Hosted by the Fayre Share Foundation and Faiths Forum for London, this event will look back to last summer's riots and consider prospects for London's young people. Participants include the Mayor of London, the Bishop of Southwark, and Kids Company founder, Camila Batmanghelidjh.
This free event is orgamised jointly by JUST West Yorkshire, Runnymede Trust, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. It will critique the Big Society and attempt to suggest solutions in the context of the challenges currently facing British society. It will also launch 'The BIg Society: the Big Divide' .
Marking the 30th anniversary of Christian Ecology Link (CEL), the keynote speakers are Jonathon Porritt, Founder of Forum for the Future and Tim Gorringe, Professor of Theology at Exeter University.
See CEL website for more details of this Bristol based conference. Only £15 for non-CEL members (or £10 before end of January) www.christian-ecology.org.uk
Passionate about the impact of working with local communities to discover and find solutions to local need, The Trussell Trust has launched several practical and innovative projects in partnership with local communities since its foundation in 1997.
Community Matters has launched an online assessment tool to help groups demonstrate their social, economic and environmental impact. YourValue!site went live 8 November 2011. It can be found at www.communitymatters.org.uk/yourvalue.
