Bristol Big Local spring event agenda
Tuesday 14 April 2015, 10.30am – 3.30pm
Bristol Zoo Gardens, The Clifton Pavilion, College Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 3HH
10.00
Arrival, hot drinks and breakfast
10.30
Welcome, get to know each other activity and update on Big Local
Debbie Ladds, chief executive, Local Trust
11.20
Workshops – choose which workshops you want to attend
11.30
Introduction to running community events
A fun and interactive workshop to introduce
you to the skills you need to run local festivals,
fundraisers and events which raise your public
profile.
Look at planning, programming and advertising
your community event – plus you’ll get an
opportunity to talk about your area’s own event
plans.
Big Worle Showbiz Choir – tuning into the
community
Worle Big Local, a village in North Somerset
has successfully brought lots of people
together through a community choir for all ages
and abilities.
The Big Worle Showbiz choir welcomes up to
75 people every week. The social aspect of the
choir is important and allows members to meet
new people as well as put on local concerts.
Talk Action is a training provider, delivering
courses for Big Local areas.
Jonathan Elliott, Talk Action
Clifton suite
12.15
Lunch
Yvonne Criddle and Philip Humphries, Worle
Big Local
Members room
What you can do to stop loan sharks?
What does a loan shark look like? Why do
people use loan sharks? How can you spot
loan shark activity and how do you report it?
The national Stop Loan Sharks Project has so
far secured more than 255 prosecutions for
activity related to illegal money lending leading
to prison sentences in excess of 165 years.
£40.3m worth of illegal debt has been written
off and more than 20,000 loan shark victims
have been helped.
Christopher Connor, England Illegal Money
Lending Team, Birmingham City Council
Council room
1.15
Community shares – raising funds and getting
your community on board
Community shares are an increasingly popular way
for community-based social enterprises to raise the
funds they need to get going and grow. Some
examples of groups that have used community
shares to raise some or all of the funds that they
need include community owned pubs, shops,
football clubs, community energy projects and even
a pier.
Jim has been advising social enterprises on using
community shares to raise funds for over 10 years.
This workshop is an opportunity to pick his brains
and hear some of their stories.
2.15
Working with educational institutes
Margolis wheel: the wisdom of groups
St. Peter’s and the Moors Big Local has been
working closely with the University of
Gloucestershire for two years. They are exploring
how university facilities can be used to support Big
Local as well as encouraging students to take part
in community-based activities. University students
have also used the links with Big Local to form part
of their learning, even gaining extra credits.
Everyone has knowledge and experience worth
sharing. The Margolis Wheel is a problem-solving
technique where people can help each other to
come up with solutions to the issues that they face.
You’ll also learn how to use this technique in your
own groups.
Find out how they came to work together, the
mutual benefits of their relationship and how you
might apply the lessons to your Big Local area.
Jim Brown, Community Shares Unit
Daniel Millin, St Peter's and the Moors Big Local,
David Manohar, University of Gloucestershire
Sarah Donohoe, The National Association for
Neighbourhood Management
Members room
Council room
Clifton suite
Working with local media
Taking ownership of a community hub
Reviewing your Big Local plan
This skills taster will provide you with an
introduction to working with local media.
Learn practical tips on getting your message
across, making use of social media and how to
write a press release. We’ll also discuss and unpick
as a group what makes a good story.
This year Par Bay Big Local set-up a new
organisation and now owns a building in the area
that will act as a hub for the local community.
How do you know Big Local is working in your
area? What do you need to know to plan what you
are going to do next? This is an opportunity to look
at what a plan review is and how you might go
about reviewing your Big Local plan.
Talk Action is a training provider, delivering courses
for Big Local areas.
While their building is still in the early stages of
refurbishment, this is an opportunity to hear about
their experience and learning from purchasing the
hub and setting up a new entity.
Find out how other Big Local areas have carried out
their reviews, share your experiences and hear from
Local Trust about what tools and help is available.
We will provide some guidance, as well as some
tips and practical suggestions to help you.
Matthew Davis, Talk Action
Doug Scrafton, Par Bay Big Local
Lawrence Weston Big Local
and Jayne Humm, Local Trust
Clifton suite
Members room
Council room
3.05
Afternoon tea and cakes
3.15
What next?
Debbie Ladds, chief executive, Local Trust
3.30
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