"Create a Buzz" training delivered in conjunction with our partners Community Organisers begins on Monday evening Bay 20. I two final places on offer.

 "Create a Buzz!" is fantastic, free, training package covering elements of community organising. The package is fun, engaging and not too taxing...

We are looking for people drawn from the North Ken community; volunteers, residents and charity workers who want to come together to learn some key skills and eventually host community conversations and decision-making events in this area. The drive is to explore ways for the community and charities to expand the pool of people in the community who participate in decision-making, change how things are done in the area, raise their voices, perhaps engage on the boards of charities and work in the voluntary sector. A North Ken Quake. The initial focus is to hold an event, with our support, in March. 

Broken into four short sessions of an evening, one and a half days training and a half day event the Create a Buzz! programme is tight acknowledging all the strains there are on people's time. There's an option which will follow the March event, one we encourage, to get more deeply involved in the process by learning the theories and techniques that underpin Create a Buzz! 

The Create a Buzz! focuses on two tools, the "World Cafe" and "Community Hosting".

*Community Hosting?

'Community Hosting' is the way of creating safe spaces and conversations in communities, using a variety of methods to encourage community participation, where those of our community engaged in self-organising can reflect, learn, build understanding and challenge power to bring about meaningful change.

* World Cafe?

World Café is a simple, effective, and flexible format for hosting large group dialogues which help people to learn, explore possibilities, and co-create together.

Conversations are action—the very heartbeat and lifeblood of social systems like organizations, communities, and cultures.

We are very keen for people from the local area; workers in the charitable sector, volunteers and residents to get involved. If you, a volunteer or fellow worker want to be part of this please contact me as soon as possible [email protected] spaces are well limited! This will also have a certificate to cover elements of the training!

Thanks to Sophie Lodge for this lovely picture...