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Jam and Justice Treasure Hunt 26 March – free event with University of Manchester

March 18, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

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The Jam and Justice co-production “treasure hunt” is a day when we will go out and about in Greater Manchester meeting with community actors in their own spaces and localities, rather than having presenters come to us. Our hope is that – just like a treasure hunt – we will actively go looking for ideas and learning, piecing together clues, and getting to know our fellow treasure-hunters along the way.

In the morning you will choose between visiting:

Inspiring Communities in Salford are the legacy organisation of Salford’s New Deal for Communities. A decade on from the end of that multi-million pound programme, Inspiring Communities operates as a community anchor and charity on a fraction of the turnover of the NDC. In many ways the activities they run have more impact on the everyday lives of local people. At the same time, while they deliver services to the local community, their independent governance means their relationship with public sector agencies is based on negotiation rather than delegation.
Leigh Neighbours in Wigan is the resident-led partnership responsible for Big Local in Leigh West, Wigan. The lottery-funded Big Local programme has provided £1m for Leigh Neighbours to spend or invest over ten years and Leigh Neighbours are using the money to take action on wide-ranging priorities set by the local community from improving the environment, to tackling poor quality private-rented housing. As a resident-led group, with only featherlight support from paid staff, Leigh Neighbours have set similar objectives to those of public agencies but they way the operate is very different.
Bluesci in Trafford are a mental health and wellbeing service based in Trafford. The services they run are funded by small grants and larger-scale commissions from the local NHS. Although the services they deliver vary greatly, the common principle is that they are all collaborations between professionals, volunteers, and services users, and staff are seen as “companions or fellow travellers rather than experts”.

Jam and Justice is a social innovation and research programme in Greater Manchester which aims to co-produce, test, and learn from new ways of governing cities. You can read more about the research here https://jamandjustice-rjc.org/about-jam-and-justice

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Neighbourhood approaches to public services: research and event to mark 10 years of the NANM

May 16, 2018 by admin Leave a Comment

Images clockwise from top right: Bradford MBC, Roger Bunting (Flickr), Nick Richards (Flickr), Wikimedia commons, and James Clarke (Flickr)

Are you involved in a neighbourhood or locality approaches to local public services?  This could be as a public sector employee, elected Member, volunteer, or community worker.

To mark our 10th anniversary we are conducting an important piece of research to build up a picture of neighbourhood or locality approaches across England in 2018 – where it being used, what models are in place, and what factors are likely to affect its future.

The research involves a survey which we hope you can contribute to. If you have not yet completed it, please take part here >>  https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NANM2018

The survey results will be triangulated with a literature review of the evolution of neighbourhood approaches to date, and horizon-scanning of what is emerging around neighbourhoods and localism, in the UK and further afield.  The finished research will be made openly available and we hope it will provide a valuable tool for those directly involved in delivering or managing neighbourhood approaches, as well as policy-makers and research in local public services and localism.

The research will be published at a free-to-attend national event we are hosting from 10-4 on Thursday 5 July 2018 at the Whitechapel Ideastore, London.

Book you place here.

You can keep in touch with further news on this research and the July event by joining our mailing list using the sign-up form on this page.

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Our “Spotlight on Communities” event – 27 January 2017

February 8, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment

Access all the presentations from the day here on our post-event resources page HERE.

For us events are about the power of making connections – between the people in the room, between like-minded groups and networks – and within local communities.

Access all the presentations from the day here on our post-event resources page HERE.

Some call these ‘intentional networks’ – created through personal relationships, not structure charts – and for specific purposes as well as mutual support and professional development. Almost everyone among the seventy-five people in the room knew at least one other person, some knew many more.  A few discovered connections with people they initially thought were strangers.

Interests and goals overlapped.  The common thread was enabling individual citizens to have more influence over their neighbourhoods regardless of income, social status, skills, or confidence.

Real-life examples were shared from York the hosts, plus Barnsley, Wakefield, Durham, and Bradford.  The fact these places are relatively close made examples seem more relevant.

Most shared the view that these ways of working need human and financial resources to happen, but in today’s financial climate that requires strong arguments to budget holders and funders – based on hard, compelling evidence.  Experiences on this score were listened to with interest.

Many also shared the view that this is about more than minor adjustments to ways of working but something bigger, and more radical – a new mindset about how local amenities and services are controlled and delivered – and about the relationship between citizens and local government.

The day left us tired but inspired – and as ever, it sparked as many new questions as were answered – around demonstrating social value, partnerships with volunteers, sharing power, sharing budgets… 

The risk, is that conversations ends just as they start to get somewhere.  The true measure of success for days like this is whether we can find ways for those who took part to pick up the conversation another time, move forward, and draw new people and networks in.

So our final question is – who wants to host the next stage of this conversation?

To find out more about the event or help us plan another just drop a line to ben@neighbourhoodmanagement.net

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The State of Neighbourhood and Locality Working

May 23, 2016 by ben Leave a Comment

Full Agenda June 14 2016

Don't Stop BelievingOn Tuesday 14 June in Birmingham we are gathering professionals and community volunteers to take stock of The State of Neighbourhood and Locality Working. The response to this free event has already been fantastic and it is almost fully booked. We hope this reflects the enthusiasm people have to take stock with others working in similar ways across England, to find out how everyone else is demonstrating value, sharing innovation, and dealing with the pressures of spending cuts

We know those working in neighbourhoods and locality teams are often involved in some of the most important areas of public service innovation.

But they are also under greater pressure than ever to demonstrate impact and defend your approach.  At this one day open space event we hope to help share as many examples as possible of current practice and responses to these pressures. We have already got some great contributions:

  • How neighbourhood and locality teams can demonstrate their impact using technology like ‘Impact Apps‘
  • Different models of collaboration with communities- like Community Councils in London and Place Management in Birmingham
  • Contributing to wider community aims – such as helping schools engage locally, or working with the Police to prevent re-offending

There will also be skills and techniques workshops on:

  • defining and measuring outcomes and using theories of change
  • using simple tools for mapping community relationships and assets, and
  • creating digital stories of impact using everyday technology.

The aim is to share experiences, connect (or reconnect) practitioners in this unique area of public services. and build a national picture of impact of neighbourhood and locality working.

If you want to come then reserve a place now on our Eventbrite booking page – and if you cannot make it then watch this space for updates and more information about how to get involved.

Stay in touch,

The NANM team

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Giving Time event – presentations and resources now available

November 27, 2015 by ben Leave a Comment

 

Presentations, resources, and links to information from our Giving Time event on 19 November 2015 in Birmingham are now available.  CLICK HERE to read and download.

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