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Co‐Production in Neighbourhoods: the Neighbourhood Equity Model
This is new report on co-production in Birmingham's neighbourhoods which proposes a Neighbourhood Equity Model. (Download as a pdf here). The Model argues that if government works to help communities empower themselves through taking on commissions to provide...
Theresa McIlkenny, Director, Norton Hall – “…this place is life changing”
Theresa Mcilkenny recently became a director at Norton hall after years benefiting from the services it provides for her and her son. Here she shares her thoughts on why community run places have particular strengths… Becoming a director seemed like a natural...
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...
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...
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...
Nick Booth from Podnosh talks about his role as facilitator on the Community Asset Transfer programme
Nick Booth from Podnosh talks about his role as facilitator on the Community Asset Transfer programme. Nick was asked to start this website to capture the story of the community asset transfer transfer programme and record the learning journey of both officers and...
Norton Hall Nursery Workers
At the heart of what Norton Hall does is provide childcare for their local community. It helps the children learn and frees up parents to work or study. Here three of the staff talk about what it means to work at Norton Hall.