Community Lovers Tour of Birmingham
In January we launched the Birmingham edition of The Community Lovers Guide, 12 stories of of the ways volunteers, community and social enterprise are changing relationships in the city. – a simple...
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Community Lovers Tour of Birmingham: Tom Baker – Loaf
Loaf is the first of our stops today and the first thing you notice walking in is the smell – it’s delicious. The smell of bread breaking coupled with the warmth ovens and the mismatched furniture...
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Community Lovers Tour Of Birmingham: Emma Woolf – Friends Of Cotteridge Park
Cotteridge Park is the second stop with our guests from Holland and it was a beautiful day for a walk in Park, and weren’t the only ones to think so. We arrived to find Emma Woolf of Friends of...
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Community Lovers Tour of Birmingham: Nick Booth – Social Media Surgeries
The third and final stop with our guests was at the Central Birmingham Social Media Surgery. The surgery was in full swing by the time they arrived so Nick took them out onto the terrace to tell them...
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Links to some interesting things from this week.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee: World wide web needs bill of rights Join the fight for the web to be open for us all – see the BBC report. Our laws not theirs: Finland is crowdsourcing ideas for new laws and...
View Article#futureshift festival – notes from the day: Maurice Specht
Futureshift is designed to help civic activities and civic good flourish in Birmingham and the Black Country FutureShift has brought together a powerful mix of spaces, resources and investment for idea...
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#futureshift notes – Pam Warhurst, incredible edible.
Incredible Edible – if you eat you in (reminds me of the New Optimists Food futures here in Birmingham I missed the beginning so here are some lighter notes. This is not community development – it’s...
View ArticleStrategic Doing – has much of the ring of 21st century public service about it
Tessy Britton linked to an article on accelerating civic innovation through “Strategic Doing”. It reminds me greatly of her/the thinking behind the Civic Foundry she’s running here in Birmingham and...
View ArticleCommunity Lovers Tour of Birmingham
In January we launched the Birmingham edition of The Community Lovers Guide, 12 stories of of the ways volunteers, community and social enterprise are changing relationships in the city. – a simple...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Community Lovers Tour of Birmingham: Tom Baker – Loaf
Loaf is the first of our stops today and the first thing you notice walking in is the smell – it’s delicious. The smell of bread breaking coupled with the warmth ovens and the mismatched furniture...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Community Lovers Tour Of Birmingham: Emma Woolf – Friends Of Cotteridge Park
Cotteridge Park is the second stop with our guests from Holland and it was a beautiful day for a walk in Park, and weren’t the only ones to think so. We arrived to find Emma Woolf of Friends of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Community Lovers Tour of Birmingham: Nick Booth – Social Media Surgeries
The third and final stop with our guests was at the Central Birmingham Social Media Surgery. The surgery was in full swing by the time they arrived so Nick took them out onto the terrace to tell them...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Links to some interesting things from this week.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee: World wide web needs bill of rights Join the fight for the web to be open for us all – see the BBC report. Our laws not theirs: Finland is crowdsourcing ideas for new laws and...
View Article#futureshift festival – notes from the day: Maurice Specht
Futureshift is designed to help civic activities and civic good flourish in Birmingham and the Black Country FutureShift has brought together a powerful mix of spaces, resources and investment for idea...
View ArticleClik here to view.
#futureshift notes – Pam Warhurst, incredible edible.
Incredible Edible – if you eat you in (reminds me of the New Optimists Food futures here in Birmingham I missed the beginning so here are some lighter notes. This is not community development – it’s...
View ArticleStrategic Doing – has much of the ring of 21st century public service about it
Tessy Britton linked to an article on accelerating civic innovation through “Strategic Doing”. It reminds me greatly of her/the thinking behind the Civic Foundry she’s running here in Birmingham and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What is the loop of generosity?
I often use the phrase ‘loop of generosity’ to describe the good stuff I see happen in communities. It sits at the root of the most enjoyable work we get to do. But what is it? I think it is...
View ArticleCommunity Lovers Tour of Birmingham
In January we launched the Birmingham edition of The Community Lovers Guide, 12 stories of of the ways volunteers, community and social enterprise are changing relationships in the city. – a simple...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Community Lovers Tour of Birmingham: Tom Baker – Loaf
Loaf is the first of our stops today and the first thing you notice walking in is the smell – it’s delicious. The smell of bread breaking coupled with the warmth ovens and the mismatched furniture...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Community Lovers Tour Of Birmingham: Emma Woolf – Friends Of Cotteridge Park
Cotteridge Park is the second stop with our guests from Holland and it was a beautiful day for a walk in Park, and weren’t the only ones to think so. We arrived to find Emma Woolf of Friends of...
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