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Perry Common Community Hall Re-opens
Above are a few photos from yesterday's open of the the newly refurbished and Community Asset Transferred Perry Common Community Hall. We also have some video which we'll share as soon as we've done some work on it. Thoroughly enjoyable afternoon following on from a...
Karen Cheney on lessons from the Community Asset Transfer Development Programme in Birmingham
Karen Cheney has been the co-ordinator of the Community Asset Transfer Development Programme as part of her job as Senior Manager - Community Empowerment Projects Lead in the Neighbourhood and Communities Team of Birmingham City Council - Constituency Services. ...
Bret Willers, Hall Green Constituency Director, reflects on community asset transfer
Bret Willers is the Constituency Director for Hall Green in Birmingham, he's been involved with the community asset transfer development programme as an advisor, constructive challenge and with an interest in assets may be used differently in his part of the city....
Roger Lloyd – senior lawyer at Birmingham City Council talks about his experience of Community Asset Transfer
Roger Lloyd is the Head of Regeneration and Property Law for Birmingham City Council Legal Services. Click below to listen to his thought on lesson from the Community Asset Transfer Development programme....
Structured Dialogue, a technique used to improve relationships and learning
Structured dialogue is a technique used by the Chamberlain Forum to encourage open conversation between different partners during the Community Asset Transfer process and this film explains some of the principles behind it. You can find out more on the Chamberlain...
Progress at Perry Common – the walls are up
Walls and roof go up and on.
Bhajan Hunjan talks about the art work created by her for Norton Hall
Bhajan Hunjan and Said Adrus have created a work of art from nearly 60 objects given to them by the people who work in and use Norton Hall. Here Bhajan installs the work and talks about the idea.
Firuz Ali and Lesley Steele on Community Asset Transfer in Birmingham
Firuz Ali of Urban Design at Birmingham City Council and Lesley Steele of the council run Birmingham Property Services talk about their involvement in the Community Asset Transfer Development Programme in Birmingham: Firuz and Lesley reflect on their roles as project...
Iftikar Karim on Norton Hall and Community Asset Transfer
Iftikar Karim has been involved with Asset Transfer since 2002. As a board member of Norton Hall Children and Family Centre he has helped the organisation navigate taking on a 50 year lease of their building from Birmingham City Council and then undergo a £250,00...