http://odeo.com/channels/34159-The-Grassroots-Channel-from-Podnosh Podnosh no Birmingham based social media, active citizens, government, neighbourhoods and more. Birmingham based social media, active citizens, government, neighbourhoods and more. Birmingham based social media, active citizens, government, neighbourhoods and more. en 40 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:24:02 -0700 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:24:02 -0700 http://odeo.com/episodes/25368306-Helping-the-community-where-we-can-A-new-podcast-from-the-Grassroots-Channel Dolores Pinkney and Kevin Duffy This is the story of Dolores Pinkney who runs the Dojo project in Handworth. She has been working tirelessly for her community since she moved to Birmingham with her family in the 1960s, and now she has been nominated by Kevin Duffy for Birmingham City Council’s Local Hearts Awards in the active citizen category. She says her parents were her inspiration – they opened up their home to everyone in the area and it became a focal point of the community. Now with her brother Hector, who works at Handsworth Library, Dolores has continued her parents’ legacy with the Dojo project.   It ranges from jogging sessions on Tuesdays & Sundays to securing the lease to build a community play centre on the derelict site of the Hockley flyover. Dolores says her motivation is “encouraging everyone that we meet, enabling and empowering,” and if someone is there who needs help, she cannot turn them away. Here’s her story. Dolores Pinkney and Kevin Duffy This is the story of Dolores Pinkney who runs the Dojo project in Handworth. She has been working tirelessly for her community since she moved to Birmingham with her family in the 1960s, and now she has been nominated by Kevin Duffy for Birmingham City Council’s Local Hearts Awards in the active citizen category. She says her parents were her inspiration – they opened up their home to everyone in the area and it became a focal point of the community. Now with her brother Hector, who works at Handsworth Library, Dolores has continued her parents’ legacy with the Dojo project.   It ranges from jogging sessions on Tuesdays & Sundays to securing the lease to build a community play centre on the derelict site of the Hockley flyover. Dolores says her motivation is “encouraging everyone that we meet, enabling and empowering,” and if someone is there who needs help, she cannot turn them away. Here’s her story. Dolores Pinkney and Kevin Duffy This is the story of Dolores Pinkney who runs the Dojo project in Handworth. She has been working tirelessly for her community since she moved to Birmingham with her family in the 1960s, and now she has been nominated by Kevin Duffy for Birmingham City Council’s Local Hearts Awards in the active citizen category. She says her parents were her inspiration – they opened up their home to everyone in the area and it became a focal point of the community. Now with her brother Hector, who works at Handsworth Library, Dolores has continued her parents’ legacy with the Dojo project.   It ranges from jogging sessions on Tuesdays & Sundays to securing the lease to build a community play centre on the derelict site of the Hockley flyover. Dolores says her motivation is “encouraging everyone that we meet, enabling and empowering,” and if someone is there who needs help, she cannot turn them away. Here’s her story. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-20,25368306 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:24:02 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh voluntary sector, Grassroots Channel, Birmingham UK, Third Sector, Neighbourhoods, local hearts award, Hansdworth, Hockley http://odeo.com/episodes/25318579-Making-Britain-a-better-place-a-new-podcast-from-the-Grassroots-Channel Noorin Ahktar Noorin Ahktar wants to change Britain. She goes out interviewing the people at the top – leaders of the council, councillors, public service providers and holds them to account in a way accessible to her community. Her aim is to make sure some communities know about the changes being made in public services – she promotes and raises awareness in ethnic communities – she now has a rogramme called ‘Community Time’. She has set up a blog, and uses radio and tv channels to make the short programmes in English, Urdu, Punjabi, and a number of different languages. Noorin thinks some communities are wrongly perceived as ‘hard to reach’ – she challenges this point of view with her truly innovative and brilliant work. Her inspiration is the fact if people of aware of what is going on around them, they will have the knowledge to be able to do things. Manjit Singh nominated Noorin for the active citizen award, one of the shortlist ca... Noorin Ahktar Noorin Ahktar wants to change Britain. She goes out interviewing the people at the top – leaders of the council, councillors, public service providers and holds them to account in a way accessible to her community. Her aim is to make sure some communities know about the changes being made in public services – she promotes and raises awareness in ethnic communities – she now has a rogramme called ‘Community Time’. She has set up a blog, and uses radio and tv channels to make the short programmes in English, Urdu, Punjabi, and a number of different languages. Noorin thinks some communities are wrongly perceived as ‘hard to reach’ – she challenges this point of view with her truly innovative and brilliant work. Her inspiration is the fact if people of aware of what is going on around them, they will have the knowledge to be able to do things. Manjit Singh nominated Noorin for the active citizen award, one of the shortlist categories for Birmingham’s Local Hearts Awards. Noorin Ahktar Noorin Ahktar wants to change Britain. She goes out interviewing the people at the top – leaders of the council, councillors, public service providers and holds them to account in a way accessible to her community. Her aim is to make sure some communities know about the changes being made in public services – she promotes and raises awareness in ethnic communities – she now has a rogramme called ‘Community Time’. She has set up a blog, and uses radio and tv channels to make the short programmes in English, Urdu, Punjabi, and a number of different languages. Noorin thinks some communities are wrongly perceived as ‘hard to reach’ – she challenges this point of view with her truly innovative and brilliant work. Her inspiration is the fact if people of aware of what is going on around them, they will have the knowledge to be able to do things. Manjit Singh nominated Noorin for the active citizen award, one of the shortlist categories for Birmingham’s Local Hearts Awards. