Several Better Way members are currently in positions of influence with senior levels of government, and this is an opportunity to hear from them about what is going on behind the scenes and, importantly, for you to feed in your insights and advice to help influence future work. Topics to include:Our speakers to kick off the discussion will be:

• Our co-founder, Caroline Slocock, will talk about the new Covenant between civil society and government, which was launched by the Prime Minister and Lisa Nandy in July, and commits to working in partnership with civil society – across every department and at national and local level - to deliver shared objectives, and to protecting civil society independence.  A new Joint Civil Society Covenant Council is to be established this autumn. Two priority areas for its work include developing local partnerships and Compact compliant commissioning and funding arrangements.  Caroline has been closely involved in its development.

• Polly Neate from our core group will speak about her new Social Insights Panel, which has been set up with the Future Governance Forum to draw together civil society insight and knowledge – from community activists to national leaders – on how to drive transformational change on cross-cutting, ‘wicked’ challenges. As well as driving a national debate, it will feed ideas into the Cabinet Office’s innovative Test, Learn and Grow programme.  A Better Way will be holding a series of workshops for the Social Insights Panel to give you a chance to contribute to these ideas, including a session at our annual conference on how to change the operating model.  We will also be working with Test Learn and Grow on how to help them build a wider movement.

• Our co-founder, Steve Wyler, will talk about a shift in government procurement in favour of voluntary and community organisations and social enterprises: In February this year, in a significant shift of direction, the Government published a new National Procurement Policy Statement, which requires national and local public bodies to ‘maximise procurement spend with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprises’ and remove ‘barriers to participation’. Every government department now has to come up with a plan to make this happen. Steve is a very active member of the group advising the Government on these developments. 

We believe that, taken together, these are all opportunities to change the operating model in significant ways, in alignment with Better Way thinking. But as always there is a great distance between high level policy and the realities on the ground.  Our event on October 16th will, we hope, help to reduce that gap.

Reserve your place

If you would like to reserve a place for this online meeting you can either fill out our booking form or contact info@betterway.network.

By submitting this form, you consent to your data being saved by A Better Way according to GDPR standards. We will only use your data for A Better Way purposes. You can opt out at any time, please just let us know.

An Invitation to a Better Way with Nikki and Miranda

We stand at a turning point in history. The systems we once relied on — the NHS as we knew it, local authorities with resources to meet demand — are no longer able to carry the growing weight of need. Across our communities, we see fragility of both mental and physical health, families under strain, children with special educational needs left without the right support, and a world grappling with conflict and disharmony.

Yet within this challenge lies our greatest opportunity. The time has come to embrace a new normal — one where wealth is created not in distant boardrooms, but on our streets, in our villages, and among our people. Every day, behind closed doors, millions across the UK are already doing extraordinary things: neighbours helping neighbours, friendships forming, health and wellbeing nurtured, and true wealth built in community.

This is the Better Way. A network of like-minded people, rooted in love, hope, and practical solutions. A safe and supportive space where voices can be heard, ideas shared, and strength found.

Do you have something to share?

·       Have you unleashed the power within your community?

·       Are you ready to join the movement that is re-imagining wealth as connection, care, and collaboration?

·       We invite you to be part of this vision. Join us at the Better Way Drop-In every other Monday, 9–10am, starting 22 September 2025.

Championed by Miranda Wixon and Nikki Fuller this is your chance to step into a future built on community, compassion, and collective action.

Who are we?

Miranda Wixon a Queen’s Nurse, community leader, and relentless advocate for social justice who has dedicated her career to tackling poverty and inequality. She is the founder of the Community Larder movement in Northamptonshire, which delivered over 40,500 food boxes to 91 villages during the COVID-19 lockdowns. She continues this work as Chair of Food for Thought Daventry, leading more than 300 volunteers to ensure no one in the community need go hungry.

Alongside this, Miranda is Chair of the VCSE Assembly in Northamptonshire, strengthening the county’s voluntary sector, Chairing the Nene Valley Care Trust for Care Experienced people in the county and Chair of the Employment Advisory Group at HMP Five Wells, where she works with employers to create meaningful rehabilitation and employment opportunities for prison leavers.

