Events

Talks will be posted in the blog every couple of days over the coming fortnight. Feel free to comment and continue the discussion.


2. Housing: the way we live now [06.04.2013]
A time for sharing, thinking and doing on the current issues of housing.

Where:  The Oasis Centre (the church bit), 75 Westminster Bridge Road, London, Se1 7HS

When: 06.04.2013
Time: 11am - 5pm

Schedule: 
11:15 - INTRO (Andrew Tomlinson)
11:50 - House prices and schools (Andy Smith)
12:10 - The localism bill and community (Steve Reynolds)

12:30 - Housing and the politics of welfare reform (Lizzie Clifford)
12:50 - LUNCH* 
13:30 - The nearness of trees (Emma Tomlinson)
14:30 - Diaspora communities (Tim Mortimer)
14:50 - Housing and community centered planning (Andrew Tomlinson)
15:10 - TEA BREAK* 
15:30 - Writing your own home (Hannah Martin)

16:00 - What is my house for? (Kaf Smith)
16:30 - PLENARY

1. The Recession [28.01.2012]

Where: The Hub, Oxford
When: 28.01.2012
Time: 11am - 5pm

Schedule: 
11:30 - INTRO (Naomi Tomlinson)
11:50 - Has the recession changed our aspirations?(Andrew Tomlinson)
12:10 - Where do jobs come from? (Andy Smith)
13:00 - LUNCH* @ Turl Street Kitchen
13:50 - The Social Enterprise (Hannah Martin)
14:10 - Community and "we" (Naomi Tomlinson)
14:30 - Carbon credits and the credit crunch (Emma Bush)
14:50 - TEA BREAK* @ Turl Street Kitchen
15:10 - Poor giving (Will Simpson)
15:30 - What do the kids say? (Ruth)
16:10 - A growthless economy (Kaf Smith)
16:30 - PLENARY (Naomi)

17:30 - DINNER* @ St. Luke's Church

*Delicious lunch and hot drinks can be bought from the Turl Street Kitchen (the social enterprise restaurant run as part of the Oxford Hub), and dinner will be a communal hot pot affair with chance to socialise down at St. Luke's Church, South Oxford - a short bus journey away.