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-20,25318579 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:21:02 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh Grassroots Channel, Birmingham UK, Third Sector, Neighbourhoods, local hearts award http://odeo.com/episodes/25368311-A-whole-lot-of-courage-A-new-podcast-for-the-Grassroots-Channel Suzanne Coward and Linda Kelly When Suzanne Coward’s daughter Sarah, who has learning difficulties, turned 23, she realised she could use direct payment money to set up a cafe, Stepping Stones. Situated in Sutton Coldfield at the United Reform church, the cafe offers a day experience for people with learning difficulties to hang out, socialise and feel enabled to do things which they wouldn’t often get the opportunity to do. Suzanne saw a gap in the north of the city, where there were no social enterprise services for people with learning difficulties.  She wants to encourage healthy living, exercise and creating things which are meaningful for people with learning difficulties. Linda Kelly, Senior Youth and Community Development Worker in Sutton Coldfield, has nominated Suzanne for the active citizen Local Hearts award for the work she has done for children with learning difficulties. Suzanne Coward and Linda Kelly When Suzanne Coward’s daughter Sarah, who has learning difficulties, turned 23, she realised she could use direct payment money to set up a cafe, Stepping Stones. Situated in Sutton Coldfield at the United Reform church, the cafe offers a day experience for people with learning difficulties to hang out, socialise and feel enabled to do things which they wouldn’t often get the opportunity to do. Suzanne saw a gap in the north of the city, where there were no social enterprise services for people with learning difficulties.  She wants to encourage healthy living, exercise and creating things which are meaningful for people with learning difficulties. Linda Kelly, Senior Youth and Community Development Worker in Sutton Coldfield, has nominated Suzanne for the active citizen Local Hearts award for the work she has done for children with learning difficulties. Suzanne Coward and Linda Kelly When Suzanne Coward’s daughter Sarah, who has learning difficulties, turned 23, she realised she could use direct payment money to set up a cafe, Stepping Stones. Situated in Sutton Coldfield at the United Reform church, the cafe offers a day experience for people with learning difficulties to hang out, socialise and feel enabled to do things which they wouldn’t often get the opportunity to do. Suzanne saw a gap in the north of the city, where there were no social enterprise services for people with learning difficulties.  She wants to encourage healthy living, exercise and creating things which are meaningful for people with learning difficulties. Linda Kelly, Senior Youth and Community Development Worker in Sutton Coldfield, has nominated Suzanne for the active citizen Local Hearts award for the work she has done for children with learning difficulties. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-20,25368311 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:20:42 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh local government, voluntary sector, Grassroots Channel, Birmingham UK, Third Sector, Neighbourhoods, local hearts award http://odeo.com/episodes/25404662-The-reluctant-activist-a-new-podcast-from-the-Grassroots-Channel Michael Tye and Eunice McGhie-Belgrave This is the story of Michael Tye, the man who helped set up Aston Vision Ministries Association in 1984. The organisation aims to reach people in the community, particularly asylum seekers, by helping them with language and social integration. For his relentless work engaging the community through Aston Vision, Michael was nominated by Eunice McGhie-Belgrave for the Birmingham Local Hearts Award, in the active citizen category. Michael said people who want to give some back to their community do so because they recognise how helping the community will in turn help themselves. He questions those who do community work for self-aggrandisement. He wants to work towards the common good – and is not so keen on being the one in the spotlight. Here he tells us his story. Michael Tye and Eunice McGhie-Belgrave This is the story of Michael Tye, the man who helped set up Aston Vision Ministries Association in 1984. The organisation aims to reach people in the community, particularly asylum seekers, by helping them with language and social integration. For his relentless work engaging the community through Aston Vision, Michael was nominated by Eunice McGhie-Belgrave for the Birmingham Local Hearts Award, in the active citizen category. Michael said people who want to give some back to their community do so because they recognise how helping the community will in turn help themselves. He questions those who do community work for self-aggrandisement. He wants to work towards the common good – and is not so keen on being the one in the spotlight. Here he tells us his story. Michael Tye and Eunice McGhie-Belgrave This is the story of Michael Tye, the man who helped set up Aston Vision Ministries Association in 1984. The organisation aims to reach people in the community, particularly asylum seekers, by helping them with language and social integration. For his relentless work engaging the community through Aston Vision, Michael was nominated by Eunice McGhie-Belgrave for the Birmingham Local Hearts Award, in the active citizen category. Michael said people who want to give some back to their community do so because they recognise how helping the community will in turn help themselves. He questions those who do community work for self-aggrandisement. He wants to work towards the common good – and is not so keen on being the one in the spotlight. Here he tells us his story. