Events

Learning from Canada's Citizens' Assemblies one year on

Friday 26th September 2008
10.30am for 11.00am until 1.00pm
212 High Holborn, London


An invited discussion marking the launch of a new pamphlet titled "Sorted: Civic lotteries and the future of public participation" by Oliver Dowlen and published by MASS LBP.

Involve invites you to a lunchtime discussion on the experience of Citizens’ Assemblies in Canada. Principal and Co-founder of MASS LBP Peter MacLeod will present on Canada’s experience of Citizens’ Assemblies and lead an interactive panel discussion and debate on the lessons and application for the UK.

Panellists

John Craig, Director, the Innovation Exchange

Catherine Fieschi, Demos Associate and Visiting Scholar, St. Antony’s Oxford

Pam Giddy, Director, the POWER inquiry

Peter MacLeod, Principal and Co-founder, MASS LBP

Peter Thompson, Head of the Governance of Britain Division, Ministry of Justice

RSVP

We would be delighted if you could join us. Please RSVP to Dominic Potter on 020 7632 0102 or by email to dominic@involve.org.uk to secure your place.

 


Scouting Sundays at the party conferences 2008

Involve and the Scout Association are hosting and running an exciting series of deliberative events at this year’s party conferences. On each of the conference Sundays, we will be bringing together local scouts, politicians, policy-makers and others involved in framing and delivering public policy to focus on four crucial issues facing young people.

The purpose of the events are to empower young people to speak out on the topics of knife crime, playing outdoors as a means to combat childhood obesity, youth participation in politics and young people volunteering.

The innovative format for these events will see Ministers, MPs and others drop in to the sessions and play a part in facilitating the discussions with local scouts. We are also letting loose the potential of technology to contribute to these debates by interacting and engaging with scouts across the UK before, during and after the events.

 
The details are as follows:

Liberal Democrat Conference: 14 September 2008, Bournemouth
The Trouville Hotel, 12.30pm – 2pm

Labour Conference: 21 September 2008, Manchester
The Palace Hotel, 12.30pm – 2.30pm

Conservative Conference: 28 September 2008, Birmingham
The Novotel, 12pm- 2pm

 

If you would like to come along to any of these events, please get in touch with Dominic Potter or Stella Creasy

 

 


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