Monthly Archives: March 2013

Is this real? The evil of targets

Posted on March 29, 2013 by jesssteele

I was forwarded this by one of our community organisers. As I read it I kept thinking this cannot be true. I hope it is fake but I have a horrible feeling that it’s a true reflection of JobCentre/DWP culture … Continue reading →

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Welfare reform & communities

Posted on March 4, 2013 by jesssteele

Today’s second speech was at Respublica’s event to launch Julian Dobson’s excellent report “Responsible Recovery: A social contract for local growth”. Welfare reform and communities Jess Steele, Locality Innovation Director & Chair of CREATE Consortium I’ve worked for the past … Continue reading →

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East London – 10 years of regeneration

Posted on March 4, 2013 by jesssteele

I gave two speeches today. The first was at an event organised by Community Links in Canning Town. REGENERATION OF EAST LONDON [I’m going to see if you can multi-task! While I’m talking, sketch a little map of a bit … Continue reading →

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