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-20,25404662 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:20:39 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh voluntary sector, Grassroots Channel, Birmingham UK, Neighbourhoods, local hearts award http://odeo.com/episodes/25318580-Faith-and-climate-change-A-new-podcast-from-the-Grassroots-Channel Maud Grainger and Keith Budden Four years ago, after running an Islam and the Environment Week, Maud Grainger decided looking at climate change with faith communities would be a great way to take action. The group Faith and Climate Change was set up by Maud Grainger with help from Keith Budden, who has nominated the group for Birmingham’s Local Hearts Award, in the community group category. Birmingham has over one million of the population belonging to a faith, and this was too big a group not to help with combating climate change, said Maud. The programme has now been replicated across the UK – looking at climate change in terms of values regardless of faith. Why else would a group a young muslim men from Small Heath meet some old Quakers in Bournville? To look at how they installed solar water heater in the Friends Meeting House. Looking at climate change has brought these communities together. Here, they tell their story. Maud Grainger and Keith Budden Four years ago, after running an Islam and the Environment Week, Maud Grainger decided looking at climate change with faith communities would be a great way to take action. The group Faith and Climate Change was set up by Maud Grainger with help from Keith Budden, who has nominated the group for Birmingham’s Local Hearts Award, in the community group category. Birmingham has over one million of the population belonging to a faith, and this was too big a group not to help with combating climate change, said Maud. The programme has now been replicated across the UK – looking at climate change in terms of values regardless of faith. Why else would a group a young muslim men from Small Heath meet some old Quakers in Bournville? To look at how they installed solar water heater in the Friends Meeting House. Looking at climate change has brought these communities together. Here, they tell their story. Maud Grainger and Keith Budden Four years ago, after running an Islam and the Environment Week, Maud Grainger decided looking at climate change with faith communities would be a great way to take action. The group Faith and Climate Change was set up by Maud Grainger with help from Keith Budden, who has nominated the group for Birmingham’s Local Hearts Award, in the community group category. Birmingham has over one million of the population belonging to a faith, and this was too big a group not to help with combating climate change, said Maud. The programme has now been replicated across the UK – looking at climate change in terms of values regardless of faith. Why else would a group a young muslim men from Small Heath meet some old Quakers in Bournville? To look at how they installed solar water heater in the Friends Meeting House. Looking at climate change has brought these communities together. Here, they tell their story. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-20,25318580 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:32:43 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh environment, voluntary sector, Grassroots Channel, Birmingham UK, Third Sector, local hearts award http://odeo.com/episodes/25464608-A-lifetime-devoted-to-the-community-A-new-podcast-from-the-Grassroots-Channel Joanne Proudler and John Barron John Barron is 90 years old and has spent a lifetime working for his community. He has volunteered at St Mary’s Hospice in Sellypark since it opened, and also introduced the Annual Flag Day – a street collection day for the hospice – which he has been running for over 25 years and raised nearly £300,000. He said when you see a need in the community you want to fill it – and once you have a acceptance it is a good idea – you have the determination to see it through. In 1950 John started taking patients to Lourdes in France, arranged through Birmingham Diocese. He remembers transporting them in old coaches which were previously used for soldiers. He said his motivation is always the patients. He is cherished in his community and for his work, has been nominated by St Mary’s Hospice worker Joanne Proudler for the lifetime achievement award of the Birmingham’s Local Hearts Award. Here’s his story. To subscri... Joanne Proudler and John Barron John Barron is 90 years old and has spent a lifetime working for his community. He has volunteered at St Mary’s Hospice in Sellypark since it opened, and also introduced the Annual Flag Day – a street collection day for the hospice – which he has been running for over 25 years and raised nearly £300,000. He said when you see a need in the community you want to fill it – and once you have a acceptance it is a good idea – you have the determination to see it through. In 1950 John started taking patients to Lourdes in France, arranged through Birmingham Diocese. He remembers transporting them in old coaches which were previously used for soldiers. He said his motivation is always the patients. He is cherished in his