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April 2022

Worker Co-op Weekend 2022

April 29, 2022 - May 1, 2022
Selgars Mill, Uffculme, Cullompton EX15 3DA

About the event Join us for the Worker Co-op Weekend 2022 - set to be the largest and most important event in the worker co-op movement for the last 20 years! Led by the Worker Co-op Council, we will be setting out a proposal for the future direction of our movement and we want your helping shaping it. Of course the event will also bring people together to connect, learn, share experiences and to have a lot of fun. Designed…

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May 2022

Worker Co-ops: How to Get Started

May 7, 2022 @ 10:30 am - 1:00 pm
Online

Are you looking for a different way to do business? Workers’ co-operatives are a great way of doing that – they are businesses run democratically by the workers to provide themselves with meaningful employment and to provide a service to the community, rather than creating profit for a boss or unconnected shareholders. This workshop will inspire you to work co-operatively, to take control over your work life and change our society for the better, here and now. ‍ Get a…

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Regional development in the age of levelling up

May 12, 2022
Hilton Birmingham Metropole

The New Statesman’s annual Regional Development Conference is a day of fascinating insights and discussions centred around the most pressing questions for the future of the levelling up strategy and local growth. Join us on Thursday 12th May 2022 in Birmingham (Hilton Birmingham Metropole, B40 1PP), home of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, to hear insights from leaders in policymaking and industry on what’s next for regional development. With the establishment of the new Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the levelling…

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The Personal Meets the Political: Being the Good Society

May 12, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Online

Join Compass on Thursday 12th May as we examine the interface between the personal and the political. To create the good society, we need to be the good society. As we stand on the precipice of emerging from the Covid, climate and ‘mental health’ crises changed, three stories are presented to us: the story of business as usual, the story of the great unravelling and the story of the great turning. Each of these is as much an inner story as an outer one,…

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Flatpack Democracy: Time to make local politics work

May 14, 2022 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Online

Over the last 10 years a steadily growing number of places have found new ways to make the community level of local government function better. There is vast potential for parish and town councils to create new forms of relationship and practice with the people they purport to represent. The course will look at how we got to where we are; share practical steps as we could do better; and both encourage and support participants to see how they can…

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Climate Change Diplomacy: a most dangerous game

May 17, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
SHEIKH ZAYED THEATRE, NEW ACADEMIC BUILDING, London School of Economics

This keynote lecture will explain: why, despite thirty years of diplomatic effort, global collective action on climate change has failed; how climate diplomacy can be made more effective; and what past and ongoing diplomatic failures imply for future climate diplomacy. Meet our speaker and chair Scott Barrett is Lenfest Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics; Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and Earth Institute, Columbia University. He is the Centennial (Visiting) Professor, London…

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Decent Work and Democracy

May 20, 2022 - May 21, 2022
Wortley Hall, Nr. Sheffield

Join union-coops:uk for their first annual conference. union-coops:uk's first conference at Wortley Hall, near Sheffield, "the worker's stately home" is rescheduled to May 20th/21st 2022, subject to this "Government" getting a grip on the Covid19 pandemic of course. Set in 26 acres of parkland, this grand stately home venue was built by Sir Richard Wortley in 1586, but is now owned and run by a workers co-op. The conference will start with dinner on the Friday evening, and will include overnight accommodation and all meals. The full conference…

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Green growth: miracle or mirage?

May 23, 2022 @ 9:30 am - 10:45 am
Resolution Foundation, 2 Queen Anne’s Gate, London, SW1H 9AA

How might cutting-down carbon give the UK economy a cutting-edge Register to attend in person or receive access link for remote viewers. The UK’s net zero transition represents a major challenge for the UK, but also a major opportunity if we get it right. Many argue it could see the UK utilising its existing economic strengths to lead the way in cutting edge clean technology – creating jobs and new export opportunities. But with other countries holding these same ambitions,…

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Rising to the climate change challenge? – the essential role of local authorities

May 24, 2022 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Online

TCPA-APSE research 2022 – online launch APSE and TCPA are hosting the launch of the their eighth joint-publication on research into housing and place-making. Over the years, this series has charted the housing crisis and provided recommendations to local and national government on how to create high-quality places and homes, based on original survey data, case studies, and expert interviews. This year’s report looks at the role of local authorities in relation to planning, housing and climate change. It highlights important…

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June 2022

Big Basic Income Conversation with the Young Fabians

June 1, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Online

Join us on Wednesday 1 June for the biggest Basic Income Conversation yet. Working with the Young Fabians, we are bringing dozens of people together to talk about this big idea. We launched the Basic Income Conversation Toolkit in March 2021. Since then over 1000 people have downloaded it and Conversations have been happening around the country. REGISTER HERE But there’s more to be said. The Basic Income Conversation is about finding that missing piece of the debate, our stories. There…

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