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    Cash Access UK

    in Economy, Banking and the Monetary System

    Posted · Edited by Grumpy Grapes

     

    The CEO of Cash Access UK is a former Lloyds Bank executive, Gareth Oakley, who is also chair of Lightning Reach, whose founder,  Ren Yi Hooi, worked at The Rockefeller Foundation in impact evaluation. 

     

    https://spaced.work/backyourself/lightning-social-ventures-ceo-ren-yi-hooi-on-startups-hacks-all-entrepreneurs-need-to-know/

     

    https://techround.co.uk/women-in-startups-tech/19-ren-yi-hooi/

     

     

    Lightning Reach

     

    "Our mission

    To be the leading global platform that seamlessly connects people in financial hardship to the support they need, empowering them to get on the road to financial recovery.

     

    "Our vision

    To enable anyone to access the support they need to build lasting financial resilience.

     

    "At Lightning Reach, we’re driven by a simple but powerful belief: everyone deserves access to the help they need to get back on their feet and build financial resilience.

     

    "Right now, that’s not the reality. Every year, over £23 billion in benefits, grants, and other support goes unclaimed in the UK. Not because people don’t need it, but because the systems are too complex, fragmented, or hard to find and navigate.

     

    What we do

     

    "We're on a mission to change that. Through our one-stop portal, we help individuals connect to multiple forms of support quickly and with dignity. Plus, we empower the organisations that serve them to deliver that support more efficiently and transparently.

     

    "When the system works better, people can thrive, not just survive.

     

    https://www.lightningreach.org/about-us

     

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    Cash Access UK

    in Economy, Banking and the Monetary System

    Posted · Edited by Grumpy Grapes

     

    "Introducing shared cash and banking services

     

    "The UK’s major high street banks are working together to bring shared cash and banking services to your community. We currently have 188 banking hubs and 135 deposit services open across the country.

     

    "Cash Access UK is funded by the UK's biggest banks, including AIB NI, Bank of Ireland UK, Barclays, Danske Bank, HSBC UK, Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest Group, Santander, TSB and Virgin Money.

     

    https://www.cashaccess.co.uk/

     

    BREAKING: Starmer Launches Police State And SCRAPS British Liberties - Digital ID Confirmed

    in Today's News

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Grumpy Grapes said:

    Fiona Rose Diamond was interviewed on Sky News on the day of the digital ID protest in London. Was this Sky just doing their job or was it a sign she's controlled opposition?

     

     

    https://www.facebook.com/reel/1955279888701875/?app=fbl

     

    https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1YELNPAsnc/

     

     

     

     

     

    Fiona wrote on Facebook that she was puzzled that Sky gave her the interview - a live one at that - and it seemed to her to be a fair one.

     

    She also acknowledged that it was inevitable that she would be accused of being 'controlled opposition', but dismissed those accusations. 

     

    General Political Thoughts Thread

    in Politics & Social Engineering

    Posted · Edited by Grumpy Grapes

     

    Your Party

     

    We said we would do things differently. Today, Your Party invites you to help draft our founding documents—our Political Statement, Constitution, Standing Orders, and Organisational Strategy. These core texts will become the cornerstones on which Your Party is built, setting out our principles and the way we operate.

     

    We have published the drafts on the Your Party website – you can read them here.

     

    Read the draft documents

     

    But publication is just the start. Over coming weeks, Your Party members will come together to discuss and debate the documents at regional assemblies around the country – true deliberative democracy in action. The ideas they generate will be incorporated into new drafts, evolving the documents as we go. And for those who can’t make a regional meeting in person, we will be holding online assemblies too.

     

    That’s not all. Our pioneering digital democracy feedback portal will allow members to suggest changes online. To ensure this opportunity is available to all members, this feature can only be launched once the data of those who signed up on Thursday 18th September is transferred to Your Party by MOU Operations Ltd. We are hopeful that will happen soon, then we can push ahead with the democratic process that members rightly demand.

