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Slides for a discussion workshop at 'Where next for the Voluntary Sector?' and event hosted by the Councils for Voluntary Service in the Black Country on 8 July. See also www.blackcountryvcs.posterous.com
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Who are we?
Supported by
@juliandobson
@johnpopham
@sospot
@dosticen@davidwilcox
@LadyLowe
@watfordgap
@philralph
How did we start?• Day 1: 1 blog post• Day 2: 4 people in a café• Day 4: Online forum launched• Day 12: 100 people attend event
…all for free
From north focus to Our Society
• Started as Big Society in the North• Interest from Dudley, the South West
and other areas• Gap in the market? Big Society
Network is not a network…• Wanted to step away from and
challenge the Big Society label
Is Big Society a “dead parrot”?
I’m not an ex parrot!
Successes• The online community: 542 members• 20,000 web visits (70,000 views)• Press interest from Channel 4, BBC
Newsnight, BBC Radio, Guardian, Third Sector, Civil Society, and more
• 5 events, 250 people
Our Society in Dudley Borough
• LSP sign up• Our Society
Steering Group• Our Society
Planning Group• In job descriptions
and work plans
Limited resources• Spend to date: approx £129 online
costs, travel, CDX support• Freebies: Venues & food, eventbrite,
logo/brand, goodwill…
Challenge: Identity v. ownership
• We are not an organisation• Individual opinion• Clear mission statement• Links to local networks• Save the baby!