Friday, 27 November 2009

Open Space and Community Cohesion

I had a very enjoyable time yesterday taking part in a practitioners network meeting organised by iCoCo - the Institute of Community Cohesion (see http://www.cohesioninstitute.org.uk/home) During the day we got to talking about the use of Open Space as a method not only to coordinate plans around Community Cohesion in localities but also as a way of building cohesion itself. Time ran out on us sadly - but it is a dialogue I hope to keep going.

(You can join in too, if you wish, by either joining the OSlist - an email network of OS practitioners around the world by registering at this address or by registering to join the iCoCo forum by registering at this address or both! Both are open fora.)

In the course of posting ideas around this issue the facilitator of what looks to be a fabulous event got in touch: Linda Mitchell. She sent me this link to a site which has links to what happened in this OS meeting about community cohesion in Leeds. It is well worth a visit and explore!
Our Bringing People Together event took place on Thursday 21st May 2009. The day was full of passion, lively discussion and great ideas and the energy was fantastic all day. Over 20 separate workshops took place and they have been pulled together into a report...

Click here for a link to the page.
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  1. sprinks3/12/09 19:46

    Thanks for sharing this. We are planning a similar event in Walthamstow, east London, bringing community groups to begin to establish common areas of interest, how groups can work together and a common vision for the area - so interesting to see how this been done before.

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  2. Jon Harvey3/12/09 20:29

    Great stuff Olivia - I wish you well.

    You may find some other posts on here about whole system working and Open Space of use to you.

    Do let me (and readers) know how the event goes and what is achieved. Good luck!

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