Help shape action towards creating better places to live. Voice your thoughts and share in the discussion, reflecting on and developing thinking around employment, social capital, young people, lifelong learning, kinder societies, sustainability and community.
The event aims to be a catalyst to solve real issues and generate solutions that will grow your knowledge, support your work or project, and create action.
The event is for everyone and we actively encourage youth perspective and participation. Members of the public, RSA Fellows, and young people aged 14-plus are invited to come together, and generate big strategies and small steps towards better living places. What is a great living place?
Facilitated by RSA Fellows Alison Edmonds and Rhiannon-Jane Raftery, we’ll invite you to reflect, comment and collaborate on topics that drive strong communities:
- More meaningful employment opportunities
- Lifelong learning
- Social capital
- Sustainable practice as standard
- Children's development and future
- Community collaboration
- Kinder society
Choose the areas that resonate with you. Develop ideas, join the dots and find new ways forward together, whilst meeting new people and learning about an inclusive society.
Communities can be changed by those who occupy them – every change comes from big ideas and many small steps. Our ideas will be gathered and shared with policy leaders, regional influences, and new and existing RSA Fellow project leaders. We’ll ask you to make a pledge: a commitment to any small action that helps us move forward. Great change starts with many small steps - join us and drive momentum.
Location: The Federation, Federation House, 2 Federation Street, Manchester, M4 4BF
If you have any access requirements or require any reasonable adjustments, please let the team know: networks@rsa.org.uk. Please also let us know if you have any dietary requirements or severe allergies.
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I'm interested in continuing a conversation I started some years ago about the symbiotic relationship between schools and the communities that they serve. Especially how both parties can share a common vision and build social capital. I value social justice over social mobility.
https://dera.ioe.ac.uk/2981/1/download%3Fid%3D147205%26filename%3Dschools-communities-social-capital-full-report.pdf
"Schools can rise no further than the expectation of their communities" ERIC BOYER
Currently, we seem to be using the mantra of standards and choice in a way that schools are becoming more institutionalised and it needs both educators and community activists to change that.
I also have a current interest in the need to align moral purpose with personal values to ensure that our leaders have the necessary resilience to stick to their guns.
Hi Neil
I absolutely resonate with every point you make and I'd be delighted to chat with you before the event, if that sounds OK with you. This is all about joining the dots, as you say - and I love your point about building resilience in leaders. If we ever needed a time to drive past the fear and act, it's now...
I'll connect with you separately, Neil - very much looking forward to meeting.
Alison
Happy to have a conversation beforehand Alison. What is the best way?
Definitely interested. Will try to get some school elder colleagues to join me. Joining the dots between social capital, schools, communities and society at large seems to have fallen off the education agenda somewhat.
Hi Neil, great! Everyone is welcome, please do share the invitation. Look forward to meeting you there.