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Whose knowledge matters? Invitation to a workshop on citizen contributions to spatial planning

Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 18:00 to 20:00
Anthony Burgess Foundation, Engine House Chorlton Mill 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester, M1 5BY

As community groups, campaigners and concerned citizens we have a lot to say about the plans that councils and developers have for where we live and work. But how good are the makers of plans, proposals and consultations at listening to, and hearing our voices and making effective use of the particular knowledge and experience that we can contribute?

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Realising Just Cities Conference 2018

Tuesday, November 6, 2018 - 09:00 to Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 17:00
SunSquare Cape Town City Bowl, 23 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town City Centre

The rapidly growing number of people moving into cities all over the world presents a challenge of unprecedented size. It is crucial to find ways to make urbanisation a source for wealth, health and sustainability – which is shared. Mistra Urban Futures arranges Annual Conferences about Realising Just Cities, which are hosted at their research platforms. 

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Post-doctoral early career workshop - Methodological Issues and Emotional Labour in Co-Produced Research

Tuesday, December 4, 2018 - 10:30 to Wednesday, December 5, 2018 - 13:00
The University of Sheffield

This workshop is jointly organised by the Sheffield Methods Institute and the Urban Institute

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UK Planning Research Conference - Roundtable Discussion

Monday, September 3, 2018 - 09:00 to Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - 17:00
University of Sheffield

On 3rd to 5th September the UK and Ireland Planning Research Conference 2018 comes to the University of Sheffield. The conference offers a chance for international researchers, students, and practitioners to share work and discuss key themes and trends in planning.

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Alternative Models of Ownership: risks and opportunities for the community-led housing movement

Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 18:00 to 20:30
Friends Meeting House (main hall), 6 Mount St, Manchester M2 5NS

 

Speakers:

•    Rebecca Long Bailey MP for Salford and Eccles
•    Stephen Hill, National CLT Network/UK Cohousing Network
•    Additional speakers to be confirmed

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Community Land Trusts: What, Why and How

Thursday, July 19, 2018 - 18:00 to 20:30
Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS

 

Speakers:
•    Tom Moore, University of Liverpool (Evaluation of the Urban Community Land Trust Project)
•    Marianne Heaslip, URBED, Granby 4 Streets and Homebaked
•    Rebecca Winson, New Economics Foundation

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Cohousing: potential and challenges

Thursday, June 21, 2018 - 18:00 to 20:30
The Mechanics Institute (main hall), 103 Princess Street, Manchester M1 6DD

 

Speakers:
•    Bill Phelps – Chapeltown Cohousing, Leeds
•    Maria Brenton – UK Cohousing Network / Older Women’s Cohousing Community

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Greater Manchester Housing Cooperatives: past, present and future

Thursday, April 26, 2018 - 18:00 to 20:30
Co-operatives UK, Hanover Street, Manchester M60 0AS

 

Speakers:
•    Hannah Berry, Homes for Change
•    Stephen Naylor, Co-operative Living Freehold Society

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Making Music, Making Communities

Friday, June 29, 2018 - 09:30 to 16:30
Seminar room G14, 9 Mappin Street, The University of Sheffield

Musical groups and organisations shape and are shaped by their localities in a plurality of ways, reaching in and through communities to achieve tangible and intangible impacts. This one-day symposium,  hosted by the Urban Institute and the Sheffield Performer and Audience Research Centre, brings together academic and practitioner networks from across the arts, humanities and social sciences to ask:

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Jam and Justice Discuss Devolution at Manchester Histories Festival

Monday, June 11, 2018 - 12:00 to 13:30
Manchester Central Library

Devolution promised to open up new opportunities for community engagement and empowerment, shifting power from Whitehall to the Townhall. One year on since the election of Andy Burnham as Mayor of Greater Manchester, Jam and Justice's Action Research Collective are hosting a debate in Manchester Central Library to discuss the changing horizons of collective decision-making in Greater Manchester. 

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