Thursday 12th July 2012, 9.30am – 1.30pm including lunch
King’s House Conference Centre, Sidney Street, Manchester M1 7HB
How can small community groups survive and thrive in the current climate of cuts? Can new partnerships and peer support help groups become more resilient in facing these challenges? Or do we … Continue reading
Help NatCAN and NCIA shape an event about community action this July. Do you have ideas about speakers, topics or even know of a venue in London we can use? Click here to read more and join the discussion (you need to register with NatCAN – just go to the NatCAN forum then click on … Continue reading
Unite is calling on voluntary sector members to share their experiences about cuts to services:
http://uniteforoursociety.org/your-experiences
Sally Kosky from Unite says: “We rely on our members to let us know where services are being attacked – it means we can campaign more effectively, and put our resources where they’re needed most.
“If you’ve seen funding … Continue reading
Read NCIA member Kevin Blowe’s blog on how a policy of community ‘resilience’ will stop people getting independent advice in Newham, east London.
Kevin writes: “Local advice agencies in Newham are launching a campaign, starting with a FaceBook page and online petition, to try and stop the destruction of advice work in the borough … Continue reading
Our mates over at NatCAN (National Community Activists Network) want some feedback on how they can best develop the network. There’s a short survey out which will take you about 2 minutes to fill in. You can get it here: http://bit.ly/Ax7A8R. Views are welcome from existing NatCAN members and from any of the rest … Continue reading
Join fellow activists along with NCIA’s Andy Benson and other speakers at the first National Community Activists Conference on 23 February 2012.
The conference runs from10am to 4pm at University of Central Lancashire in Preston. Find out more on the NatCAN website: http://nationalcan.ning.com/events/national-community-activists-conference
Guest Speakers include:
Calling all Unite members! There is a free training course on 20 – 22 February for activists and youth workers in community groups and voluntary organisations.
‘Working together to fight the cuts’ runs from midday Monday 20 February to midday Wednesday 22 February 2012. The course covers:
Occupy community groups and public services: a discussion to find a new space for community and voluntary action.
Tuesday December 13th 2pm to 4pm, Room 1.05, The Bank of Ideas, 29 Sun Street (near Liverpool Street station), London EC2M 2PS. Occupy London’s Bank of Ideas is a community occupation of an abandoned office … Continue reading
NatCAN invites you to take part in three webinars on supporting local groups and activists. See this link for more information: http://bit.ly/ruRlL3
Webinar 1: What is and isn’t working to help support local groups and individuals have a say?
Thursday 1 December at 7.30 pm
Matt Scott, Nick Beddow and Maxine Moar are on … Continue reading
NCIA is joining others to challenge the ‘big society’ view that we are ‘all in it together’ at a free conference in Manchester on 1 December 2011.
Come along if you’re an activist or part of a community group or small voluntary organisation in the north of England. See the programme or book your free … Continue reading