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Sustainability & financing for BME and faith groups

Date and time: 
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 10:00 - 14:30

The workshop aims to help BME and faith organisations adopt a more
business like approach, become more outward-looking and develop and
expand on good business ideas that will help you make a difference and
bring about social change.
This free practical workshop will help you to consider some of the key
issues that you need to think about when planning for the financial
future of your organisation.

Learn more about:
* Funding options
* understanding income streams
* planning for long-term sustainability

Region of Sanctuary

Date and time: 
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 09:30 - 15:30

 

Approaches to Community Engagement

Date and time: 
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - 10:00 - 15:30

Mapping and Assessing Empowerment
Leeds Civic Hall, hosted by the Leeds Initiative.
Keynote Speaker: Pete Duncan, Social Regeneration Consultants (SRC)
Pete will talk about 2 empowerment tools commissioned by IDeA: one for agencies to map how empowering they are and one for communities to map how empowered they are.

Getting your voice heard: How to influence policies that affect you and your community

Date and time: 
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 10:00 - 15:00

 

 

 

An informal and practical event for small groups and grassroots organisations in West Yorkshire.

Primarily aimed at BME, Refugee, Rural and Faith groups, though all other groups are welcome to join.

The event aims to help groups understand the importance of policy and the effect that it can have on organisations and communities. It will include practical workshops on influencing policy to improve the communities in which they live.

Is there a future for participatory democracy? Book launch & discussion

Date and time: 
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 16:00 - 20:00

24th February 4:00pm to 8:00pm

University of Bradford, Norcroft Centre, BD7 1DB

This conference launches 3 books which focus in different ways on the participatory components of democracy and the state in the UK and beyond. On the eve of the UK elections, we want to use these books to facilitate a discussion on the theme of participation in our political, activist, working and everyday lives.

Books are:

Participation & Democracy in the 21st Century City - Pearce J. (ed)

Share your Story

Date and time: 
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 10:00 - 15:00

Barnsley Civic       10:00am to 3:00pm

This event is aimed at everyone who is involved in learning about active citizenship.

You may have attended a course called 'How Your City Works' or 'How Your Neighbourhood Works' . You may be involved with a community organisation and have attended some training to help the group be more effective. You may be involved with a 'Take Part' initiative. 

RACLA - the Regional Active Citizenship Learning Alliance - is bringing together people from across the Yorkshire and Humber region

The Big Picture in North Yorkshire

Date and time: 
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 10:00 - 16:30

The Priory Centre, Yorks
An event for voluntary and community groups
What the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) results say about empowerment and engagement in North Yorkshire and York.
Come and join us to find out more about the CAA findings in your local area. Do they paint a picture that you recognise? And how well was the voluntary and community sector involved with the process?

The Big Picture in West Yorkshire

Date and time: 
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 10:00 - 16:30

St George's Centre, Leeds
An event for voluntary and community groups
What the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) results say about empowerment and engagement in Leeds, Wakefield, Kirklees, Bradford and Calderdale.
Come and join us to find out more about the CAA findings in your local area. Do they paint a picture that you recognise? And how well was the voluntary and community sector involved with the process?

The Big Picture in South Yorkshire

Date and time: 
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 10:00 - 16:30

St Mary's Community Centre, Bramall Lane, Sheffield
An event for voluntary and community groups
What the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) results say about empowerment and engagement in Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
Come and join us to find out more about the CAA findings in your local area. Do they paint a picture that you recognise? And how well was the voluntary and community sector involved with the process?

The Big Picture in the Humber

Date and time: 
Friday, March 5, 2010 - 10:00 - 16:30

The Octogon Centre, Hull
An event for voluntary and community groups
What the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) results say about empowerment and engagement in East Riding, Hull, North Lincolnshire and North east Lincolnshire.
Come and join us to find out more about the CAA findings in your local area. Do they paint a picture that you recognise? And how well was the voluntary and community sector involved with the process?

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Our upcoming events are listed here. You can also see a complete events calendar from the events link on the top menu.

People Power
01/10/2010 - 10:00 - 15:30

How Yorkshire and the Humber Works
14/10/2010 - 13:00 - 16:00

Big Society Unplugged
11/11/2010 - 09:00 - 16:00

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