our society for dudley arts council
DESCRIPTION
This presentation was used to introduce Our Society at the AGM of Dudley Arts Council at Stourbridge Town Hall on 14 December 2011. It is based on a presentation created by Sophie Ballinger and Emma Lees, I simply added some Dudley stuff!TRANSCRIPT
Who are we?
Supported by
@juliandobson
@johnpopham
@sospot
@dosticen@davidwilcox
@LadyLowe
@watfordgap
@philralph
How did we start?• Day 1: 1 blog post• Day 2: 4 people in a café• Day 4: Online forum launched• Day 12: 100 people attend event• July 2011: 20,000 web visits to online
forum• Today: 594 members
…all pretty much for free
Limited resources• Spend to date: approx £129 online
costs, travel, CDX support• Freebies: Venues & food, eventbrite,
logo/brand, goodwill…
From north focus to Our Society
• Started as Big Society in the North• Interest from Dudley, the South West
and other areas• Wanted to step away from and
challenge the Big Society label
Is Big Society a “dead parrot”?
I’m not an ex parrot!
Challenge: Identity v. ownership
• We are not an organisation• Individual opinion• Clear mission statement• Links to local networks• Save the baby!
Our Society in Dudley Borough
• LSP sign up• Our Society
Steering Group• Our Society
Planning Group• In job descriptions
and work plans
Our Society in Dudley Borough
• Activity to test change and develop evidence
• Working with senior decision-makers • Visit from Cabinet Office • Voluntary Sector Network event • Celebrating community activity • Developing Dudley Council’s
approach
Community Rights project
Community Rights project
Our Society: A Guide• Policy context and drivers, vision and
approach• Identifying existing and new social assets• Rethinking structures as networks/systems • Changing roles • Methods (toolkits, frameworks, knowledge
hub)• Practical steps which Dudley can take
Community Lover’s Guide
Social Spaces game
Social Spaces game
Arts
groups
and
citizens
can do
this
togethe
r
1. Arts groups
can do this
in partnership
2. Support we
would like…
@[email protected] 573381
Join Our Society: www.oursociety.org.uk
Join the local discussion: www.oursocietydudley.org.uk