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Defend Improve Public Services! »
Appalled by the effect of cuts on your community? But you want to improve public services, not defend them? I was speaking to one of Birmingham’s genuine social entrepreneurs yesterday. He was telling me about his experience of making his voice heard in relation to cuts in public services. The cuts are having a real [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Co-operative Council »
Chamberlain Forum and others are working to develop and test an approach to the ‘co-operative council’ in Birmingham. We aim to work out how the Council can act cooperatively for the benefit of the city and working to recognisable co-op principles: Inclusive Democratically Controlled Participative Acting for the Sustainable Benefit of the Community Independent and [...]
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. [...]
Neighbourhood Timebanks, Carrs Lane – Tuesday 10 July »
Making the most of what we have – the skills and time of residents – to make life better. That’s the object of neighbourhood timebanking. Chamberlain Forum is looking to support the development of neighbourhood timebanks as part of its Communities Managing Change project supported by Barrow Cadbury Trust. Representatives of neighbourhood groups and others [...]
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