Her impact is based on many national experiences. She has shaped policy through founding Think Local, Act Personal, promoting personalised care, and the Care Providers Alliance, raising standards in social care. She founded Healthwatch Brent to amplify community voices in healthcare and was instrumental in creating the United Kingdom Home Care Association, establishing home care as a recognised profession. A former trustee of Hourglass, she continues to campaign against adult abuse and is a sought-after public speaker on health and social care in the UK and abroad.

Miranda began her career as a registered nurse before founding and leading a healthcare provider for over 25 years. She now serves on the Integrated Care Partnership in Northamptonshire and the Youth Justice Management Board, reflecting her deep commitment to inclusive communities where everyone can thrive.

She lives in Towcester with her husband, they have four children and four grandchildren, and also cares for her elderly parents. In 2023, she was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Northamptonshire in recognition of her service.

Contact: miranda.wixon@gmail.com

Nikki Fuller’s life and work is rooted in the belief of the importance of compassionate human connection & interactions as the key significant foundation to happy, healthy people & communities.

Nikki currently works for the British Red Cross Health & Care Team part-time, as a Service Manager for the Community Health & Wellbeing Project in Torridge, North Devon.

Alongside this, Nikki spends time with her co-director developing her CIC; Compassionate Devon, established in February 2025. Its main focusses are on the support & wellbeing of people who support people, as well as building & celebrating compassion in communities.

Nikki became a member of A Better Way in early 2024 and values her membership and the time to connect with like-minded others in the spaces provided.

Nikki has worked across the system over the past 20 years in paid & voluntary roles within private, statutory and VCSE organisations, carrying out various frontline, management and system transformation roles.

Nikki continues her current voluntary role held since 2017 at her local social club for adults with learning and physical disabilities, as well as recently taking on the role as the treasurer to help ensure the continued sustainability of the club.

Nikki is driven by the empathy she has for people and communities facing difficulties. This fuels her passion and commitment to supporting systemic transformation that puts people, places & relationships at the heart.

Nikki lives in North Devon with her Husband and recently adopted Cockatiel Lenny.

Reserve your place

If you would like to reserve a place you can either fill out this booking form or use our contact page.

By submitting this form, you consent to your data being saved by A Better Way according to GDPR standards. We will only use your data for A Better Way purposes. You can opt out at any time, please just let us know.

A Better Way is holding a series of workshops with the Future Governance Forum to feed in your experience and ideas into its new Social Insights Panel, which will be making recommendations to the Government’s Test, Learn and Grow programme - a great chance to improve communication and collaboration between central government and civil society. Each event will focus on prevention from early to late stage. Key questions for the Violence against women and girls (VAWG) workshop will be :

• What can be done in schools and communities to try to reduce and prevent misogyny and violence against women and girls, both online and in real life?

• How can teenagers be empowered to seek healthy relationships and supported to openly discuss sex and relationships in a safe environment?

• What is the appropriate response to violence perpetrated by teenagers which will both protect their peers and prevent them from perpetrating further harm in adulthood?
  
  The Social Insights Panel, from The Future Governance Forum, supported by the Henry Smith Foundation, and led by Polly Neate, an FGF associate and core group member of A Better Way, is a brand new initiative designed to demonstrate and shape a new relationship between civil society and government in their shared mission of tackling complex, seemingly intractable challenges.  

The panel is made up of an independent group of leaders, all of whom will have previously held roles delivering missions in complex and challenging contexts in civil society (and, in many cases, in other sectors as well) but who are no longer representing a single organisation. 

Through a series of workshops and roundtables, delivered in partnership with A Better Way Network, the panel will listen with open minds to a wide range of perspectives from across civil society, and will then come together to reach a shared set of recommendations for government on how to drive transformational change on cross-cutting, ‘wicked’ challenges. 

In its first phase the panel is focused on supporting and advising the government’s‘Test, Learn and Grow’programme for innovation in public service reform, which could benefit from the wisdom and experience of civil society. We know that civil society voices can come together to be greater than the sum of their parts, especially when working in collaboration with other sectors to transform policy and practice.

Reserve your place

If you would like to reserve a place for this online meeting you can either fill out our booking form or contact info@betterway.network.

By submitting this form, you consent to your data being saved by A Better Way according to GDPR standards. We will only use your data for A Better Way purposes. You can opt out at any time, please just let us know.

