Community O Organisers i
Jess Steele, Locality People’s History Museum, 3rdd March 2011
Community Organising Organisers listen to people and encourage g dialogue. g They y do not bring g any message or seek any specific outcome. Consciousness-raising Consciousness raising rather than capacity-building. Find the ‘generative themes’ that motivate people to act. Change ‘the bad scene’ into a specific set of issues that people can take action around. around Actions may aim to change the powerful or to create a DIY response, or both.
Guiding Lights • Based on Paulo Freire (Brazilian educator) – Pedagogy of the Oppressed – listening dialogue, listening, dialogue consciousnessconsciousness raising • Saul Alinsky (Chicago rebel) – Rules for Radicals, tactics for effective organising • Clodomir Santos de Morais – A Future for th E the Excluded l d d – entrepreneurial t i l awareness, wealth creation by the poor Drawing on these and other theory & practice ti to t create t an indigenous i di E English li h 21st century community organising movement.
Elements of the programme Training g Hosting N Networking ki Institute for Community y Organising • Learning & Policy Group
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Training Framework • Learning bursaries (£20k x 500) – not salaries • Training for transformation • Blend of residential, guided actions, e‐ sessions, action camps and knowledge hub • Trainer network managed by Trafford Hall Trainer network managed by Trafford Hall • Accreditation to be developed with OCN YHR • Signpost to progression via academic partners Si tt i i d i t • Code of conduct
Hosting Approach • COs need ‘a place to be’. Hosted by community‐ led orgs – mutual benefits, mutual challenge led orgs mutual benefits, mutual challenge • 10 Kickstarters – places/orgs identified for the bid to provide range and get started quickly to provide range and get started quickly • Second tranche of Kickstarters – focus more on equalities groups via Network Partners equalities groups via Network Partners • Will be 100‐200 additional hosts over the lifetime of the programme of the programme • All hosts receive 4 days of Locality support to plan for resilience & sustainability of the CO roles for resilience & sustainability of the CO roles.
Networking Support • Organising is about building and mobilising local networks – ‘horizontalism’ local networks – horizontalism • Web & social media – Holding page Holding page www.dta.org.uk/communityorganisers – Twitter ‐ @corganisers, #corg and #corganisers – Blog – see http://jesssteele.wordpress.com/ – Facebook – page coming in a few days
• EExperience of networking, peer learning, i f ki l i mutual support • Lessons Log/Knowledge Hub (wiki) L L /K l d H b ( iki)
Institute for Community O Organising i i • A 21st century Guild, a professional body assuring quality and providing ongoing i lit d idi i training and support • A mutual – owned by COs themselves • Shares retained each year that they maintain their CPD (ie stay active and engaged) • Brand developed in parallel with the Brand developed in parallel with the programme, with a year of independent trading in 2014‐15 trading in 2014 15
Learning & Policy Group • High‐level group of academics and policy‐ shapers, serviced by Manchester Met Uni h i db M h t M tU i • Drawing out the lessons from the programme and feeding them into policy (both Big Society and other fields) • Chaired by Professor Anne Power, LSE • Other members include: Marj Mayo Other members include: Marj Mayo (Goldsmiths), Toby Blume (Urban Forum), Tricia Zipfel (Just Change) Tricia Zipfel (Just Change)
Timescales • Initiation Initiation – Feb Feb‐April April 11 11 • Kickstart phase first 10 training – Jun first 10 training Jun‐Oct Oct 11 11 second tranche – Nov 11‐Apr 12 Hosted delivery phase – Feb 12 Feb 12‐Mar Mar 15 15 • Hosted delivery phase new cohorts start every 2 months ICO Year of Trading – Apr 14 Apr 14‐Mar Mar 15 15 • ICO Year of Trading • Closure & final handover – Mar‐Jun 15