Taking Charge of Change conference

Taking Charge of Change

Thursday 17 May 2018, 9am-5pm, Priory Street Centre, York

Community First Yorkshire’s one-day conference brought the voluntary and community sector together across Yorkshire to hear from experts, share insights and new thinking, and explore action planning to take charge of change.

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Sharing ideas

Thought leaders shared insights on civil society, rural issues and social change, sparking discussion and debate.

Networking over lunch and in themed sessions enabled future sharing.

Voluntary sector partners advised on key issues affecting services and communities in workshops and partner huddles.

New ways of working together to tackle change were explored during our practical, themed workshop sessions. From funding and future proofing your organisation, to shaping community housing, buildings and businesses and tackling social isolation.

Presentations

Read extracts from presentations by our speakers:

Julia Unwin, Chair, Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society

The future of civil society in a changing world

Crispin Truman, Chief Executive, Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE)

Sustainable rural communities: an agenda for change

Ben Cairns, Director, Institute for Voluntary Research Action (IVAR).

Flourishing in the face of change: strategies for survival

See the conference programme

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