The 2025 English Indices of Deprivation reveal a clear message: decades of policy and charity work haven’t ended poverty or inequality in the UK. This post explores why the current charity and impact-centre model isn’t creating...
Shift Beyond | In Conversation with Nic Whyley & Rich Jones What if the very thing we’ve been taught to chase – growth- is actually part of the problem? That’s the provocation behind Shift Beyond Conversations, a podcast...
What if growth isn’t the goal, but grounding is? In this episode of Shift Beyond Conversations, host Rich Jones opens up an honest and hopeful dialogue with Nic Whyley, Senior Philanthropy Manager at the University of Salford, abo...
Public Interest Plumbing is about the hidden systems that make social change flow. Rich Jones explores how we can move beyond ideology to methodology - from grand visions to the practical craft of designing systems that keep dign...
What if the crisis we face isn’t just one of poverty or policy, but of trust? In this episode of Shift Beyond Conversations, host Rich Jones asks what it would mean to rebuild connection in a time of fracture, when people feel aba...
From Crisis of Trust to a Culture of Encounter Reimagining how we build change from the ground up “If you don’t start with the person – with names, not numbers – you have no chance.” – Andy Burnham, Theos Lecture...