Every two weeks we hold an informal Zoom event for people in our network ‘family’ who would like to say hello, share news, exchange ideas, get something off your chest, and just check in with each other. It’s also a good way for people new to the network to get to know us and explore what we can offer. All meetings are Wednesday mornings from 9am to 10am.

Reserve your place

If you would like to reserve a place you can either fill out this booking form or use our contact page.

By submitting this form, you consent to your data being saved by A Better Way according to GDPR standards. We will only use your data for A Better Way purposes. You can opt out at any time, please just let us know.

A Better Way is holding a series of workshops with the Future Governance Forum to feed in your experience and ideas into its new Social Insights Panel, which will be making recommendations to the Government’s Test, Learn and Grow programme - a great chance to improve communication and collaboration between central government and civil society. Each event will focus on prevention from early to late stage. Key questions for the Transition to adulthood workshop will be:

• What makes young people struggle in transition to adulthood and maintain a sense of optimism about their future?

• What interventions from communities and the state can improve children's sense of inclusion in society when they become adults?

• When and how does the system let them down, and how can this be prevented?
  
  The Social Insights Panel, from The Future Governance Forum, supported by the Henry Smith Foundation, and led by Polly Neate, an FGF associate and core group member of A Better Way, is a brand new initiative designed to demonstrate and shape a new relationship between civil society and government in their shared mission of tackling complex, seemingly intractable challenges.  

The panel is made up of an independent group of leaders, all of whom will have previously held roles delivering missions in complex and challenging contexts in civil society (and, in many cases, in other sectors as well) but who are no longer representing a single organisation. 

Through a series of workshops and roundtables, delivered in partnership with A Better Way Network, the panel will listen with open minds to a wide range of perspectives from across civil society, and will then come together to reach a shared set of recommendations for government on how to drive transformational change on cross-cutting, ‘wicked’ challenges. 

In its first phase the panel is focused on supporting and advising the government’s‘Test, Learn and Grow’programme for innovation in public service reform, which could benefit from the wisdom and experience of civil society. We know that civil society voices can come together to be greater than the sum of their parts, especially when working in collaboration with other sectors to transform policy and practice.

Reserve your place

If you would like to reserve a place for this online meeting you can either fill out our booking form or contact info@betterway.network.

By submitting this form, you consent to your data being saved by A Better Way according to GDPR standards. We will only use your data for A Better Way purposes. You can opt out at any time, please just let us know.

The Better Way behaviours: what are the behaviours all about, and how can they make a difference to our practice?

This is an event for those who are new to the network and who want to explore how they can be part of a bigger movement for change.

Reserve your place

If you would like to reserve a place for this online meeting you can either fill out our booking form or contact us at info@betterway.network.

By submitting this form, you consent to your data being saved by A Better Way according to GDPR standards. We will only use your data for A Better Way purposes. You can opt out at any time, please just let us know.

Every two weeks we hold an informal Zoom event for people in our network ‘family’ who would like to say hello, share news, exchange ideas, get something off your chest, and just check in with each other. It’s also a good way for people new to the network to get to know us and explore what we can offer. All meetings are Wednesday mornings from 9am to 10am.

Reserve your place

If you would like to reserve a place you can either fill out this booking form or use our contact page.

By submitting this form, you consent to your data being saved by A Better Way according to GDPR standards. We will only use your data for A Better Way purposes. You can opt out at any time, please just let us know.

We invite you to join us at our Annual In-person gathering - Central London

There will be plenty of opportunity for participants to enter into discussion and debate, to share ideas and insights, to make valuable connections, and come away recharged and refreshed.

Register your interest

If you would like to rgister your interest you can either fill out our form below or contact info@betterway.network

By submitting this form, you consent to your data being saved by A Better Way according to GDPR standards. We will only use your data for A Better Way purposes. You can opt out at any time, please just let us know.

We invite you to join us at our online Annual Gathering to lean in and have an honest conversation about how we can use Better Way principles to make deeper, more radical change.

There will be plenty of opportunity for participants to enter into discussion and debate, to share ideas and insights, to make valuable connections, and come away recharged and refreshed.

Register your interest

If you would like to rgister your interest you can either fill out our form below or contact info@betterway.network

By submitting this form, you consent to your data being saved by A Better Way according to GDPR standards. We will only use your data for A Better Way purposes. You can opt out at any time, please just let us know.

