Co-producing Handsworth »

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.

January 11, 2010 | Posted in Videos | Read More »

Joining Up Citizens that Care »

Joining Up Citizens that Care

Blogging on news of the launch of the Civic Society’s Street Pride campaign for 2010, Kevin Harris makes a really good point about the need to join up the various initiatives that aim to encourage communities to care for their streets.  I’d add ‘public open spaces’ as well: in Birmingham we have the excellent BOSF [...]

October 30, 2009 | Posted in Opinion,Paul Slatter | 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.
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