Welcoming Phoebe to Our Future
We’re excited to welcome Phoebe Rudgard to the team as she joins us as Head of Impact while Angela Francis is on maternity leave.
Our Future Newsletter – June 2026
Read June’s newsletter below or download the PDF. Subscribe to receive future editions straight to your inbox here. Hello, We are so excited to share another update on the momentum for change in Grimsby, Rochdale and around the country. We were honoured to host the King’s visit to Grimsby, where he got a window into the change […]
Why getting involved matters
At Open House 2026 in Grimsby, Katharine York shares her thoughts on why connections, conversations and relationships matter.
Our Future welcomes His Majesty The King to Grimsby
Our Future welcomes His Majesty The King to Grimsby. The day was a proud moment for Grimsby.
Join us in welcoming Sacha Romanovitch to the Our Future Board
People who care deeply about the places they call home should have the power to shape what comes next. That’s the belief at the heart of Our Future’s work and it’s why we’re delighted to welcome Sacha Romanovitch to our Board.
Let’s Talk About Our Spaces
On Tuesday 19th May, despite the rain and traffic, a group of Rochdalians came together for the first Let’s Talk About Our Spaces conversation, held at The Hive, Million Pavilion in Balderstone Park.
Human relationships must always come first
“Human relationships must always come first.”
In this video, Ann-Marie Matson, Director of Children’s Services in North East Lincolnshire, reflects on her experience of being part of Our Future and what this way of working is making possible across place.
The Rochdale Offsite
Over the past year the team have been getting to know people across Rochdale, listening to what matters most and rallying individuals to get involved. The same names kept coming up – not as a formal network or leadership group, but because their communities consistently pointed to them as champions already doing great work across the borough.
Our Future Newsletter – May 2026
It feels as if the work is really motoring now – you can feel the change underway in Rochdale, Grimsby and in the conversations we are having with partners who are interested in this different way of working. Read the full newsletter
Grimsby at Downing Street
We were recently invited to 10 Downing Street, with some of our partners from Grimsby. It was an opportunity to share the work underway in Grimsby and what we have learned.
