the online exhibition here: arcg.is/0K9SvG1

Roz Savage MP @rozsavage.bsky.social · Sep 4

Fighting for community strength in Parliament this week 💪🌱

I sponsored the Museum of Broken Dreams exhibition, highlighting community projects blocked by a broken system. With the English Devolution Bill, we can shift power to people + strengthen protections for our environment. #CommunityPower

We're Right Here @right-here.org · 27d

💔 Woking’s broken dream: A safe space for the community to come together to enjoy art & music.

For 10 years, Phoenix Cultural Centre burned bright in Woking, but after a long battle to find a home, its doors will close this winter.

Visit the Museum of Broken Dreams: arcg.is/0K9SvG1

Bright pink graphic with illustrated black matches burning out. Overlaid text on top says: "A centre that burned bright and brief."

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We're Right Here @right-here.org · Sep 5

What a week! MPs from across the UK visited our Museum of Broken Dreams in Parliament, seeing for themselves why more #CommunityPower is vital for their constituents.

Thanks to all of you for inviting your MPs. And thanks to Roz Savage MP for hosting.

Enter the online exhibition: arcg.is/0K9SvG1

Claude Hendrickson, Roz Savage MP, and Hannah Sloggett pose in front of the banners of the Museum of Broken Dreams in Parliament.

Carly, Founder of Two Fifty & Four, stands in front of the banner, which tells the story of her skatepark's broken dream.

Visitors of the Museum of Broken Dreams in the grand Upper Waiting Hall in the Houses of Parliament.

Elaine, who is the storyteller of the Pheonix Cultural Centre, speaks with a visitor during the opening ceremony of the Museum of Broken Dreams. Elaine stands in front of a banner that tells her community hub's story.

We're Right Here @right-here.org · Sep 4

Today is the last chance for MPs to visit the Museum of Broken Dreams in Parliament.

The exhibition displays shelved community projects like Two Fifty & Four’s plan for a skate hub in Greenwich. Instead of a skate park, the land was bought by a private developer and remains empty. arcg.is/0K9SvG1

Orange graphic with a skateboard broken into two pieces with overlaid text: "The skatepark that hit a crack."

We're Right Here @right-here.org · Sep 3

Great to see MPs supporting a #Devolution Bill that delivers real #CommunityPower during the Parliament debate yesterday. 👏

Thanks to MP Jonathan Brash for his shout-out to our campaign. Invite your MP to visit our Museum of Broken Dreams in Parliament this week: actionnetwork.org/letters/invi...