A Better Way is holding a series of workshops with the Future Governance Forum to feed in your experience and ideas into its new Social Insights Panel, which will be making recommendations to the Government’s Test, Learn and Grow programme - a great chance to improve communication and collaboration between central government and civil society. Each event will focus on prevention from early to late stage. Key questions for the Integrated and preventative family support workshop will be:

• Where are multi-agency approaches working to help families stay together and thrive, and what are the key ingredients?

• What is getting in the way of preventative approaches working at scale, and how can we establish the right conditions?

• What are the lessons from your experience for the government's Best Start in Life programme?

The Social Insights Panel, from The Future Governance Forum, supported by the Henry Smith Foundation, and led by Polly Neate, an FGF associate and core group member of A Better Way, is a brand new initiative designed to demonstrate and shape a new relationship between civil society and government in their shared mission of tackling complex, seemingly intractable challenges.  

The panel is made up of an independent group of leaders, all of whom will have previously held roles delivering missions in complex and challenging contexts in civil society (and, in many cases, in other sectors as well) but who are no longer representing a single organisation. 

Through a series of workshops and roundtables, delivered in partnership with A Better Way Network, the panel will listen with open minds to a wide range of perspectives from across civil society, and will then come together to reach a shared set of recommendations for government on how to drive transformational change on cross-cutting, ‘wicked’ challenges. 

In its first phase the panel is focused on supporting and advising the government’s‘Test, Learn and Grow’programme for innovation in public service reform, which could benefit from the wisdom and experience of civil society. We know that civil society voices can come together to be greater than the sum of their parts, especially when working in collaboration with other sectors to transform policy and practice.

Reserve your place

If you would like to reserve a place for this online meeting you can either fill out our booking form or contact info@betterway.network.

By submitting this form, you consent to your data being saved by A Better Way according to GDPR standards. We will only use your data for A Better Way purposes. You can opt out at any time, please just let us know.

An Invitation to a Better Way with Nikki and Miranda

We stand at a turning point in history. The systems we once relied on — the NHS as we knew it, local authorities with resources to meet demand — are no longer able to carry the growing weight of need. Across our communities, we see fragility of both mental and physical health, families under strain, children with special educational needs left without the right support, and a world grappling with conflict and disharmony.

Yet within this challenge lies our greatest opportunity. The time has come to embrace a new normal — one where wealth is created not in distant boardrooms, but on our streets, in our villages, and among our people. Every day, behind closed doors, millions across the UK are already doing extraordinary things: neighbours helping neighbours, friendships forming, health and wellbeing nurtured, and true wealth built in community.

This is the Better Way. A network of like-minded people, rooted in love, hope, and practical solutions. A safe and supportive space where voices can be heard, ideas shared, and strength found.

Do you have something to share?

·       Have you unleashed the power within your community?

·       Are you ready to join the movement that is re-imagining wealth as connection, care, and collaboration?

·       We invite you to be part of this vision. Join us at the Better Way Drop-In every other Monday, 9–10am, starting 22 September 2025.

Championed by Miranda Wixon and Nikki Fuller this is your chance to step into a future built on community, compassion, and collective action.

Who are we?

Miranda Wixon a Queen’s Nurse, community leader, and relentless advocate for social justice who has dedicated her career to tackling poverty and inequality. She is the founder of the Community Larder movement in Northamptonshire, which delivered over 40,500 food boxes to 91 villages during the COVID-19 lockdowns. She continues this work as Chair of Food for Thought Daventry, leading more than 300 volunteers to ensure no one in the community need go hungry.

Alongside this, Miranda is Chair of the VCSE Assembly in Northamptonshire, strengthening the county’s voluntary sector, Chairing the Nene Valley Care Trust for Care Experienced people in the county and Chair of the Employment Advisory Group at HMP Five Wells, where she works with employers to create meaningful rehabilitation and employment opportunities for prison leavers.

Her impact is based on many national experiences. She has shaped policy through founding Think Local, Act Personal, promoting personalised care, and the Care Providers Alliance, raising standards in social care. She founded Healthwatch Brent to amplify community voices in healthcare and was instrumental in creating the United Kingdom Home Care Association, establishing home care as a recognised profession. A former trustee of Hourglass, she continues to campaign against adult abuse and is a sought-after public speaker on health and social care in the UK and abroad.

