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Sophia Parker

Going our own ways

It’s a year now since I relocated to York from London. But leaving my home city and starting a big new job have not been the biggest…

5 min readJul 9, 2022

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Going our own ways

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Sophia Parker

In solidarity and sisterhood

International Women’s Day is a great moment to celebrate the brilliant women who are shaping our world. It’s a wonderful opportunity to…

3 min readMar 8, 2022

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In solidarity and sisterhood

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Sophia Parker

A few thoughts as I start my new job.

I start my new job as the Emerging Futures Director at Joseph Rowntree Foundation next week, after several months of decompressing and…

11 min readSep 1, 2021

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A few thoughts as I start my new job.

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Patterns for Change

Connect generously: Building collaboration and trust

“If the goal was to increase the love, rather than winning or dominating an opponent, I think we could actually imagine liberation from…

7 min readMay 14, 2021

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Patterns for Change behaviour 7: Connect Generously. Written in black copy on a grey background with a purple circle made up of hand drawn dots.

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Sophia Parker

Burnout, imagination and hope: some reflections

Burnout and bold thinking

8 min readMay 13, 2021

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Child poverty, a national emergency

Little Village turned five this week, and to mark that milestone, we have been working with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation to look at the…

9 min readFeb 9, 2021

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Child poverty, a national emergency

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Sophia Parker

2020: the year in perspective

The beginning of 2020 really does feel like ancient history. There we were in January, all shiny and fresh and bright, planning for a year…

10 min readDec 18, 2020

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2020: the year in perspective

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Sophia Parker

An ending, and a new beginning

Today, we have advertised the role of CEO for Little Village on The Guardian and CharityJobs. Nearly five years since I set the…

7 min readSep 1, 2020

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From one family to another

Like every other person running a frontline charity, I’ve been flat out over the last three weeks. We’ve redesigned the whole of Little…

8 min readApr 6, 2020

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From one family to another

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Big bold ideas and birthdays

I’ve started this year feeling tired and edgy and I feel like this has a lot to do with the world in which I’m working. For the first time…

9 min readFeb 7, 2020

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Big bold ideas and birthdays

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Sophia Parker

Sophia Parker

Emerging Futures Director at JRF. Founder of Little Village. Point Person. Mum of 3 and lifelong feminist. Dot-connector, question-asker, change maker.

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