Community budgeting – Opportunity or threat? – Birmingham

Birmingham - 11 September 2012

The Local Government Association, in partnership with the WMLGA, is delivering a regional event to explain Community budgeting, most particularly at the neighbourhood level, to ward councillors and to explore its implications and benefits to them as community leaders and facilitators.

Times

Registration time: 10.30 am
Start time: 11.00 am
End time: 4.00 pm

Why you should attend

The event is free to attend and will include sessions exploring:

• what Community budgeting is (for example, is it the same or different from Neighbourhood budgeting and Participatory budgeting?)
• how it works in practice
• what the role of the ward councillor is and could be
• finding other sources of funding to support community initiatives
• you will also have the opportunity to meet and network with other councillors from across the region.

Programme

10.30 am Registration and refreshments
11.00 am Welcome and Domestic announcements
11.10 am What is Community budgeting?
11.30 am Community budgeting background and context
11.50 am How it works in practice
12.10 pm Table discussion: Benefits and barriers to Community budgeting
12.40 pm Feedback from tables
Each table feeds back benefits and barriers
12.50 pm Panel comments on benefits and barriers and open
up to wider discussion
1.10 pm Lunch
1.55 pm The role of the ward councillor in Community budgeting
2.15 pm Other sources of funding
Case study of how councillors can help access other sources of funding for community initiatives
2.35 pm Table discussion: Developing the role of the councillor
2.55 pm Feedback from tables
Each table feeds back on possible action points
3.05 pm Panel comments and discussion
Panel comments on feedback open up to wider
discussion
3.20 pm Summary and Closing comments
3.30 pm Close – Refreshments available.

Who should attend?

All councillors

Event location

De Vere Venues Colmore Gate
5 & 7 floor, Colmore Gate
2 – 6 Colmore Row
Birmingham B2 2QD 

How to book

Email: Rachel.stevens@local.gov.uk

Further information

For further information or any other queries, please contact:
Welna Bowden
Email: Welna.bowden@local.gov.uk
Telephone: 07766251639

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10 September 2012