Thoughts on community, leadership, and building things that matter.

In 2009 I was running a charity for vulnerable women in Stockton on Tees. A single conversation about sharing knowledge changed how I understood leadership.

A phone call from an old colleague running a local boxing club — and what his quiet exhaustion reveals about grassroots leaders everywhere.

AI may be one of the most important equity levellers we have seen in decades. So why are we debating whether to penalise its use?

If AI is a sector-shaping moment, it is also a design opportunity — funders could actively build equity into their own processes.
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