Miranda began her career as a registered nurse before founding and leading a healthcare provider for over 25 years. She now serves on the Integrated Care Partnership in Northamptonshire and the Youth Justice Management Board, reflecting her deep commitment to inclusive communities where everyone can thrive.

She lives in Towcester with her husband, they have four children and four grandchildren, and also cares for her elderly parents. In 2023, she was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Northamptonshire in recognition of her service.

Contact: miranda.wixon@gmail.com

Nikki Fuller’s life and work is rooted in the belief of the importance of compassionate human connection & interactions as the key significant foundation to happy, healthy people & communities.

Nikki currently works for the British Red Cross Health & Care Team part-time, as a Service Manager for the Community Health & Wellbeing Project in Torridge, North Devon.

Alongside this, Nikki spends time with her co-director developing her CIC; Compassionate Devon, established in February 2025. Its main focusses are on the support & wellbeing of people who support people, as well as building & celebrating compassion in communities.

Nikki became a member of A Better Way in early 2024 and values her membership and the time to connect with like-minded others in the spaces provided.

Nikki has worked across the system over the past 20 years in paid & voluntary roles within private, statutory and VCSE organisations, carrying out various frontline, management and system transformation roles.

Nikki continues her current voluntary role held since 2017 at her local social club for adults with learning and physical disabilities, as well as recently taking on the role as the treasurer to help ensure the continued sustainability of the club.

Nikki is driven by the empathy she has for people and communities facing difficulties. This fuels her passion and commitment to supporting systemic transformation that puts people, places & relationships at the heart.

Nikki lives in North Devon with her Husband and recently adopted Cockatiel Lenny.

Reserve your place

If you would like to reserve a place you can either fill out this booking form or use our contact page.

By submitting this form, you consent to your data being saved by A Better Way according to GDPR standards. We will only use your data for A Better Way purposes. You can opt out at any time, please just let us know.

The Better Way principles: what are the principles all about, and how can they make a difference to ‘business as usual’?

This is an event for those who are new to the network and who want to explore how they can be part of a bigger movement for change.

Reserve your place

If you would like to reserve a place for this online meeting you can either fill out our booking form or contact us at info@betterway.network.

By submitting this form, you consent to your data being saved by A Better Way according to GDPR standards. We will only use your data for A Better Way purposes. You can opt out at any time, please just let us know.

Every two weeks we hold an informal Zoom event for people in our network ‘family’ who would like to say hello, share news, exchange ideas, get something off your chest, and just check in with each other. It’s also a good way for people new to the network to get to know us and explore what we can offer. All meetings are Wednesday mornings from 9am to 10am.

Reserve your place

If you would like to reserve a place you can either fill out this booking form or use our contact page.

By submitting this form, you consent to your data being saved by A Better Way according to GDPR standards. We will only use your data for A Better Way purposes. You can opt out at any time, please just let us know.

An Invitation to a Better Way with Nikki and Miranda

We stand at a turning point in history. The systems we once relied on — the NHS as we knew it, local authorities with resources to meet demand — are no longer able to carry the growing weight of need. Across our communities, we see fragility of both mental and physical health, families under strain, children with special educational needs left without the right support, and a world grappling with conflict and disharmony.

Yet within this challenge lies our greatest opportunity. The time has come to embrace a new normal — one where wealth is created not in distant boardrooms, but on our streets, in our villages, and among our people. Every day, behind closed doors, millions across the UK are already doing extraordinary things: neighbours helping neighbours, friendships forming, health and wellbeing nurtured, and true wealth built in community.

This is the Better Way. A network of like-minded people, rooted in love, hope, and practical solutions. A safe and supportive space where voices can be heard, ideas shared, and strength found.

Do you have something to share?

·       Have you unleashed the power within your community?

·       Are you ready to join the movement that is re-imagining wealth as connection, care, and collaboration?

·       We invite you to be part of this vision. Join us at the Better Way Drop-In every other Monday, 9–10am, starting 22 September 2025.

Championed by Miranda Wixon and Nikki Fuller this is your chance to step into a future built on community, compassion, and collective action.

Who are we?

Miranda Wixon a Queen’s Nurse, community leader, and relentless advocate for social justice who has dedicated her career to tackling poverty and inequality. She is the founder of the Community Larder movement in Northamptonshire, which delivered over 40,500 food boxes to 91 villages during the COVID-19 lockdowns. She continues this work as Chair of Food for Thought Daventry, leading more than 300 volunteers to ensure no one in the community need go hungry.

