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Launch of Communities Managing Change Report – 6th June »

Join the Chamberlain Forum at Highbury Hall, for a new view of how resilience and wealth is made in neighbourhoods. Practical action that councils and community groups can take to build the city infrastructure of the future. Presentation and discussion of “Communities Managing Change” - Chamberlain Forum action research into: Localism Neighbourhood Planning Neighbourhood Hubs [...]

May 10, 2013 | Posted in Featured,News | Read More »

Cheaper Energy: Together »

With one in two families in some neighbourhoods struggling to pay fuel bills, Birmingham & Solihull Together promises cheaper bills by clubbing together. The scheme is open to anyone who lives in Birmingham or Solihull and – if you have your most recent gas and electric bills handy – it’s easy to check how much [...]

February 28, 2013 | Posted in Featured,News,Pictures | Read More »

Students make University – Community Links »

More than 20 students from University of Birmingham’s Geography department have been working in community groups and public services in Birmingham and Sandwell for the past six weeks in a programme organised with the Chamberlain Forum. The University of Birmingham Community Research Placement Programme is an option for high-flying final year geography students. This year, [...]

February 27, 2013 | Posted in Featured,News | Read More »

Community Rights Survey »

(image by Lorna Prescott from Dudley CVS, drawn at ‘Community Rights in the West Midlands’ on 26th November 2012) The Localism Act sets out a number of community rights that create the ability for community groups and voluntary organsiations to: lead the development of local plans, challenge the way services are delivered, and bid to [...]

December 3, 2012 | Posted in Featured | Read More »

24th October – Community First Event »

Chamberlain Forum is running a city-wide Community First networking event in Birmingham, on Wednesday 24th October, 6.00 – 7.30pm at St Martins Tea Room, in the Bullring (next to the market). The event is an opportunity to discuss and share: • Panel updates, achievements and challenges of year 1 and 2 • Requirements for developing [...]

October 18, 2012 | Posted in Featured | Read More »

Neighbourhood Networking – 26 September 2012 »

Neighbourhood Forums in Birmingham are invited to attend a briefing with Councillor John Cotton, City Council cabinet member for Social Cohesion and Equalities. The evening will include an update on City Council funding, news from Forums across the city and the launch of a new know-how guide and website for Forums produced by Chamberlain Forum. [...]

September 13, 2012 | Posted in Featured | 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.