Time, health and community »

Time, health and community

‘The part can never be well unless the whole is well’ – Plato Timebanks take various forms, but it is arguable that all timebanks take a coproduction approach, intentionally or otherwise. They facilitate the efficient transfer of resources – time, skills, physical assets like meeting spaces, etc. – with the ultimate goal of producing positive [...]

February 1, 2011 | Posted in Claire Spencer | Read More »

Chamberlain Forum Manifesto Review: Part II – Communities and mutualism »

Chamberlain Forum Manifesto Review: Part II – Communities and mutualism

In the second of this two-part series on the main party manifestos, we are going to look more specifically at what provision they make for community groups, community networks and the third sector. First is the most ambitious and high-profile of the related policies – the Conservative Party’s Big Society idea.  Earlier today, Michael Gove [...]

May 4, 2010 | Posted in Claire Spencer,Opinion | Read More »

What We Do

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.

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