On #InternationalWomensDay the chair of FGF’s Social Insights Panel, Polly Neate has written a @BigIssue article on why a radical shift to prevention is the only way to end violence against women and girls

#IWD2026

Read Polly’s article here 🔽🔽🔽

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Formal launch and first meeting of the Social Insights Panel today, thanks to @FutureGovForum @betterwaynetwrk and Henry Smith Foundation. Read more here ⬇️
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I'm truly honoured to have been recommended as a cross-bench peer by the House of Lords Appointments Commission. In this new phase of my life, I will continue to strive for the causes I have believed in and championed throughout my career.
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This made me shudder. Same spot and same incredible volunteers @RNLI @swanagelifeboat @HMCoastguard @dsairambulance that rescued me after my accident in 2022. Thinking of family and friends, and also the rescuers who must have had a very hard experience

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Very excited to introduce this project with @FutureGovForum today, following the government’s launch this week of the Civil Society Covenant and phase 2 of the Test, Learn & Grow approach to public service reform. Check it out on Substack: substack.com/@pollyneate/no…

People on the frontline @Shelter⁩ see the racism of the housing system devastating lives daily. But to get change it’s not enough to know something, you have to prove it. Hence this important work by ⁦@HeriotWattUni⁩ theguardian.com/society/2025/j…

Last week I had a powerful experience: a private discussion at @BristolUni of alumni and staff involved in the “Vincent Out” protests of 1986 and their (considerable) aftermath. My reflections on what I’ve learned both then and since are on my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/pollyneate…

One year since the Labour government won its landslide, I'm swimming against the tide. Check out my take over on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/pulse/year-gre…

I wrote on Substack about why leaders should be free to change their minds. In fact, encouraged to when it’s so often the only rational response in our weird world. open.substack.com/pub/pollyneate…

The biggest step forward in abortion rights for decades. Congratulations ⁦@BPAS1968⁩ ⁦@fawcettsociety⁩ and the whole coalition of women’s and medical organisations who supported this theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Successful campaigns and clear, ambitious, well communicated organisational strategy are two sides of a coin, not two separate things. I’ve teamed up with Forster Communications to help non-profits get this right. More info here ⬇️

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A big step in the right direction. What a relief. This is the biggest boost to social housing for a generation, a major advance for social justice and a genuine strike against homelessness theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

“NHS budget to rise in spending review at expense of other services”

Let’s hope it’s not at the expense of housing. Homes (or lack of) that make people physically and mentally ill will eat up this NHS investment and more.

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Civil society leader looking ahead to the party conferences? I posted six tips over on linked in: linkedin.com/posts/polly-ne…

And I’ve got lots more tbh

Spot on from @guardian. Wall to wall in yesterday’s news was the ugly sight of the worst conditions in social housing. Part of the irrefutable case for more social homes. More and better. 1. It can be done. 2. Cutting homelessness is impossible without it. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

All week, I’ve been mulling the 10 year anniversary of this landmark campaign - a career highlight for me - and the backdrop to it. So I got all controversial over on my virtually unused (so far) Substack: open.substack.com/pub/pollyneate…

I’ve been in and out of this building quite a few times in various roles. But today’s the first time I’ve ever seen #LarryTheCat . I kind of thought he was a myth - but no, in fact I nearly tripped over him on the doorstep!

So excited and proud to see these @Shelter posters in Westminster station today! There’s still time to help ensure a new generation has the opportunities a safe home brings. It’s a right - or it should be.
#InvestInSocialHousing
#HomeIsEverything

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Really enjoyed discussing the Sunday papers on @BBCRadio4 this morning with @AliFortescue @frankcottrell_b @bbcpaddy - thanks everyone for being such ace company. You can listen here (45 minutes in): bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…