July 2010 – Community Asset Transfer in Birmingham

Just get it done.

A short video from the Asset Transfer Unit on their site Building Community – one which describes the essence of community driven change – the desire to just get it done. Of course a lot of the lessons found on this site and others show that getting things done might be the driver – but […]

Stevie Prior, Director of Norton Hall, on Community Asset Transfer

Interview at the Norton hall open day on July 11th 2010, Stevie Prior is the Norton Hall director who’s been involved in much of the negotiation over Community Asset Transfer. Here’s a sumary of her thoughts.. “Delighted to have got to this stage, it’s been an “interesting process” and very useful “learning curve” there has […]

Norton Hall Mums, Shazia and Shabnam

Two Norton Hall mums, Shazia and Shabnam share their thoughts on Norton Hall, what it means to them and their families and the “new look”. This short interview is a measure of how deeply people value this community lead place.

Norton Hall Open Day

Norton Hall open day on July 11th 2010 was a wonderful opportunity for the community to see round the new work on the building and remind themselves of why they value the place. This short film has contributions from Councillors, residents and the team at Norton Hall.

Paul Slatter, Director of Chamberlain Forum

Paul Slatter is the director of Chamberlain forum and has been involved in a number of ways to bring the parties together. Facilitating sessions and using a technique called structured dialogue method, which as the name suggests is a structured way of approaching a dialogue between 2 sides of an issue. For more information on […]