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Started this discussion. Last reply by Phil Wilson Jul 8, 2011. 19 Replies 0 Likes
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John Farrar replied to David Wilcox's discussion Community organising resources in the group Community Organising
David Wilcox replied to Emma Lees's discussion Time to move Our Society forward?"Thanks Emma - great idea. Just connecting with (but not pushing:-) stuff I'm doing
1. I've just posted a piece, by invitation, on the prestigious Slugger O'Toole site about the community assets game Drew and I are developing. We are…"
Mark Parker replied to David Wilcox's discussion Community organising resources in the group Community Organising"Hi John - I completed an MA in Community Organising at QMUL last year, so happy to chat if I can be of any help. Message me from my profile here, if you like.
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John Farrar replied to David Wilcox's discussion Community organising resources in the group Community Organising"I am currently trying to do my MA dissertation on this subject with a focus on poorer communities , I fear that these will be abandoned by the reduction of the state and an inability to particiapte in aspects of the big society so thanks for…"
David Wilcox replied to Emma Lees's discussion Nesta, hyperlocal and communities"The Media Trust have now launched their new site for Newsnet, and I've posted some thoughts here on my blog, with a question about values on the Newsnet blog
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David Wilcox replied to Emma Lees's discussion Nesta, hyperlocal and communities"As I mentioned above, I had the chance of a chat about the programme in NESTA with Jon Kingsbury earlier (well, Jon bought me a coffee over the road. I don't think that constitutes undue influence on my impatiality:-). Overall I still think…"
David Wilcox replied to Emma Lees's discussion Nesta, hyperlocal and communities"Thanks Will for deeper background on this - and I can certainly endorse strongly the events and all other activities of Talk About Local I've seen in the past. If there's scope for an alliance and/or convening of digital hyperlocalists TAL…"
David Wilcox replied to julian dobson's discussion The future of Ning and making networks work"Hi Jess - I too would be interested in how you are finding Ning management. It takes some effort to facilitate - so congratulations on Meanwhile. Can we keep them all going? We are reviewing Social by Social"
David Wilcox replied to Emma Lees's discussion Nesta, hyperlocal and communities"There may be problems with some of the links in the opening post, so here they are for easy reference
Innovation agency NESTA announces hyperlocal media research and funding - my blog post with news of the programme
Call for strategic…"
David Wilcox replied to Emma Lees's discussion Nesta, hyperlocal and communities"Thanks Emma for referencing my posts and getting this discussion going. I dug out some details from the NESTA call for partners, and posted here.
Pol: From the NESTA info, the £50K is a requirement of in-kind support that strategic…"
David Wilcox commented on Matthew's blog post 'Beyond the Big Society - Psychological Foundations of Active Citizenship' - new report published"Thanks Matthew. I've just blogged a piece over here. "
Jeff Mowatt commented on David Wilcox's blog post Ideas from an exploration of People Powered Change"For us, the only access to community development resources comes from SW Acre networks, in the form of Gloucestershire Rural Community Council, a charity which mentors our local parish and community plans.
Perhaps it's the low population…"
David Wilcox commented on John Popham's group People Powered Change"I've just posted an update on the exploration of People Powered Change that John Popham, Drew Mackie and I have been doing for BIG. http://oursociety.org.uk/profiles/blogs/ideas-from-an-exploration-of-people-powered-change"
David Wilcox posted a blog postIdeas from an exploration of People Powered Change
Over the past three months John Popham, Drew Mackie and I have working with the Big Lottery Fund to help develop ideas around People Powered Change - an initiative that BIG launched in March this year. You can see earlier discussion in the group here. I've just posted this update…See More
Jeff Mowatt commented on David Wilcox's blog post Transition gives us the best of ingredients for networking"I'd made contact with Transition locally a couple of years ago when introducing our presentations on Economics in Transition in Sumy.
A few months ago, I noted a shift in the emphasis on peak oil and climate change toward localism and social…"
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Ideas from an exploration of People Powered Change
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 11:13 1 Comment 0 Likes
Over the past three months John Popham, Drew Mackie and I have working with the Big Lottery Fund to help develop ideas around People Powered Change - an initiative that BIG launched in March this year. You can see earlier discussion in the group here. I've just posted this update…
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Posted on October 27, 2011 at 16:27 1 Comment 0 Likes
I've just posted this over on socialreporters.net, where John Popham and I are helping the Big Lottery Fund explore the future of their People Powered Change initiative as a networked space for local projects and national partners to share experience and learn from each other.
Among networks that help local projects share experience, with support but not dominance from…
NALC campaigns for local London councils
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 12:51 0 Comments 2 Likes
It's a good time to talk about local democracy - whether the type you vote for, the type you get involved in, or both - and so I'm looking forward to the Create a Council event in London tomorrow evening.
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) - which represents parish and town councils - argues that that "if local people are elected by their community to influence and make… Continue
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) - which represents parish and town councils - argues that that "if local people are elected by their community to influence and make… Continue
Add your views and ideas on how to strength communities
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 17:48 4 Comments 0 Likes
Next week there's another chance to engage with researchers looking into how community groups and activists can achieve their aims in today's hard times.
The Third Sector Research Centre is running a live online discussion in the evening of October 19 with a panel from our sister online community, the National Community Activists Network. There's a summary of an earlier online discussion…
Comment Wall (10 comments)
- At 21:44 on May 23, 2011,
Joe Taylor said… Cheers David
Good talking to you today
- At 19:03 on April 27, 2011,
Phil Green said… - Hi David, hoping you might be interested to join Visual Camp group here on Our Society
- At 19:32 on April 11, 2011,
Mary Doyle said… David
Good to hear from you. Having taken early retirement from the DTA, now merged with bassac & called Locality. I'm only able to speak for the Bootstrap Company of which I'm chair see: www.bootstrapcompany.co.uk/. Big issue how can the cuts we are seeing be compatible with the Big Society or did I miss something...
Mary :-)
- At 10:00 on March 9, 2011,
Mandeep Hothi said… - thanks for the welcome David. I look forward to contributing!
- At 10:13 on March 1, 2011,
Alan Whistlecraft said… Hi David
Not really keen to post publicly about our dealings with YSM as we're still trying to do some work with them - they ain't easy to deal with. Suffice to say there's only one way of doing things, and surprisingly it's theirs.
Alan
- At 16:14 on January 31, 2011,
Viv Long-Ferguson said… - Hello you
- At 14:46 on January 26, 2011, Phil Green said…
Hi David, wondered if you'd be interested to join Our society international
Thanks for additions to Our sustainable society
- At 13:46 on December 10, 2010,
Nick Denys said… Hello David,
Thanks for the message. The ideas behind the "Our Society" concept look really good. Having a messy, bottom-up, evolutinary approach is the best way to deveolp good ideas. I will have a proper look around the site at the weekend.
Best wishes,
Nick
- At 12:54 on December 9, 2010,
Sophie Ballinger said… - Hi David & welcome to Our Society!
This network is in the early stages of development so we'd very much appreciate any comments or suggestions that you have. I've set up a Feedback Forum for this, so please do share your thoughts there.
You can read a bit more about Our Society and what we hope to achieve by having a read of our About Us page.
As a quick way to get the ball rolling, please feel free to say hello and tell us a bit about yourself in the "Who are you?" thread.
Thanks again for joining, please contact me if you have any problems, and do feel free to set up your own group or discussion - I'm happy to assist with either.
~ Soph
- At 14:01 on December 3, 2010, Sophie Ballinger said…
- Hi David, and welcome! :)
It's all looking a bit sparse for now, but I'll give you full admin rights - do make yourself at home...
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