London Civil Society Conference 2019

Arrival & registration

Maria Adebowale-Schwarte

Maria is Executive Director at Foundation for Future London and a city and an urban place strategist. Focusing on collaborative design, policy, and funding models that are inclusive, equitable, and underpin good growth.

H4All

The aim of H4All CIO is to develop collaborative services that improve the health and wellbeing of residents in Hillingdon, simplify access to the extensive preventative resources provided by third sector organisations and promote alternative community-based assets and support.

Community Ownership, Local Assets & Social Infrastructure

This workshop will cover a brief history of asset transfer processes and the London context, practical lessons learnt with reference to London examples, and emerging approach from boroughs in terms of collaborative processes for managing local assets.

Time, Talent and Treasure – Employer Supported Volunteering, Volunteering, Social Action

In this workshop you will hear from Phillippe Granger who runs Rushey Green TimeBank and oversees Lewisham Local, the giving scheme for the London Borough of Lewisham. The session will focus on bringing different partners together locally to create a sharing economy where individuals, VCOs and Businesses share time, resources and skills. There will be space in this workshop for you to then think about identifying key partners in your area to stimulate volunteering, ESV or civic philanthropy.

Civil Society Infrastructure – Independence & Sustainability

This workshop is an interactive session aimed at capturing participants’ views as to the role and sustainability of London’s infrastructure bodies. The session will use Sheila McKechnie Foundation’s Social Power report as a frame to structure the conversation, and consider questions on Mission First, Being adaptive and responsive, Collaborating, not competing and In whose name.

Survey of Londoners – Spencer Thompson

The GLA has recently concluded a large quantitative survey of Londoners to improve the evidence base on social integration, equality, diversity and inclusion, economic fairness and food security in London. This presentation will summarise the key findings and trends.

Collaborating for the future – rebalancing power

• Chair: Deputy Mayor for Social Integration, Social Mobility and Community Engagement Debbie Weekes-Bernard

• Derek Bardowell

• Fozia Irfan

• Cllr Georgia Gould

• Rosie Ferguson

Lunch