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Anna Patton

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Margate
As seen in: Pioneers Post, Proximate, The Progress Playbook, The Guardian, Aol, VICE, Flipboard, Yahoo, WSB-TV (Atlanta, GA), KIRO-TV (Seattle, WA), WFTV-TV (Orlando, FL), WSOC-TV (Charlotte, NC), Devex and
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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How this English community built its own wind turbine

How this English community built its own wind turbine

The Progress Playbook — The residents of Lawrence Weston housing estate, on the outskirts of Bristol, southwest England, are the proud owners of the country’s tallest wind turbine. In fact – amid a decade-long, de facto ban on onshore wind power – theirs was the only turbine commissioned on English soil in 2023.
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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?

proximate.press — 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'

Pioneers Post — Yunus the entrepreneur turned the banking system in Bangladesh on its head and made microfinance a global phenomenon. But Yunus the teacher has still got work to do. At 84 - and facing a possible prison sentence - there's no time to waste.
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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

The Progress Playbook — 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

Reasons to be Cheerful — 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

Pioneers Post — Lawyers are shaking off the profession's dusty old image, as they join campaigners to protect the planet and find creative ways to transform business as usual. From Lawyers for Nature, which is ensuring company boardrooms defer to 'Mother Nature' and defending the rights of trees; to Chancery Lane Project, focused on future-proofing contracts: legal experts aren't waiting around for governments to make the sweeping changes we need.
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Jacinda Ardern at Skoll 2024: 'Hope dies when we lose our sense of expectation'

Jacinda Ardern at Skoll 2024: 'Hope dies when we lose our sense of expectation'

Pioneers Post — The former New Zealand president shares her advice on leadership and creating positive change with the audience at the 21st Skoll World Forum, alongside climate justice campaigner Mary Robinson and Brazilian indigenous leader Sonia Guajajara.
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The Perks of Virtual Coworking With Strangers

The Perks of Virtual Coworking With Strangers

Reasons to be Cheerful — Amid the rise of remote work, "body doubling" has been helping those with ADHD - and those who just want more support - get things done.
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The business of boosting equality: South Africa's mission to create decent jobs

The business of boosting equality: South Africa's mission to create decent jobs

Pioneers Post — Corporate responsibility is big in South Africa, with unemployment a key focus for multinationals like BMW. But African Reclaimers Organisation, a grassroots circular economy group that's speaking out for maligned workers, plus public funding from the Industrial Development Corporation for a "vibrant" social economy, are also making waves.
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Suzanne Biegel: 'It took me having a fatal illness to come back to my original self'

Suzanne Biegel: 'It took me having a fatal illness to come back to my original self'

Pioneers Post — Her friends consider her an "exceptional connector", with crazy ideas ahead of her time. As she comes to terms with cancer, the gender-lens investing champion is more impatient than ever - but her legacy project, she tells us, is also a source of joy.
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How Margate volunteers transformed 'moonscape' into 'wildlife haven'

How Margate volunteers transformed 'moonscape' into 'wildlife haven'

The Isle of Thanet News — A community woodland in Margate is set to hit 1,600 volunteering hours this year - double the hours it recorded just three years ago. That's despite a nationwide volunteer shortage, ...
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