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Covers:  Philanthropy, social enterprise, impact investing, inclusion, social impact, charity, inequality, nonprofits, education
Associate editor @PioneersPost, solutions journalist, student at @unikentcfp. Also @OnPurposeUK, @choose_impact. Bluesky: @annapatton.bsky.social

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Anna Patton is a freelance journalist based in the UK. She is also associate editor at Pioneers Post, which covers social entrepreneurship and impact investing worldwide, and an associate at the Local Storytelling Exchange. She is an accredited trainer of solutions journalism.

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How this English community built its own wind turbine

How this English community built its own wind turbine

The residents of Lawrence Weston housing estate, on the outskirts of Bristol, southwest England, are the prou…

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Borderless Giving: Could Fiscal Hosts Get More Money Moving to the Global South?

Borderless Giving: Could Fiscal Hosts Get More Money Moving to the Global South?

Fiscal sponsorship is increasingly seen as one solution to the challenges of localization

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Muhammad Yunus: 'Education gives us a passenger mentality - but we are the pilots of this planet'

Muhammad Yunus: 'Education gives us a passenger mentality - but we are the pilots of this planet'

Yunus the entrepreneur turned the banking system in Bangladesh on its head and made microfinance a global phe…

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"Watershed moment" in mission to get glasses to the 1 billion in need

"Watershed moment" in mission to get glasses to the 1 billion in need

Global push to expand access to eyecare will significantly boost incomes, a study has found.

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Needs-Based Salaries Are Upending Workplace Norms

Needs-Based Salaries Are Upending Workplace Norms

From new socially just policies to "Happy Money Stories," more and more companies are doing pay differently.

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Tree-huggers, board advisers, contract shapers: The lawyers leading the way for nature

Tree-huggers, board advisers, contract shapers: The lawyers leading the way for nature

Lawyers are shaking off the profession's dusty old image, as they join campaigners to protect the planet and …

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The ‘Transplant Games’ Are About More Than Medals

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By Anna Patton
| Reasons to be Cheerful Verified
Robert Lindemann is a 32-year-old accountant from Germany. He’s also had a heart transplant, a life-changing experience shared by just a few hundred people each year in his country. But at the Transplant Games, he doesn’t stand out — and that’s something of a relief. “It sounds a bit weird when I say you don’t feel special here, because everybody has a special story,” he says. Robert Lindemann (right) is a heart transplant recipient.
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The ‘Domino Chains’ Transforming Kidney Donation

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By Anna Patton
| Reasons to be Cheerful Verified
A guy goes into a bar, and leaves with one less kidney. That’s a joke Mark Scotch tells about his life. It’s only a slight exaggeration: A chance encounter in 2020 did lead to him donating a kidney — although not quite in the way he expected. Scotch, then 64, had gotten talking to Hugh Smith, 56, in a Louisiana bar. At the end of their conversation, Smith mentioned that he spent 10 hours every night on dialysis, something only a kidney transplant would change.
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The affordable daycare that keeps parents close

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By Anna Patton
| Lifestyle.DuovoltArt.com
Courtesy of Little Break Saja Khuder was set to return to her job with a pharmaceutical firm after maternity leave. At the last minute, her child care plans fell through. Chase Mateusiak, a bioinformatician, was using a daycare that was “fine” but expensive — and which left his 18-month-old son “exhausted and unhappy” after a 10-hour day. And for PhD student Kellsey Launius, paying for daycare wasn’t an option. She tried to work around her daughter’s nap time, but found it almost impossible.
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