Community Assets Conference - resources page

Community Assets Conference

21 May 2008

Bristol City Council’s first Community Assets Conference took place on 21st May 2008.

The event proved very popular and was well received by those who took part. Unfortunately, we were unable to offer a place to everyone who applied.

The information on this web page is provided especially for those who expressed an interest in the conference but were unable to attend.

Downloads

Most of the conference details, presentations, workshop notes and the material from the delegates’ packs can be downloaded from the links on this web page. We have also included a summary of the feedback received from participants and some photographs of the event.

Conference outline

Programme
Opening address by Cllr Helen Holland, Leader of Bristol City Council - presentation and statement
Keynote address by Barry Quirk CBE - presentation
Presentation about VISIBLE and the small grant scheme - presentation
Workshop 1: Is your organisation ready? - flipchart notes
Workshop 2: Finance for your capital project - workshop hand-outs and flipchart notes
Workshop 3: How can Bristol best engage in the Asset Transfer agenda? - workshop presentation and flipchart notes
Workshop 4: Community Land Trusts - workshop presentation and flipchart notes
Main issues from the Conference - these have been included in the evaluation report

Outcomes

One of the outcomes of the conference is that the Council has set up a working group which will respond to some of the issues that have been raised by delegates. This will include drafting a policy to govern future requests for community asset transfer and documenting relevant processes and procedures. It is anticipated that this working group will report back directly to the Leader of the Council and the Chief Executive in September 2008.

Other outcomes include the need for advice and technical aid to voluntary & community organisations and the need for the Council to have a single point of information and advice for all enquiries about property and community asset transfer.

The evaluation report can be downloaded here.

To see all comments and feedback received following the conference, please download the detailed evaluation statistics.

A list of all conference delegates is also available.

A selection of photographs taken at the Conference can be viewed on the photo page.

Delegate packs

The packs issued to conference delegates included leaflets and brochures from our partner organisations and from various Council departments and services. Where possible, these resources are now available for download:

Contact us

If you require further details or have any queries about the subjects that were discussed at the conference, please contact John Bos on 0117 903 6440 or email john.bos@bristol.gov.uk

Useful links

The conference was organised with the help of the following organisations:

Ethical Property Foundation

Social Enterprise Works

Black Development Agency

Voscur

Community Matters

VISIBLE

Development Trust Association

Vivid Regeneration

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