Archive for March, 2010

Training to use the website

Posted by nataliewynn on 24th March 2010

In the office working on the website

Today, Pauline and I are learning to use the new EVC website.   (more…)

Community Based Research

Posted by Andrew Brightwell on 18th March 2010
Iftikar Karim

Iftikar Karim

On Thursday afternoon we were in Wolverhampton, where we met with Iftikar Karim of ASAN who, with Mike Swain, has been delivering a fascinating project that’s working across the whole of the region. (more…)

Young People & Empowerment

Posted by Andrew Brightwell on 18th March 2010
Davina Goodchild

Davina Goodchild

Davina Goodchild of Youth Action Network is the delivery partner for the Young People and Empowerment project. (more…)

Disability & Empowerment

Posted by Andrew Brightwell on 17th March 2010
Joanna Matthews

Joanna Matthews

Today, on our round of monitoring meetings with Every Voice Counts delivery partners we met up with Joanna Matthews, who is the project manager for the Regional Disability Network West Midlands. (more…)

Rural Voices: Engaged Citizens

Posted by Andrew Brightwell on 16th March 2010
Perry Walker

Perry Walker

In the afternoon in Ledbury we met with Perry Walker, who works for the New Economics Foundation, to talk about his project, Rural Voices. As Perry explains in the interview, the project aimed to help citizens engage in a review of public services in the area. It’s a thought-provoking piece of work that has led Perry to some interesting observations.

[podcast]http://rawm.podnosh.com/files/2010/03/Perry-Walker-March-161.mp3[/podcast]

Rurality & Empowerment

Posted by Andrew Brightwell on 16th March 2010

Lorna Pearcey

Lorna Pearcey has been developing a community-led planning approach to help communities across the West Midlands region. Pauline Dutton and I met with Lorna in Community First‘s office in Hereford where she’s based to find out how things were going. (more…)

Every Voice Counts goes on the road – to Hereford

Posted by Andrew Brightwell on 15th March 2010

On Tuesday – and on Wednesday and Thursday – we’ll be out to find out about some of the projects that the Every Voice Counts Partnership is involved in. (more…)

Watch the Digital Inclusion Conference live

Posted by Andrew Brightwell on 1st March 2010

Just a reminder that on March 10 and 11 the Digitial Inclusion Conference takes place in London. Speakers at the event include Martha Lane Fox and minister for digital Britain, Stephen Timms MP. (more…)