Big Society: Fig leaf for cuts or opportunity for empowerment?

CDX event: West Midlands

Is the “Big Society” a fig leaf for public sector cuts, or an opportunity for ‘bottom-up’ community development and collective action?

In the morning you will hear about the current policy landscape, what a Big Society means for community development and what we can, and are, doing about it from the CDX Team.

The afternoon will include a presentation from Tamworth Borough Council, and you will get to explore Big Society in the West Midlands with RAWM, Every Voice Counts and the Empowerment Partnership.

Who should attend:

• Community development practitioners
• Community activists, organisers and volunteers
• Policy-makers
• Elected members
• Anyone working with the voluntary and community sector
• Public sector workers & managers working in a range of settings including health, housing, regeneration, environment, with young people and BME groups

Visit the event website [external].