Find out what’s going at the Resident University this year by having a look at the prospectus for 2010/11. Some dates and venues are still being confirmed, and further workshops and events will be added as the year goes on.
We have set out five key objectives for this year’s Resident University programme. They are, to [...]
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Resident University Prospectus 2010/11
Being an effective committee / board member – May 25th
May 25th, 6.00-8.30pm at the BMI, Birmingham City Centre
A workshop for all people who are involved in helping to run community groups, organisations or associations, or sit on local partnerships (including neighbourhood boards). Facilitated by Wendy Walsh from Castle Vale Community Regeneration Service, and Tippa Naphtali from Chamberlain Forum, the [...]
DIY Fundraising – Tuesday 22nd June
Tuesday 22nd June 2.00-4.00pm Venue tbc
Find out about current available grants, from local, regional and national sources. Get feedback on your own ideas and proposals, and get top tips on:
Translating your idea into a fundable project
Writing a successful application
Developing a budget
To book a place, or to find out [...]
Using Social Media – Thursday 27th May
Thursday 27th May 6.00-8.30pm at BVSC
Find out how you can use social media to get your voice heard online, and help tackle real problems in your area. Become more confident about how you can use different forms of social media – from blogs and podcasting, to video and social networking and [...]
The Citizen Power Series: why should we bank time?
In all forms of volunteering and community activism, one of the most valuable assets is time. However, it is persistently under-valued, and often only considered valuable at all when it can be directly cited in pounds and pence. But attitudes are changing, and time-banking schemes such as that which is being established in Ward [...]
The Citizen Power series: DIY Funding Workshop – Friday 13:45; Saturday 13:30
Community groups will be all too familiar with capacity issues, and a lack of funds is often top of the pile. So as part of the Resident University Citizen Power event, we will be running sessions on both Friday and Saturday to encourage people to apply for Be Birmingham’s Active Citizenship grants then and there, [...]
Resident University March 26th & 27th Programme
2 days of workshops, seminars, lectures and networking for all those involved in making neighbourhoods places to live, at St Georges Community Hub, Hockley, from Friday 26th, to Saturday 27th March. See here for the full programme, and further details….
Influencing Decision Makers – Workshop March 2nd 9.30
The next ‘Influencing Decision Makers’ workshop will be held on Tuesday March 2nd, 9.30-12.30 at the Council House.
This course is designed to help community and voluntary group members and individuals who represent community views become more effective at influencing local decisions on behalf of resident communities and communities of interest.
Learning
The course is designed to help [...]
Chamberlain Forum
- ‘Faith and Hope Works’ in Balsall HeathTheories of Influence and Empowerment in Balsall Heath In July 2010, Chamberlain Forum used the Structured Dialogue Method to learn about the experience of influence in the Neighbourhood of Balsall Heath in Birmingham. A group of 10 people - including 6 residents and active citizens, local community and faith organisations, the ... […]
- Odd One Out?In a tribute to our most loved BBC current affairs satire show not hosted by Dara O Briain Have I Got News For You, Chamberlain Forum's very own pictorial puzzler.... Who is the Odd One Out? Is it.... a) Prince William? b) Bank of England Governor, Mervyn King? c) Brummie comedian, Jasper Carrott? d) Prime ... […]
- Sideways Look at ‘Big Society’Chamberlain Forum's report on neighbourhood coproduction in Birmingham - Looking Sideways - is now available online. The report was launched alongside the Demos publication Civic Streets at a packed meeting in Balsall Heath, Birmingham last week. Pictured above are Debbie Pippard of Barrow Cadbury Trust (which jointly organised the event ... […]
- Common Ground for City CulturesSome see it as a classroom or a refuge, but to others it’s the gym or a hospital… or their church. People tell Birmingham park-keeper Fred Tematema that their parks and open spaces serve a multitude of purposes. Fred was one of the participants in the Chamberlain Forum conversation on ... […]
- Learning from Stories – SDM workshopsTwo Workshops to find out more on Friday 16th July at the Bond, Fazeley Street, Birmingham. 10.30-12.30pm and repeated at 1.30-4.30pm It has been said that the shortest path between a human being and the truth…Is a story. Why is it that with all the money spent on collecting and displaying data ... […]