10 - 11 March, 2008
Trafford Hall,
Ince Lane,
Wimbolds Trafford,
Chester, CH2 4JP
Community engagement is hot on the policy agenda. But the promotion of community action continues to raise a huge number of questions for people working in neighbourhoods, for policy makers, for politicians, and for residents themselves: Is it patronising residents to talk of community self-help? What legitimacy do community representatives have? What stimulates people to get involved? Does it matter that only a minority are involved? What is the relevance of community given a fast changing society? How can participatory democracy and representative democracy work together? How can we promote engagement? What relevance and value does small-scale community activity have?
This exciting seminar event offers some answers to these questions, a chance to debate the issue, see what others have done, and develop new policy and practice ideas.
This is a sister event to the launch event being held in London on March 12th and is aimed at practitioners. Discussions and feedback from this event will be taken to the London event and shared with policymakers and academics.
Day delegate places are free of charge. However evening meal and overnight accommodation prices, together with further information about the event, are provided in the event flyer which is available for download via the link below:
To book a place, please contact Chris Locker at Trafford Hall: c.locker@traffordhall.com, tel: +44(0)1244 301513.