     

    The conclusion of this unprecedented democratic exercise will come at Your Party’s founding conference on 29th-30th November in Liverpool, where the documents will be debated and amended by a representative selection of members, decided by sortition, before being voted on by the entire membership in a one-member-one-vote online ballot.

     

    This animated video explains the process up to the conference – please watch and share!

     

     

     

     

     

     

    The drafts published today are just that – drafts. But there is already plenty to get excited about. Together they lay the groundwork for a genuinely democratic, member-led party, designed to bring about the transfer of wealth and power, now concentrated in the hands of the few, to the overwhelming majority.

    The draft proposals include:

    • A Central Executive Committee overwhelmingly composed of elected grassroots members, including the chair and deputy chair, with sovereign power over party affairs.
    • The election of the Party’s Leader and executive to begin soon after the conference, starting in January and concluding by the end of March. These elections would be one-member-one-vote and run by an independent, third-party service.
    • A fixed term for the Leader – for the first Leader this would be no more than 21 months to the end of 2027
    • Full open selections for candidates standing to be MPs or other public officials, including mandatory reselection.
    • A strategic focus on community organising and building power.
    • Full sovereignty for Welsh and Scottish members to decide on their own structures.

    Today we’ve launched the founding documents; now it’s over to you. The first step, if you are not yet a member of Your Party, is to sign up now. You must be a member to participate in this democratic process. If you have already joined (under either system), have a look through the documents, find your nearest regional assembly, and come along with your views! And soon, you’ll be able to get involved online, too.

     

    This is your chance to help build a party for the many that wrests power from the billionaires and corporations that now control our country.

    In solidarity, 
    Your Party

     

    Digital ID Rollout (UK And Worldwide)

    in General Chat

    Posted

    15 hours ago, Grumpy Grapes said:

    Piers Corbyn thinks that the UK government's GOV.UK One Login service is significant. 

     

    https://nsi.beis.gov.uk/one-login-faq

     

     

    Services you can use with GOV.UK One Login

     

    At the moment, you can only use GOV.UK One Login to access some government services.

     

    In the future, you’ll be able to use it to access all services on GOV.UK.

     

    Apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate

    Apply for a vehicle operator licence

    Apply for an export certificate

    Apply for an HM Armed Forces Veteran Card

    Apply for an import licence

    Apply for qualified teacher status in England

    Apply to become a registered social worker in England

    Apprenticeship assessment service

    Apprenticeship provider and assessment register (APAR)

    Cancel a lost or stolen passport

    Childcare Offer for Wales: parents and guardians

    Childcare Offer for Wales: providers

    Claim compensation if you were the victim of a violent crime

    Confirm my apprenticeship details

    Connectivity Tool from the Department for Transport

    Driver and vehicles account

    Driving with a medical condition

    Early years child development training

    Early years financial incentives

    Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme reporting

    Find a job in teaching or education in England

    Find a UK market conformity assessment body

    Find an apprenticeship in England

    Find and apply for a grant

    Find and update company information

    Find and use an API from the Department for Education

    Find high value contracts in the public sector (Find a Tender)

    Find teacher training courses in England

    Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS)

    GOV.UK email subscriptions

    Manage apprenticeships

    Manage fishing permits and catch returns in Wales

    Manage your State Pension account

    Modern slavery statement registry

    Ofqual subject matter specialist account

    Product Safety Database

    Register of immigration advisers

    Request a basic DBS check

    Rural Payments Wales (RPW)

    Sign your mortgage deed

    Submit a barring referral

    Submit a General Aviation Report (GAR)

    Submit a National Security and Investment notification

    Submit a Pleasure Craft Report

    Submit an online APIS (advance passenger information submission) report

    Submit cosmetic product notifications

    Targeted retention incentives for further education teachers

    Use a lasting power of attorney

     

    https://home.account.gov.uk/services-using-one-login

     

    BREAKING: Starmer Launches Police State And SCRAPS British Liberties - Digital ID Confirmed

    in Today's News

    Posted

     

    STOP DIGI-ID! #PiersCorbyn at the STOP DIGI-ID march 18th Oct speaks outside Downing Street.


