#PPPconf2025

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It was great connecting with so many of you at our 2025 conference #PPPConf2025
A big thank you again to our speakers. We left the day inspired & energised!

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Did you miss #PPPConf2025? Or do you want to revisit the high-quality social policy research our panellists shared?

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That’s a wrap on #PPPConf2025...🌞

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Thank you to our presenters & our attendees.
A BIG thank you to the @cresr-shu.bsky.social & @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social colleagues that made today a success!

See you next year!

@prof-stig.bsky.social asking very important questions of the role of civil society in community cohesion. Right now we need ways to come together so his team is looking at what’s been found from previous study. #pppconf2025

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Third Sector Session #PPPConf2025

Peter Horner, @cresr-shu.bsky.social explored key ideas about meta-organisations

@drlizbailey.bsky.social, @york.ac.uk presented research mapping the Third Sector workforce

James Rees, @wlvuni.bsky.social discussed civil society's role in reducing social divides

Amazing presentation by @sionedps.bsky.social at #PPPconf2025 her research explores the power of effective devolution at supporting young jobseekers in Wales and Scotland

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Great session on Work and Skills at #PPPConf2025

Evelyn Oginni discussed gender-based inequalities in digital skills

Susy Williams presented on the exploitation of migrant workers in UK garment manufacturing

Valeria Guarneros-Meza discussed care work and the Pathways to Work Strategy in Barnsley

Valeria Guarneros-Meza’s work reinforces some of things we are seeing in our own vcse mapping project about lack of understand of work of the sector and importance of the sector. #pppconf2025

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Thank you @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social for presenting insightful reflections on participation, poverty & power from the COVID & Changing Realities research programmes & sharing powerful quotes from parents

We’re looking forward to more excellent social policy research! Follow along using #PPPConf2025

Always thought provoking @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social! Important to really think about realities of participatory work. We often see this in the voluntary sector: balancing the demands on the sector, the degree of support needed to join in research and articulating the benefits to them. #pppconf2025

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Thank you to Lord David Blunkett for opening PPP Conference 2025! #PPPConf2025

David discussed how building democratic engagement from the bottom up can provide a key counterweight to populism.

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Excellent start to the #PPPconf2025 with Lord David Blunkett talking about communitarianism and its role in tackling populism. ‘We have got to restore people’s belief that they are part of the process of change’

Hearing his lament for the cancelling of sure start is something that really resonates. First project I worked on as a masters student compared that with its us cousin. Such an innovative programme #pppconf2025

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Opening our conference at @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social, we are delighted to welcome our keynote speakers
1⃣ Lord David Blunkett
2⃣ @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social

They are discussing topics related to 💭 Political Transitions: Continuity and Change

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@ppp-journal.bsky.social - Lord David Blunkett is echoing the break down in solidarities we highlighted last week at the @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social

His call for us to come together and re-engage in both social and voluntary action gives us hope fo a way through the present moment. #pppconf2025

📢 Registration is OPEN for the 2025 PPP Conference #PPPConf2025

We're thrilled to welcome attendees to @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social today. We can't wait to see familiar faces & meet new ones!

📍 Find us in the Cantor building

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Today’s the day! 🎉
We're excited to welcome colleagues to our PPP conference at @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social #PPPConf2025

We hope you’re ready for engaging research, insightful discussions & meeting new faces

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Today’s the final day to book your place at our 2025 conference

Join us on Friday at @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social for a day of social policy research

Our sessions include
Work & skills, Social (in)security & Housing ➡️ ppp-online.org/annual-confe...

📍 Sheffield
🗓️ 11 July
⏰ 9am-4pm

#PPPconf2025

Session 3c at our #PPPconf2025 focusses on space, place and environment – visit our website for more info and book your ticket 🎫

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#PPPconf2025 is fast approaching, and we’re in countdown mode... Have you booked your ticket yet?

Book now for a day of interesting presentations and conversations 🎫 💬

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Nearly there, see the papers featuring in Session 3b at our #PPPconf2025 on the third sector – book now to be involved in these discussions 🎫 💬

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Have you booked your ticket yet? 📢 Introducing our second keynote speaker…Professor Ruth Patrick.

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The three papers in this session are: 1. Housing Development or Community Development? - or both?: Reviewing the community dimension in major plans for residential areas by Martin Field (East Midlands Community Led Housing) 2. Street Art and Safer Streets: Investigating Public Art’s Effect on Violence by Jane Prophet, Marc Zimmerman, Stephanie Tharp, Haley Crimmins, Dan Lee, Rachel Wyatt, Shaun Bhatia, Emilie Ziebarth, Mary Byron (Sheffield Hallam University) 3. Parish matters - the dreams and doubts of human-scale government by Jason Leman

Session 3a at our #PPPconf2025 focusses on community and participation – we look forward to seeing you there 🎫

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Lists the papers in this session, which are: Was the past more sustainable? Keeping Warm by Aimee Ambrose (Sheffield Hallam University) Was the Past More Sustainable? Bad Atmosphere by Kathy Davies (The British Library) Was the past more sustainable? The rise and fall of the dustbin by Henry Irving

Session 2c at our #PPPconf2025 will feature papers exploring this question: 'Was the Past More Sustainable?’ – book now to be involved in these discussions 🎫 💬

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Session 2b at our #PPPconf2025 will feature these housing-related papers – book now to be involved in these discussions 🎫 💬
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Our #PPPconf2025 Session 2a will feature papers on social (in)security – interested in attending? Book your place now! 🎫

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Have you booked your ticket yet? 📢 Introducing our first keynote speaker…Lord David Blunkett. Bringing his extensive political and policy knowledge and experience to #PPPconf2025. For more info ➡️ ppp-online.org/annual-confe...

Our #PPPconf2025 Session 1c will feature these papers – book now to be involved in these discussions 🎫 💬

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Our work and skills session at the #PPPconf2025 will feature these interesting papers – book your place now 🎫

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