Co-design Our Society
A space to capture discussion from our 20 January event in Leeds, and the subsequent…See More
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Localism and the web: a new era for democracy?
Posted by Gavin on February 12, 2012 at 8:35pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Charity rebranding on less than a shoe string
Posted by Alex Fox on January 27, 2012 at 10:54am 0 Comments 0 Likes
A Great week for the old CV!
Posted by Pol Steele on January 26, 2012 at 12:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes
The Case For Digital Education Workers
Posted by Pol Steele on January 16, 2012 at 8:18pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
About Me (Pol Steele)
Posted by Pol Steele on January 16, 2012 at 8:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
'Beyond the Big Society - Psychological Foundations of Active Citizenship' - new report published
Posted by Matthew on January 9, 2012 at 11:12pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
Free conference "People making change: sharing approaches that work"
Posted by Martin Gilbraith on December 7, 2011 at 12:22pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Ideas from an exploration of People Powered Change
Posted by David Wilcox on November 28, 2011 at 11:13am 1 Comment 0 Likes
Transition gives us the best of ingredients for networking
Posted by David Wilcox on October 27, 2011 at 4:27pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
NALC campaigns for local London councils
Posted by David Wilcox on October 24, 2011 at 12:51pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
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Donna Roberts replied to Lorna Prescott's discussion 'Identifying existing and new social assets' in the group Our Society: A Guide
Hi Lorna, I have to agree with your recommendation of Appreciating Assets. I loved this document it…
Gavin replied to Lorna Prescott's discussion 'Introduction to Our Society: A Guide' in the group Our Society: A Guide
Hi Lorna - there is now a slow transition towards enabling local authority employees to use social…
Donna Roberts liked Lorna Prescott's discussion 'Changing roles, and skills and support needed'
Lorna Prescott replied to Lorna Prescott's discussion 'Introduction to Our Society: A Guide' in the group Our Society: A Guide
Hi Gavin
This is really helpful, thank you, as you've bought together some quite different…
Nicky Patterson joined Emma Lees's group
Gavin replied to Lorna Prescott's discussion 'Introduction to Our Society: A Guide' in the group Our Society: A Guide
Hi Lorna,
looking at the questions you've asked about the most 'important concerns for…
Phil Green replied to Mark Parker's discussion 'Community organising vs Community development' in the group Community Organising
Interesting discussion on Mark Parker's blog Southwark Organising, Just repackaged Community…
Boycott Workfare national day of action at various
March 3, 2012 all day
Boycott Workfare has called a national day of action against workfare.See More
Event posted by Phil Green
Use of social media and mapping applications
I am still exploring what might be done with mapping applications and the use of social media. In…See More
Gavin added a discussion to the group Co-design Our Society
The DWP is undertaking a survey on social justice. Well worth having your say here: http://ning.it/zZbRKs
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Phil Green replied to Phil Green's discussion 'Our Society maps: your suggestions' in the group Co-design Our Society
Related post by Gavin: Playing the game of Slapham Community Spaces, Feb 15 2012, on…
Our Society: A Guide
A collaborative space to contribute ideas to create a practical guide which is rich in stories,…See More
Gavin joined Lorna Prescott's group
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Nesta, hyperlocal and communities
Started by Emma Lees. Last reply by Emma Lees Feb 3. 15 Replies 0 Likes
NESTA, the innovation agency is starting a major exploration of the future of hyperlocal media "covering everything from struggling…Continue
The future of Ning and making networks work
Started by julian dobson. Last reply by David Wilcox Jan 26. 23 Replies 0 Likes
Our Society runs on a platform provided by Ning, in common with many others in the community, voluntary and social enterprise fields. It allows us all to provide good online services, at modest cost.…Continue
Are webinars a way forward to better communicating?
Started by Joe Taylor. Last reply by Sue Barsby Jan 18. 1 Reply 1 Like
The online discussion we had a while back on Your Square Mile went well I thought. Can we take this a step further with webinars? NatCAN are trying out the idea with a series of three on the topic…Continue
Big Society
Started by peterstannack. Last reply by Jeff Mowatt Dec 22, 2011. 11 Replies 0 Likes
My experience of community"work" is non existent, so I may be blundering here, but I wonder whether the debate about the Big Society is pre-framed. maybe we need to re-purpose our communities. This…Continue
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