    He explains DIGital-ID is about control and that while we are fighting a future DIGI-ID law they are trying to impose the system via "GOV.UK One Login".


    He says the key things to do are:
    1. Do local campaigns  of Explanation about Digi-Id; USE the great new leaflet. Info via**
    2. Direct Resistance especially #KeepCash actions.
    3. Oppose Digi- with- Rights campaigns which are from ControlledOpp groups (eg #together) to help get Digi-Id in, then the Rights will be removed.
    4. **Join telegram STOP DIGI-ID UNITED!

     

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    UFO’S

    in UFOs & Aliens

    Posted

     

    Laura Eisenhower writes that the universe is on her side. Personally, I think that the Ruling Elite are on her side.

     

    "Something powerful is shifting. Across platforms, people once de-platformed or censored are suddenly finding their voices restored ~ channels reopened, visibility returned, creative flow reawakened. My own YouTube channel, long taken offline, has just been restored. This isn’t coincidence. It mirrors a larger energetic turning in the collective field.

    "This week’s planetary alignments read like a map of reclamation, the reclamation of voice, purpose, and community connection. The cosmos is saying: truth is self-correcting.

    "Here is my Youtube channel ~ https://www.youtube.com/@LauraEisenhower

    General Political Thoughts Thread

    in Politics & Social Engineering

    Posted · Edited by Grumpy Grapes

     

    Jeremy Corbyn and Your Party

     

    PoliticsJOE

     

    "At the launch of Your Party in Liverpool, Jeremy Corbyn delivers a powerful and inspiring speech calling for the creation of a strong left-wing alternative to Keir Starmer’s Labour Party. Speaking to a packed audience of supporters, trade unionists, and grassroots organisers, Corbyn argues that real political change will not come from Westminster, but from community organising, solidarity, and collective action.

     

    "In his speech, Corbyn reflects on the state of British politics under Keir Starmer’s leadership, criticising Labour’s drift to the right and its abandonment of transformative policies that once inspired millions. He calls for a renewal of the values that first built the labour movement — public ownership, social justice, peace, and equality — and urges the crowd to build a new force for hope and dignity in working-class communities across the UK.

     

    "Emphasising the power of grassroots movements, Corbyn celebrates the local campaigns, food banks, mutual aid networks, and housing struggles that continue to embody the real spirit of solidarity. He argues that Your Party will channel this energy into a political platform that speaks directly to the needs of ordinary people — fighting poverty, defending public services, tackling climate change, and standing firmly against racism, war, and exploitation.

     

    "Corbyn’s speech marks a historic moment in the birth of Your Party, offering a roadmap for a democratic, compassionate, and community-led politics that puts people before profit. Watch the full speech now to hear Jeremy Corbyn’s vision for a fairer, more equal Britain, and the movement determined to make it happen.

     

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    Jeremy Corbyn's speech

     

     

     

     

    A new tech thread

    in Technology, Transhumanism and AI

    Posted · Edited by Grumpy Grapes

     

    Digital bus passes coming soon

     

    "Officially Bus Pass Changes Coming 9th October 2025 – What Every UK Resident Should Know" 

    By potherie / October 6, 2025

     

    Digital Passes Replacing Paper Cards

     

    "The Department for Transport has confirmed that digital bus passes will gradually replace traditional paper cards. This change aims to enhance convenience and reduce costs associated with physical card production." 

     

    https://potherie.com/bus-pass-changes-uk-2025/

     

    UFO’S

    in UFOs & Aliens

    Posted · Edited by Grumpy Grapes

     

    David Icke is scheduled to speak at a GSIC (Galactic Spiritual Informers Conference) event, according to Dani Henderson, an ally of Elena Danaan, who I don't trust. 

     

    GSIC

     

     

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