Events
Growing Wales’s Civil Society
The Institute of Welsh Affairs supported by Carnegie UK Trust are holding four early evening seminars in Cardiff Bay’s Pierhead Building during October and November to discuss how much Wales’s Civil Society has grown in the first decade of devolution.
The seminars will follow the main themes in Making Good Society, the final report of the independent Commission of Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society in the UK and Ireland.
Growing a more civil economy - 14 October
Chair: Professor Kevin Morgan, Cardiff University
Simon Harris, Wales Co-operative Centre
Molly Scott Cato, Cardiff Institute for Co-operative Studies, UWIC
Ian Courtney, Director Wales, Charity Bank
Katija Dew, National Financial Inclusion Champion for Wales
Transition to a low carbon economy - 21 October
Chair: Peter Davies, Sustainable Development Commissioner for Wales
Helen Northmore, Energy Saving Trust
Lee Waters, Sustrans Cymru
Helen Nelson, Cynnal Cymru : Sustain Wales
Anne Meikle, WWF Cymru
Party conference events on growing a civil economy - 21 Sept and 6 Oct
The Carnegie UK Trust is supporting two events at party conferences this year. The focus of the events will be:
Growing a more civil economy through civil society
Amongst all the political energy that is focused on reducing the national deficit and rebuilding the public finances, what kind of economy do we want to emerge? This urgent and important seminar will look at the challenges facing politicians, economists and crucially all of those people and organisations who commit time and energy to creating a better society. Focusing on the roles civil society associations can play, including voluntary and community organisations, trade unions, faith-based organisations, cooperatives and mutuals, this event will explore how a civil economy can be grown that is more aligned with values that emphasise responsibility, good governance, human well-being and environmental sustainability.
Event at TUC Congress 14 Sept - Media for All; The Democratic Challenge
Following the publication of Making Good Society, the final report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society in the UK and Ireland, the Carnegie UK Trust is supporting a fringe event organised by the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom at the TUC Conference to explore the crucial role of news media in empowering peoples’ participation in public debate at a time of cut backs in regional and local media. Drawing on the findings of Making Good Society, the event will explore how civil society organisations can contribute to a more democratic news media.
Speakers include Jeremy Dear, general secretary NUJ, Jude Gordon Manchester NUJ, Joyce McMillan (Chair and member of the Commission of Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society) and Granville Williams (CPBF).
Community Land Trusts Practitioner's seminar, 3-4 November, The Eden Project
The next CLT Practitioner's Residential Seminar is kindly being hosted by Cornwall CLT Ltd and Carnegie partner, the Eden Project in November. Looking into themes such as Housing and Beyond; How Housing Associations can assist CLTs and Accessing Appropriate Finance, the seminar also offers a study visit to some of the operating CLTs in Cornwall.
We are very keen to welcome newcomers to CLTs to this seminar and will run sessions like: 'Everything you need to know about CLT’s but were afraid to ask' and 'Involving Your Community.'
Prime Minister should go to Gigha to see “Big Society” idea flourishing
Foremost Scottish land reform campaigner says more communities must be given the opportunity – and backing – to run rural enterprises for themselves.
Events for Trusts and Foundations
The Carnegie UK Trust is co-hosting two events this autumn with the Assocation of Charitable Foundations (ACF) in relation to the findings of the Carnegie funded Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society. The events will focus on two of the core themes the Inquiry Commission highlighted as being crucial to developing a healthy civil society for the future.
The role of trusts and foundations in democratising media, September, London
This event will explore the distinctive roles that trusts and foundations can play in supporting the development of a strong, pluralistic news media in the interest of enriching democracy and strengthening civil society.
Commission ideas can help country meet triple challenge of economic, environmental and political crises, House of Lords hears
The findings of the Carnegie UK Trust supported Commission of Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society, published in the report Making Good Society, received a prestigious endorsement when it was quoted by the Bishop of Leicester in a House of Lords debate which he led to call attention to the role of partnerships between government and civil society in shaping social policy.
The Bishop, the Right Reverend Tim Stevens highlighted the “remarkable moment of opportunity” that the UK finds itself in for civil society to play a key role in shaping wider society, and echoed the words of the Commission report in saying that the UK can make a “transition from an age of ‘me’ to an age of ‘we’”.
'Is Peace Worth Fighting For?' 18 August
As part of the Festival of Politics 2010, this Carnegie sponsored event will be held in the Main Chamber of the Scottish Parliamant from 16.00 to 17.00.
There is a strong tradition of both pragmatism and ethics in international affairs. The idealism of past generations established the League of Nations in attenpts to reduce conflicts and aggression. Politicians have to wrestle with the national interest, the security of citizens and their own principles- amongst many competing pressures- before coming to momentous decisions. Sir Malcolm Rifkind QC MP and Joel Rosenthal, President of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. will debate the idea of just war, peace, and security in a modern global society. Chaired by The Very Reverend Graham Forbes, Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh.
Solutions to the Crisis in News Media and Representative Democracy - 18 August
More information about the event can be found below.Solutions to the Crisis in News Media and Representative Democracy; the Importance of Civil Society Activity13.30 - 15.00, The Scottish Parliament (FREE)A thriving democracy and civil society has always been dependent on strong and free news media that is truthful, accurate and rigorous. The demise of traditional news media coupled with the lack of trust in representative democracy present major challenges to politics and to citizen engagement.
The Big Tent, Fri 23 to Sun 25 July 2010
Carnegie UK Trust partner's Falkland Centre for Stewardship are running the Big Tent- Scotland's Environmental Festival on the 23th to 25th July this year.
Set on the beautiful landscape of Falkland Estate in the Kingdom of Fife in Scotland, Big Tent is a fantastic weekend of music, arts and family activities mixed with stimulating debates on social and green issues. Wash this all down with incredible food and drink in the One Planet Food Village which celebrates the best in organic food and drink and you have a very special weekend.
National CLT Conference 29 June 2010 ''Solving Economic Development and Housing Needs'
Community land trusts deliver community aspirations. They offer an affordable way to provide housing and locally-owned business and community buildings, using a new set of legal, financial and resource management tools that are relevant to a wide range of existing as well as new organisations
Organised by New Start, Community Finance Soutions and Carnegie UK Trust - 'Solving Economic Development and Housing Needs' will offer an opportunity to hear back from leading policymakers and to learn from Community Land Trusts (CLTs) on the ground. It will demonstrate how CLTs can be a sustainable solution in a wide range of settings - encompassing housing, economic development, community empowerment and co-operative development.
Join the Inquiry at the annual Compass conference - 12 June
The Inquiry will be hosting an event at next week's annual Compass conference.
The session, Making good society: how civil society can transform our economy, will look at the various roles that civil society organisations can play in order to help build a fairer, more transparent and accountable economy. Speakers at this event are as follows:
- Erin van der Maas, Carnegie UK Trust
- Karen Chouhan, Equanomics
- Colin Meech, Unison, Capital Stewardship
- Louise Rouse, FairPensions
To register your interest in this event e-mail Erin@carnegieuk.org.
Coalition’s Promising Promises
The UK’s new Government is to take forward a key policy initiative championed by the Carnegie UK Trust.
The partnership agreement for the first time coalition government in almost 70 years commits the Government to creating “new trusts that will make it simpler for communities to provide homes for local people”.
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