Chamberlain Forum helps civil society and local authorities to coproduce better places to live. We are non-profit, politically independent and proudly based in Birmingham.

We organise Chamberlain Lectures featuring speakers including Prime Minister David Cameron. We also organise Resident University - a peer and shared learning programme for people who live and work in neighbourhoods.

We promote and develop community networks as social capital builders, including by supporting Community Network 4 Birmingham

We support action to strengthen local civil society including through: community asset transfers; neighbourhood websites; mediation and facilitation; training and business planning.

We organise action research into aspects of coproduction and are delivering an 18 month programme, Communities Managing Change, funded by Barrow Cadbury Trust.

Chamberlain Forum Limited acts as a consultancy delivering a wide range of 'thinking and doing' services for clients including local authorities, housing associations, development trusts, health and social care bodies, local strategic partnerships and voluntary and community groups.

«Who’s in the Council Chamber?»

Who’s in the Council Chamber?

A diverse group of 120 people will gather on Tuesday 22 May for the Annual General Meeting of Birmingham City Council. For some it will be their first time, but for others it will be a ritual with which they are very familiar. Looking around that group, gathered in the Council Chamber, it...

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Now FULLY BOOKED – Communities Managing Change Event

PLEASE NOTE - This event is now FULLY BOOKED. We will aim to get resources and information online...

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Green Deal Needs ‘Neighbourhood Gateways’

Social enterprises and enterprising voluntary groups could play a vital role in delivering the government's Green Deal policy to...

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Elections – Yes to Labour; No to Mayors

Yesterday’s elections saw Labour gain control of councils in towns and cities across the country including Dudley and Birmingham...

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Time to Trade?

What makes a country, a city or a community wealthy? Behind the statistics about Gross Domestic Product and...

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Something Needs to Change

Leadership is saying that, at this time, something needs to change. But, do we have the institutions and...

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News

Green Deal Needs ‘Neighbourhood Gateways’

Social enterprises and enterprising voluntary groups could play a vital role in delivering the government's Green Deal policy to help householders invest in energy efficiency. Work led by Localise West Midlands, iSE...

May 3, 2012 / More » Green Deal Needs ‘Neighbourhood Gateways’

Opinion

Inner – Outer City Split in Birmingham Mayor Vote

The ‘No’ vote given to a Directly Elected Mayor in Birmingham on May 3 was reflected in most wards across the city.  Only two – Ladywood and Edgbaston returned a majority of votes...

May 14, 2012 / More » Inner – Outer City Split in Birmingham Mayor Vote

Policy

Community Resilience and Self Help

Chamberlain Forum's 2011-12 programme focuses on Community Resilience and Self-Help....

Mar 19, 2012 / More » Community Resilience and Self Help

Resources

What’s Wrong With Efficiency?

Frederick Winslow Taylor, born in the mid‐19th century, was an engineer, one of the first management consultants and the intellectual leader of the ‘Efficiency Movement’ which held that inefficiency in industry and society...

May 20, 2012 / More » What’s Wrong With Efficiency?

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