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
The Citizen Power series: emphasising the value of co-production
Citizens are not passive recipients of public services, but are active players helping shape the places they live.
The first seminar of the Resident University two-day event will take a closer look at how Birmingham is considering the value of co-production – basically, how communities and public services can (and do!) work together to produce neighbourhoods [...]
Seeding digital skills, enhancing inclusion
Earlier this month, Chamberlain Forum hosted an event with the government’s digital inclusion champion, Martha Lane Fox, as part of her visit to Digital Birmingham. The idea behind the meeting was for Martha to learn from those present, and to take their inputs back to the government so that they can encourage the 10 million [...]
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….
Event Summaries – Tactics for Influencing
Find out about different approaches to influencing decision making, share tactics for getting what you want, and think about how use can use your own power more effectively.
Event Summaries – Community Watch
Hear from Linda Hines about the experience of setting up and running a successful community watch scheme in Kingstanding, and the difference it has made to improving community safety and the local environment. Find out what worked and why, and discuss the potential for using the approach in your area.
Event Summaries – Local Food Links
Find out more about different local food projects in Birmingham, and how they can be used to build social capital in communities. From intergenerational growing and cooking projects, to farmers markets and community lunches.
Event Summaries – Co-production seminar
“Citizens are not passive recipients of public services, but are active players helping shape the places they live”
Find out about how Birmingham is looking into the idea of ‘co-production’ – how communities and public services ‘co-produce’ neighbourhoods and neighbourhood services, and how this might be valued and funded in the future. Learn more about how [...]
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 ... […]