Alongside this, Miranda is Chair of the VCSE Assembly in Northamptonshire, strengthening the county’s voluntary sector, Chairing the Nene Valley Care Trust for Care Experienced people in the county and Chair of the Employment Advisory Group at HMP Five Wells, where she works with employers to create meaningful rehabilitation and employment opportunities for prison leavers.

Her impact is based on many national experiences. She has shaped policy through founding Think Local, Act Personal, promoting personalised care, and the Care Providers Alliance, raising standards in social care. She founded Healthwatch Brent to amplify community voices in healthcare and was instrumental in creating the United Kingdom Home Care Association, establishing home care as a recognised profession. A former trustee of Hourglass, she continues to campaign against adult abuse and is a sought-after public speaker on health and social care in the UK and abroad.

Miranda began her career as a registered nurse before founding and leading a healthcare provider for over 25 years. She now serves on the Integrated Care Partnership in Northamptonshire and the Youth Justice Management Board, reflecting her deep commitment to inclusive communities where everyone can thrive.

She lives in Towcester with her husband, they have four children and four grandchildren, and also cares for her elderly parents. In 2023, she was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Northamptonshire in recognition of her service.

Contact: miranda.wixon@gmail.com

Nikki Fuller’s life and work is rooted in the belief of the importance of compassionate human connection & interactions as the key significant foundation to happy, healthy people & communities.

Nikki currently works for the British Red Cross Health & Care Team part-time, as a Service Manager for the Community Health & Wellbeing Project in Torridge, North Devon.

Alongside this, Nikki spends time with her co-director developing her CIC; Compassionate Devon, established in February 2025. Its main focusses are on the support & wellbeing of people who support people, as well as building & celebrating compassion in communities.

Nikki became a member of A Better Way in early 2024 and values her membership and the time to connect with like-minded others in the spaces provided.

Nikki has worked across the system over the past 20 years in paid & voluntary roles within private, statutory and VCSE organisations, carrying out various frontline, management and system transformation roles.

Nikki continues her current voluntary role held since 2017 at her local social club for adults with learning and physical disabilities, as well as recently taking on the role as the treasurer to help ensure the continued sustainability of the club.

Nikki is driven by the empathy she has for people and communities facing difficulties. This fuels her passion and commitment to supporting systemic transformation that puts people, places & relationships at the heart.

Nikki lives in North Devon with her Husband and recently adopted Cockatiel Lenny.

Reserve your place

If you would like to reserve a place you can either fill out this booking form or use our contact page.

By submitting this form, you consent to your data being saved by A Better Way according to GDPR standards. We will only use your data for A Better Way purposes. You can opt out at any time, please just let us know.

The Better Way behaviours: what are the behaviours all about, and how can they make a difference to our practice?

This is an event for those who are new to the network and who want to explore how they can be part of a bigger movement for change.

Reserve your place

If you would like to reserve a place for this online meeting you can either fill out our booking form or contact us at info@betterway.network.

By submitting this form, you consent to your data being saved by A Better Way according to GDPR standards. We will only use your data for A Better Way purposes. You can opt out at any time, please just let us know.

Every two weeks we hold an informal Zoom event for people in our network ‘family’ who would like to say hello, share news, exchange ideas, get something off your chest, and just check in with each other. It’s also a good way for people new to the network to get to know us and explore what we can offer. All meetings are Wednesday mornings from 9am to 10am.

Reserve your place

If you would like to reserve a place you can either fill out this booking form or use our contact page.

By submitting this form, you consent to your data being saved by A Better Way according to GDPR standards. We will only use your data for A Better Way purposes. You can opt out at any time, please just let us know.

An Invitation to a Better Way with Nikki and Miranda

We stand at a turning point in history. The systems we once relied on — the NHS as we knew it, local authorities with resources to meet demand — are no longer able to carry the growing weight of need. Across our communities, we see fragility of both mental and physical health, families under strain, children with special educational needs left without the right support, and a world grappling with conflict and disharmony.

Yet within this challenge lies our greatest opportunity. The time has come to embrace a new normal — one where wealth is created not in distant boardrooms, but on our streets, in our villages, and among our people. Every day, behind closed doors, millions across the UK are already doing extraordinary things: neighbours helping neighbours, friendships forming, health and wellbeing nurtured, and true wealth built in community.

