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[Spaghetti Gazetti] Spaghetti Gazetti: Active Citizenship Fund and Social Enterprise ...: I am the Information and Marketing Manager at Birmingham Disability Resource Centre where I am also carrying out oral history research into the history of the Centre at Bierton Road, Yardley. I operate a text to audio transcription service and alongside my colleague Ray Gormley produce oral history products under the banner of Talking History.

[Apps for Good - powered by CDI] Doers VII: We Share Stuff, Podnosh and Talk About Local « Apps for ...: The training We Share Stuff provides is still in the pilot phase, but Stuart told me that they are currently looking at different future projects working with youth services to explore the capabilities of social media engagement.

[Be Birmingham News] Be Birmingham | Latest News for Birmingham | Strengthening ...: Small grants are available for grassroots organisations from Birmingham’s most disadvantaged neighbourhoods to create opportunities for communities to make a difference, and ensure that local people have the tools they need to get involved.

[Podnosh » Blog] Who's coming to the Birmingham Social Media Surgery, BAD08 | Podnosh: [...] And one of the pleasant surprises this year has been the emphasis that bloggers are placing on the action part of Blog Action Day. (Try a Google Blog Search on “blog action day” to see what I mean.)From Skelliewag’s suggestions of 30 Simple Ways to Battle Poverty with Technology for Internet users, to the group of Podnosh bloggers who offered free one-on-one social media tutoring to voluntary and community groups in their home city, to an international Design for Poverty Contest at Yanko Design web magazine ”” the sheer variety of initiatives is inspiring. 

[Mohammed Abbasi] Preventing violent extremism in Britain « Mohammed Abbasi: The way local authorities have been looking at this, they’ve had their heads buried in the sand more than the Muslim communities ”¦ They don’t realise we are at war in Afghanistan, we are at war in Iraq, and that we have got a war in our streets, in the UK.” Qadir said he had run out of patience with those who complained that Prevent was aimed too squarely at Muslims. “If you’re going to look at Prevent and say immediately, ”˜This is all about me and my faith,’ then quite frankly, and this is where a lot of people don’t like me for saying this, well, yeah, actually, it is,” he said.

[JRF - Latest Publications] Changing neighbourhoods: The impact of 'light touch' support in 20 ...: But many communities do have these strong bonding ties already. What they lack is the 'bridging' social capital that builds ties across social groups/communities, both within a neighbourhood and between neighbourhoods. .... Light touch support needs therefore to be part of a more comprehensive community development strategy which underpins public sector commitments to active citizenship, community engagement and empowerment, and partnership between communities and public ...

[Talk About Local] Talk About Local » Talk About Local - training thousands of people ...: Talk About Local - training thousands of people to set up community websites in their neighbourhood ”¦ a project to help neighbourhoods take advantage of social networking (tags: neighbourhoods social.media social.networking .Would be really happy to help with this - I run a political literacy project called Youth Act at the Citizenship Foundation that trains young people to get involved in their local communities by campaigning on issues of interest so we might be able .

[Podnosh » Blog] Communities in Control: real people, real media. | Podnosh: The fledgling North Birmingham Social Enterprise is interested in using social media for adult training, slightly off topic but without doubt they understand there is a strong bond between communities, empowerment and using social media .One other key example is not directly to do with active citizenship or neighbourhoods but proves a brilliant point.

[Resident University] The Resident University - 26th and 27th March | Resident University: Find out how you can use social media to get your voice heard online, and help tackle real problems.  Become more confident about how you can use different forms of social media - from blogs and podcasting, to video and social networking and hear how other residents and community groups are using them.  Get help to set up your own blog / website / twitter account, and experiment with what you can do.

[Podnosh » Blog] From paint balling to leadership - the Grassroots Channel on TYGA ...: TYGA is a youth group in Balsall Heath in Birmingham which began with fun and conversation and yet in just over a year has raised thousands for charity through a 500 mile bike ride, travelled to Pakistan to help with earthquake relief and started a regular street clean-up in their own neighbourhood. Sue Beardsmore talks to Kamran Fazil about the next steps for TYGA –

[BBC Blog Network] BBC - Nick Bryant's Australia: Pauline Hanson says farewell: A few messages allude to the Asian populace here in the UK yet the British Empire arguably "swamped" the Indian subcontinent at the time of the British Raj (if not numerically, certainly by an attempted imposition of British culture at the time). Despite the resultant influences and legacy, few would argue that the culture of the Indian subcontinent has been lost - especially when folks coming from that same region are being held up as examples of a foreign culture that doesn't integrate!

[Laughter Matters] Laughter Matters » Blog Archive » Relationship Study - WARNING ...: The Cabinet Office has invested in the setting-up of a Social Exclusion Unit “to lead on the problems of damaged young people in poor neighbourhoods”. Eighteen policy action teams will contribute to a national strategy for neighbourhood renewal after the Government report ”˜Bringing Britain Together’

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