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Graham Duxbury

Articles by Graham Duxbury

Climate change: combatting fatalism

By Graham Duxbury | 13 November 2023

Groundwork’s new strategy is one for a fair and green future in which people, places and nature t...

Weathering the storm – tackling the climate and health crises in tandem

By Graham Duxbury | 14 June 2023

The impacts of extreme weather are felt first by those who have least protection, and the solutio...

Lessons from the Building Better Opportunities programme

By Graham Duxbury | 09 May 2023

Learning the lessons from the Building Better Opportunities programme will be crucial if we’re go...

Budget 2023: The promises made now call for action to benefit communities

By Graham Duxbury | 16 March 2023

The chancellor promised to give communities more control over their economic destiny, and this no...

Groundwork: fair and green for forty years

By Graham Duxbury | 20 December 2022

Graham Duxbury reflects on Groundwork’s achievements over 40 years and says the fight to address ...

Empowering communities – what works and why it matters

By Graham Duxbury | 01 August 2022

A report published in Groundwork’s 40th year sets out what works in helping to empower communitie...

Green jobs are the route to shared prosperity

By Graham Duxbury | 10 May 2022

Groundwork’s Growing Green Careers report sets out a number of principles designed to address bot...

Levelling up – one hub at a time

By Graham Duxbury | 09 February 2022

The White Paper is unlikely to be as transformative as billed for the country as a whole, but joi...

Tackling health inequalities and the climate crisis in tandem

By Graham Duxbury | 07 September 2021

Graham Duxbury explains why a solid social infrastructure can help households to take back contro...

Levelling up means devolving down

By Graham Duxbury | 01 February 2021

To ‘build back better’ we need to use recovery to invest in approaches that foster stronger place...