Community O iOrganisers

Jess Steele, Locality

dPeople’s History Museum, 3rd March 2011

Community OrganisingCommunity OrganisingOrganisers listen to people and encourage dialogue. They do not bring g g y gany message or seek any specific outcome. Consciousness-raising rather than Consciousness raising rather than capacity-building. Find the ‘generative themes’ that motivate people to act.people to act.Change ‘the bad scene’ into a specific set of issues that people can take action aroundaction around.Actions may aim to change the powerful or to create a DIY response, or both.

Guiding LightsGuiding Lights• Based on Paulo Freire (Brazilian educator) – Pedagogy of the Oppressed –listening dialogue consciousnesslistening, dialogue, consciousness-raising

• Saul Alinsky (Chicago rebel) – Rules for Radicals tactics for effective Radicals, tactics for effective organising

• Clodomir Santos de Morais – A Future for th E l d d t i l the Excluded – entrepreneurial awareness, wealth creation by the poor

Drawing on these and other theory & ti t t i di E li h practice to create an indigenous English

21st century community organising movement.

Elements of the programme

• Trainingg• HostingN ki• Networking

• Institute for Community yOrganising

• Learning & Policy Group• Learning & Policy Group

Training FrameworkTraining Framework• Learning bursaries (£20k x 500) – not salaries

• Training for transformation

• Blend of residential, guided actions, e‐sessions, action camps and knowledge hub

• Trainer network managed by Trafford HallTrainer network managed by Trafford Hall

• Accreditation to be developed with OCN YHR

Si t t i i d i t• Signpost to progression via academic partners

• Code of conduct

Hosting ApproachHosting Approach• COs need ‘a place to be’. Hosted by community‐led orgs – mutual benefits, mutual challengeled orgs  mutual benefits, mutual challenge

• 10 Kickstarters – places/orgs identified for the bid to provide range and get started quicklyto provide range and get started quickly

• Second tranche of Kickstarters – focus more on equalities groups via Network Partnersequalities groups via Network Partners

• Will be 100‐200 additional hosts over the lifetime of the programmeof the programme

• All hosts receive 4 days of Locality support to plan for resilience & sustainability of the CO rolesfor resilience & sustainability of the CO roles.

Networking SupportNetworking Support• Organising is about building and mobilising local networks – ‘horizontalism’local networks – horizontalism

• Web & social media – Holding pageHolding page www.dta.org.uk/communityorganisers

– Twitter ‐@corganisers, #corg and #corganisers– Blog – see http://jesssteele.wordpress.com/– Facebook – page coming in a few daysE i f ki l i• Experience of networking, peer learning, mutual supportL L /K l d H b ( iki)• Lessons Log/Knowledge Hub (wiki)

Institute for Community O i iOrganising

• A 21st century Guild, a professional body i lit d idi iassuring quality and providing ongoing 

training and support

• A mutual – owned by COs themselves

• Shares retained each year that they maintain their CPD (ie stay active and engaged)

• Brand developed in parallel with theBrand developed in parallel with the programme, with a year of independent trading in 2014‐15trading in 2014 15

Learning & Policy GroupLearning & Policy Group• High‐level group of academics and policy‐

h i d b M h t M t U ishapers, serviced by Manchester Met Uni

• Drawing out the lessons from the programme and feeding them into policy (both Big Society and other fields)

• Chaired by Professor Anne Power, LSE

• Other members include: Marj MayoOther members include: Marj Mayo (Goldsmiths), Toby Blume (Urban Forum), Tricia Zipfel (Just Change)Tricia Zipfel (Just Change)

TimescalesTimescales

• Initiation – Feb‐April 11Initiation  Feb April 11• Kickstart phase 

first 10 training – Jun‐Oct 11first 10 training  Jun Oct 11second tranche – Nov 11‐Apr 12

• Hosted delivery phase – Feb 12‐Mar 15Hosted delivery phase  Feb 12 Mar 15new cohorts start every 2 months

• ICO Year of Trading – Apr 14‐Mar 15ICO Year of Trading  Apr 14 Mar 15• Closure & final handover – Mar‐Jun 15