Meet ‘The Ones to Watch’ at Chamberlain Forum »
Who could you meet at the Chamberlain Forum? If you’ve been attending Chamberlain Lectures over the past year or so, you would’ve met three out of Regen & Renewal magazine’s ‘10 to Watch in 2010′ for starters. And many more people spanning from grassroots activists to policy makers and opinion shapers…
Help Tell The Story on Public Policy »
The shortest path between a human being and the truth… is a story. So why do we ask people to fill in tick boxes to tell us how they feel? And why do so many councils and other public agencies write reports and consultation documents using words without much meaning? How about if we could find ways [...]
How Cabbages Could Grow Ladywood »
Chamberlain Forum has been working with Birmingham’s Ladywood Constituency to look at a local food programme for the area as part of its Grow it Eat It Move It Live It initiative. Growing and cooking food locally is a way of residents getting together that will help address some important local issues.
On the Trail of Community Treasure »
Dr Dick Atkinson of Balsall Heath Forum and Melissa Shervington of Engage/First Class Youth Network led the latest Chamberlain Lecture on Taking Part on Friday 16 October. The first lecture of the new Resident University series looked at how and why public services need residents involved. Dr Atkinson called for a ‘Total Neighbourhood’ approach based on the Total Place initiative being piloted in Birmingham and 11 other areas in the country. Melissa Shervington talked about the treasure locked up in communities and the need for public agencies to reach these assets if they want sustainable improvements in neighbourhoods – without spiralling public spending. Participants also discussed experience of participatory budgeting – including the Real Time Community Change programme in Birmingham.
Chamberlainfo Works Well With Firefox »
The new look Chamberlain Forum website is designed to work with a range of webbrowsers. We’ve mainly been using Mozilla Firefox in developing it.
There are all sorts of web browsers available for free. Usage figures from Wikipedia for September 2009 suggest that although Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is the most commonly used browser (it is distributed free [...]
Resident University 2009-11 »
Chamberlain Forum’s Resident University returns in the Autumn of 2009 with support from the Big Lottery Fund and BeBirmingham/ Birmingham City Council. The aim is to involve 1000 active citizens in learning more about how to make better neighbourhoods in the Second City. As well as hearing from high profile experts, the courses emphasise resident [...]
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