For the past 5 months we have been pretty buried in a piece of research funded by DCLG via Locality which is all about the changes facing our local councillors with the shift in emphasis from central to local. Our challenge was to develop a guide for councillors and we have done this in the form of a blog http://inspiringdemocracy.wordpress.com/ - please check it out. It is full of practical ideas for councillors based on the issues…

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I've just picked this up from another online network (ABCD Europe): http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/wiltshire-assembly-conference-report-15-02-2012-people-powered-change.pdf

It's a lovely conference report outlining an asset based approach and commitments to change.

I was invited to a meeting in Children's Commissioning to talk about using Voice and Echo a couple of weeks ago. They are interested in using in with the Children's Trust Board and are talking about a Child Friendly format and bespoke training. They may well contact you!!

This morning I met with Sal and Jill from changes, along with a colleague, Jody, from Dudley Public Health, to discuss the evaluation of an asset based health improvement programme of work we are starting in Dudley. Jody and I have been keen to explore how useful DiCE (http://changesuk.net/resources/dice/) might be for this work.



Having previously met with Jill to explain this work, it was fantastic that Jill and Sal bought to the… Continue