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.
Learn from the Resident Experts how to – Activate Faith in The Neighbourhood, Develop A Community Asset, Get Communities Growing Food, Work Across Generations, Run a Community Watch Scheme, Make Neighbourhood Management Work for Residents
New thinking on… Timebanks, Fundraising, Total Place, Youth Justice, Storytelling, Voter Bonds, Local Food, Social Media and Open Space for discussion of what matters in your community.
Friday 26th Programme Includes:
D-I-Y Funding Workshop – Active Citizenship Fund
Get started on an application to the Be Birmingham ‘Active Citizenship Fund’ for up to £10,000. The aim of the fund is to support local activities that build social capital, and get more people involved in their neighbourhood and community.
Help, advice and support will be available from groups successful in the first round on; developing your proposal, writing it up, and filling in the form. Access to PCs and laptops, electronic copies of the form, and good humour will all be available on the day.
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 ‘co-production’ might be valued and funded in the future. Learn more about how we define co-production, hear about practical local examples, and add your views and experience to the research.
Food Links – Workshop
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.
Social Media Workshop – with ‘We Share Stuff’
Find out how you can use social media to get your voice heard online, and help tackle real problems. Become more confident about how you can use different forms of social media – from blogs and podcasting, to video and social networking and hear how other residents and community groups are using them. Get help to set up your own blog / website / twitter account, and experiment with what you can do.
Plus…Local Food Links, Developing Community Assets, Building Effective Groups, Time Banks
Saturday 27th Programme Includes:
Community Watch – Workshop
Hear 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.
Tactics for Influencing – Workshop
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.
D-I-Y Funding Workshop – Active Citizenship Fund
Get started on an application to the Be Birmingham ‘Active Citizenship Fund’ for up to £10,000. The aim of the fund is to support local activities that build social capital, and get more people involved in their neighbourhood and community.
Help, advice and support will be available from groups successful in the first round on; developing your proposal, writing it up, and filling in the form. Access to PCs and laptops, electronic copies of the form, and good humour will all be available on the day.
Plus… Building Effective Groups, Social Media, Food Links
to book a place, get in touch via info@chamberlainforum.org, tel: 07795 448 462 or use the booking form below.