This is the Better Way. A network of like-minded people, rooted in love, hope, and practical solutions. A safe and supportive space where voices can be heard, ideas shared, and strength found.

Do you have something to share?

·       Have you unleashed the power within your community?

·       Are you ready to join the movement that is re-imagining wealth as connection, care, and collaboration?

·       We invite you to be part of this vision. Join us at the Better Way Drop-In every other Monday, 9–10am, starting 22 September 2025.

Championed by Miranda Wixon and Nikki Fuller this is your chance to step into a future built on community, compassion, and collective action.

Who are we?

Miranda Wixon a Queen’s Nurse, community leader, and relentless advocate for social justice who has dedicated her career to tackling poverty and inequality. She is the founder of the Community Larder movement in Northamptonshire, which delivered over 40,500 food boxes to 91 villages during the COVID-19 lockdowns. She continues this work as Chair of Food for Thought Daventry, leading more than 300 volunteers to ensure no one in the community need go hungry.

Alongside this, Miranda is Chair of the VCSE Assembly in Northamptonshire, strengthening the county’s voluntary sector, Chairing the Nene Valley Care Trust for Care Experienced people in the county and Chair of the Employment Advisory Group at HMP Five Wells, where she works with employers to create meaningful rehabilitation and employment opportunities for prison leavers.

Her impact is based on many national experiences. She has shaped policy through founding Think Local, Act Personal, promoting personalised care, and the Care Providers Alliance, raising standards in social care. She founded Healthwatch Brent to amplify community voices in healthcare and was instrumental in creating the United Kingdom Home Care Association, establishing home care as a recognised profession. A former trustee of Hourglass, she continues to campaign against adult abuse and is a sought-after public speaker on health and social care in the UK and abroad.

Miranda began her career as a registered nurse before founding and leading a healthcare provider for over 25 years. She now serves on the Integrated Care Partnership in Northamptonshire and the Youth Justice Management Board, reflecting her deep commitment to inclusive communities where everyone can thrive.

She lives in Towcester with her husband, they have four children and four grandchildren, and also cares for her elderly parents. In 2023, she was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Northamptonshire in recognition of her service.

Contact: miranda.wixon@gmail.com

Nikki Fuller’s life and work is rooted in the belief of the importance of compassionate human connection & interactions as the key significant foundation to happy, healthy people & communities.

Nikki currently works for the British Red Cross Health & Care Team part-time, as a Service Manager for the Community Health & Wellbeing Project in Torridge, North Devon.

Alongside this, Nikki spends time with her co-director developing her CIC; Compassionate Devon, established in February 2025. Its main focusses are on the support & wellbeing of people who support people, as well as building & celebrating compassion in communities.

Nikki became a member of A Better Way in early 2024 and values her membership and the time to connect with like-minded others in the spaces provided.

Nikki has worked across the system over the past 20 years in paid & voluntary roles within private, statutory and VCSE organisations, carrying out various frontline, management and system transformation roles.

Nikki continues her current voluntary role held since 2017 at her local social club for adults with learning and physical disabilities, as well as recently taking on the role as the treasurer to help ensure the continued sustainability of the club.

Nikki is driven by the empathy she has for people and communities facing difficulties. This fuels her passion and commitment to supporting systemic transformation that puts people, places & relationships at the heart.

Nikki lives in North Devon with her Husband and recently adopted Cockatiel Lenny.

Reserve your place

If you would like to reserve a place you can either fill out this booking form or use our contact page.

By submitting this form, you consent to your data being saved by A Better Way according to GDPR standards. We will only use your data for A Better Way purposes. You can opt out at any time, please just let us know.

Every two weeks we hold an informal Zoom event for people in our network ‘family’ who would like to say hello, share news, exchange ideas, get something off your chest, and just check in with each other. It’s also a good way for people new to the network to get to know us and explore what we can offer. All meetings are Wednesday mornings from 9am to 10am.

Reserve your place

If you would like to reserve a place you can either fill out this booking form or use our contact page.

By submitting this form, you consent to your data being saved by A Better Way according to GDPR standards. We will only use your data for A Better Way purposes. You can opt out at any time, please just let us know.