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People, Power, Money

Date and time: 
Friday, November 18, 2011 - 09:30 - 14:00
Venue: 
St Georges Centre, Leeds

Exciting FREE conference

Key note speaker: Shazia Hussain

Director of the Tower Hamlets Partnership, where local residents decided how £4.8 million of council money was spent effectively.

Shazia's presentation is now available to download below

A conference report will be available shortly

 

NEW Workshop: More than a Partnership - Community Safety in South Yorkshire 9th May

Date and time: 
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 10:00 - 13:30
Venue: 
Magna Park, Sheffield

Community Safety in South Yorkshire - Building capacity in neighbourhoods

Exciting workshop to explore a radical step up in partnership working on community safety in South Yorkshire

Rural Empowerment Community Seminars

Date and time: 
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 09:30 - 12:00
Venue: 
Conyngham Hall, Knaresborough

 With support from the Yorkshire & Humber Empowerment Partnership and Harrogate Borough Council, The Plunkett Foundation is hosting two free seminars with guest speakers and presentations, illustrating how rural communities can establish and operate a range of facilities and enterprises, including shops, to support their locality.

The seminars are 9:30 to 12:00 OR 12:30 to 3:00

Download the booking form below

NEW Conference - Peoples Voices

Date and time: 
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 09:30 - 15:30
Venue: 
Leeds Civic Hall

How can the voices of active citizens be expressed most effectively, and how can we ensure they are noticed?

Speakers;

Councillor Richard Lewis: Deputy leader leeds City Council

Mervyn Wilson: The Co-operative College - Mutuality and citizenship

  • Establishing a local Speakers Corner Trust
  • Pathways to Participation - how do people really get involved
  • Voicing the Unspeakable (Helping communities create safe spaces for difficult conversations)
  • The experience of international active Citizenship exchange projects (British Council )
  • Hope NOT Hate and Trade Union organising
  • The importance of local Councillors
  • Engaging directly with Parliament 

Inspiring Futures

Date and time: 
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 11:00 - 19:00
Venue: 
Spa Complex, Scarborough

Don't miss the event of the Year

INSPIRING FUTURES

 

People Power

Date and time: 
Friday, October 1, 2010 - 09:00 - 14:30
Learning for Democracy and Social Action
 This exciting one-day conference in York’s Guildhall is for everyone involved, or would like to get involved, in strengthening local democracy and effective citizenship including community activists, voluntary sector support providers and public authorities.
 
The keynote talk will be given by John Field, Professor of Lifelong Learning and Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning at Stirling University,
 

Building Cohesive Communities - practical steps and approaches

Date and time: 
Friday, April 16, 2010 - 09:00 - 14:30

This FREE  Workshop is being run twice

York on 15th April and Doncaster on 16th April

In October 2009, DCLG published the guide: Building Cohesive Communities: What Frontline staff and community activists need to know.

These two events are an opportunity to share the approach, practice and learning that informed the authors of the guide, Jo Broadwood and Nicola Sugden.

Building Cohesive Communities - practical steps and approaches

Date and time: 
Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 09:00 - 14:30

This FREE  Workshop is being run twice

York on 15th April and Doncaster on 16th April

In October 2009, DCLG published the guide: Building Cohesive Communities: What Frontline staff and community activists need to know.

These two events are an opportunity to share the approach, practice and learning that informed the authors of the guide, Jo Broadwood and Nicola Sugden.

Whose Community Is It Anyway?

Date and time: 
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 10:30 - 15:30
Venue: 
Doncaster Trades Conference Centre

Communities Conference - A great success!

Over 70 people from community groups across the region attended this exciting Conference hosted by the Regional Community Panel

The conference was specifically for community groups and active residents and focused on a theme of exploring how people can exercise real power and influence over decisions about their communities.

Champions of Participation - Residential

Date and time: 
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 15:00 - Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 13:00
HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP AND VOICE:
 A workshop for 'Champions of Participation' in
Local Government, Local Agencies and Local Communities.
 29th/30th/31st March 2010
The Coniston Hotel, Coniston Cold, Skipton, Yorkshire
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