Citizens With Citizens’ Rights: The Social Model of Disability »
Mark Lynes of Birmingham Disability Support Network explains the Social Model of Disability and that disabled people are citizens with rights and responsibilities to get involved in decisions that affect them and the neighbourhoods where they live.
Co-producing Handsworth »
Itabarica Napthali of the Haile Selassie I Peace Foundation talks about the services his group provides to the community and the faith that underpins them. Understanding the culture of different communities that share neighbourhoods like Handsworth in Birmingham is the key to serving those neighbourhoods effectively.
Community organising: women acting in today’s society »
Anita Guy and members of Birmingham and Black County women’s network Women Acting in Today’s Society (WAITS) talk about Community Organising and the need for networks.
Who’s Been Commissioning Public Services in Bordesley Green? »
Margaret Bannon of Bordesley Green Neighbourhood Forum talks about how Neighbourhood Performance Reward Grant enabled residents to become the commissioners of public services in Bordesley Green, Birmingham. Hannah Worth of Chamberlain Forum assisted Digbeth Trust in the development of Birmingham City Council’s NPRG scheme.
It’s About Respect… »
Saaed ul-Haque of Lozells Neighbourhood Forum in inner city Birmingham explains why and how public services need to listen to residents. It’s about respect… it’s also about public services doing an effective job. We interviewed Saeed as part of the work setting up Life in Lozells – a community website that aims to help local people tell ‘true stories’ from the neighbourhood.
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…
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