Look at the Laws of Your Community »
What are the rules of ‘belonging’ round your way? The places we live, the places we work and the places we spend our free time – there are unwritten rules that apply in each. Rule number 1 in most places is that we tend not to talk about them. Perhaps that’s why we ridicule those [...]
19 Years On: Mrs Thatcher and our Social Capital »
‘Ladies and Gentlemen, we’re leaving Downing Street for the last time… We’re very happy that we leave the United Kingdom in a very,very much better state than when we came here eleven and a half years ago’ so said an emotional Margaret Thatcher, this day 19 years ago. The ‘grey men’ had done their business; [...]
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 [...]
Do We Need ‘Gangbos’ or Morals (and People Who Aren’t Afraid to Use Them)? »
The Crime & Security Bill could be the 36th piece of criminal justice law passed in the UK since 1997 . Included in the Bill are yet more measures aimed at controlling the behaviour of young people. In particular what the press have dubbed ‘gangbos’: civil injunctions that will dictate what colour clothes young people [...]
Your Neighbourhood: ‘Thriving’, ‘Striving’, ‘Dependent’ or ‘Failing’? »
Is your neighbourhood the sort of place residents love? Do local people think they can influence decisions affecting it? The answers to those questions – asked as part of the Places Survey – give an insight into whether neighbourhoods are thriving or failing; improving or in decline.
Chamberlain Forum has looked at responses to the two [...]
Resident University: Influence Local Decisions »
Do you know the difference between an MP and a Councillor? What about a PCT and a Foundation Hospital; or an OCU and a ACC? And how are they all accountable to you? How does your local influencing know-how measure up? And what about your skills and your tactics for influencing? Birmingham’s Resident University moves on [...]
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