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Our Society A timeline
There are a lot of networks, toolkits and people who want to
help build aBig Society. Many have very specific objectives or
advocate a particular meansof achieving community benefit.
Our Society is different
We formed Our Society in July 2010, not to duplicate existing
work, but to network the existing networksand signpost people to a
wide range of tools, options, resources and support. We aim to
maintain construct-ive relationships with all who are seeking to
promote social action. We work to connect people and
organisa-tions, and help communities take real power over their
lives. We are an independent, voluntary network, withmembers from a
wide range of backgrounds and organisations across the UK and
beyond.
Our Society grew out of Big Society in the North. We wanted to
acknowledge that, in our society, local socialaction is already
taking place in communities of place, cause, identity and interest
across the country. Wewanted also to broaden the classification of
communities to include online or digital communities.
We are a network for honest exchange of resources and ideas,
grounded in and focused on real communities.We have acted as a
critical friend (or friendly critic) to those involved in promoting
the Big Society ideas, andprovided a sounding board on much of the
associated activity.
We have also:
Run five of our own events -o Big Society in the North in
Sheffield on 27July 2010, attended by 100 peopleo 21st Century
Community Organisers on 21 September 2010, for 20 people in
Sheffield
o Big Society: Equalities & Social Justice Manchester, 8
December 2010, attended by 40 people(in association with CDX)
o Co-design Our Society 20 January 2011 in Leeds, attended by 50
peopleo A Big Society Reality Check, held in London on 31 March for
40 people
Set-up an on-line Big Society ideas forum which generated 51
ideas for developing our societies
Established an open and inclusive Ning platform
www.oursociety.org.uko With 467 members (as at 30/3/10)
o
25 discussion groupso 85 forum topics
o 48 blog postso A calendar listing 143 local Big Society
related events
o A national map of projects and local maps of projects in
Dudley
Social action. Honest exchange. Grounded learning.
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o Spoken at numerous workshops and conferenceso @oursocietyuk on
Twitter has 491 followers
o A presence on Facebook and media on YouTube and Flickro
Produced a book in eight minutes capturing the mood of the
o Co-design our society event
For more information contact Our Society which is co-ordinated
voluntarily by:
Sophie Ballinger 07970 154 810 [email protected]
@sospot
Emma Lees 0114 241 2760 [email protected]
@ladylowe
Julian Dobson 07545 874556 [email protected]
@juliandobson
John Popham 07802 781673 [email protected]
@johnpophamTanwir Rauf 07889 980554
[email protected]
Paul Webster 07876 743096 [email protected]
@watfordgap
David Wilcox 07970 621696 [email protected]
@davidwilcox
Big Society: some milestones
Over the last 12 months there have been a number of Big Society
related events, announcements, launchesand re-launches. Here are a
few of the key dates and events:
2010
31 March Big Society launched by David Cameron as a flagship
coalition policy31 March Big Society Network launched by Paul
Twivy, Nat Wei and David CameronApril Trials begin on models of
Participatory Budgeting9 June Communities First fund launched, to
lead your charity through a time of change
July Big Society in the North launched19 July Big Society bank
announced, which will draw on dormant bank accounts19 July Four
vanguard communities are announced to trial Big Society12 August
Public Service Mutuals launched in 16 locations5 October After
three events Big Society Network calls off planned town hall tour
series28 October The first 24 of the Local Enterprise Partnerships
announced3 December Big Society Network appoints Steve Moore as
Director11 December The Localism Bill is introduced in
Parliament
2011
3 February Liverpool City Council pulls out of being a Big
Society vanguard community
16 February National Citizenship Service announced to get 11,000
16yr olds volunteering19 February Locality announced to lead the
project to train 5000 Community Organisers25 March Your Square
Mile, led by Paul Twivy, launched in 16 local communities
(after local workshops during February)
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