community and for his work, has been nominated by St Mary’s Hospice worker Joanne Proudler for the lifetime achievement award of the Birmingham’s Local Hearts Award. Here’s his story. To subscribe to more Grassroots Channel podcasts in iTunes click here – which will open iTunes on the right page. Here is our RSS feed: http://podnosh.com/channels/channel_grassroots_feed.php Joanne Proudler and John Barron John Barron is 90 years old and has spent a lifetime working for his community. He has volunteered at St Mary’s Hospice in Sellypark since it opened, and also introduced the Annual Flag Day – a street collection day for the hospice – which he has been running for over 25 years and raised nearly £300,000. He said when you see a need in the community you want to fill it – and once you have a acceptance it is a good idea – you have the determination to see it through. In 1950 John started taking patients to Lourdes in France, arranged through Birmingham Diocese. He remembers transporting them in old coaches which were previously used for soldiers. He said his motivation is always the patients. He is cherished in his community and for his work, has been nominated by St Mary’s Hospice worker Joanne Proudler for the lifetime achievement award of the Birmingham’s Local Hearts Award. Here’s his story. To subscribe to more Grassroots Channel podcasts in iTunes click here – which will open iTunes on the right page. Here is our RSS feed: http://podnosh.com/channels/channel_grassroots_feed.php tag:odeo.com,2009-10-20,25464608 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:30:18 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh Grassroots Channel, local hearts award http://odeo.com/episodes/25317054-Heavily-Involved-in-Northfield-%E2%80%93-a-new-podcast-for-the-Grassroots-Channel Involve Northfield (well some of them!) Involve is Northfield’s Young Peoples Forum – it was set up in 2005 for 12-19-year-olds to meet monthly. Involve are given money by local government, which they can then distribute to young people to help them run various activities or projects which they would not otherwise have been able to do. Through this they help young people develop a number of skills such as organisation, teamwork and communication skills. INVOLVE believe they are giving a voice to young people – to get their opinions across to people with power in Northfield and to further that they recently launched their own website: www.involvenorthfield.com. In the last three years the group have distributed £75,000 of community chest money and £20,000 of youth opportunity fund to individual young people and groups and projects. They recently started their own radio show and videocasting channel – getting young people to comment and debate on prominent issu... Involve Northfield (well some of them!) Involve is Northfield’s Young Peoples Forum – it was set up in 2005 for 12-19-year-olds to meet monthly. Involve are given money by local government, which they can then distribute to young people to help them run various activities or projects which they would not otherwise have been able to do. Through this they help young people develop a number of skills such as organisation, teamwork and communication skills. INVOLVE believe they are giving a voice to young people – to get their opinions across to people with power in Northfield and to further that they recently launched their own website: www.involvenorthfield.com. In the last three years the group have distributed £75,000 of community chest money and £20,000 of youth opportunity fund to individual young people and groups and projects. They recently started their own radio show and videocasting channel – getting young people to comment and debate on prominent issues such as abuse in a relationship. This podcast was recorded in October 2009, just after they had been shortlisted for Local Hearts Award. It has Nick Booth talking to Karen Cheney, Luke Bowles, Sophie Lynch, Jo – spoz – Esposito and Lauren Synott. To subscribe to more Grassroots Channel podcast in iTunes click here – which will open iTunes on the right page. Here is our RSS feed: http://podnosh.com/channels/channel_grassroots_feed.php Involve Northfield (well some of them!) Involve is Northfield’s Young Peoples Forum – it was set up in 2005 for 12-19-year-olds to meet monthly. Involve are given money by local government, which they can then distribute to young people to help them run various activities or projects which they would not otherwise have been able to do. Through this they help young people develop a number of skills such as organisation, teamwork and communication skills. INVOLVE believe they are giving a voice to young people – to get their opinions across to people with power in Northfield and to further that they recently launched their own website: www.involvenorthfield.com. In the last three years the group have distributed £75,000 of community chest money and £20,000 of youth opportunity fund to individual young people and groups and projects. They recently started their own radio show and videocasting channel – getting young people to comment and debate on prominent issues such as abuse in a relationship. This podcast was recorded in October 2009, just after they had been shortlisted for Local Hearts Award. It has Nick Booth talking to Karen Cheney, Luke Bowles, Sophie Lynch, Jo – spoz – Esposito and Lauren Synott. To subscribe to more Grassroots Channel podcast in iTunes click here – which will open iTunes on the right page. Here is our RSS feed: http://podnosh.com/channels/channel_grassroots_feed.php tag:odeo.com,2009-10-19,25317054 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:51:19 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh young people, voluntary sector, Grassroots Channel, local hearts award, youngpeople, Northfield http://odeo.com/episodes/25317055-Hawksley-Young-Volunteers-A-new-podcast-on-the-Grassroots-Channel Shirley Malone, Gemma O'Neill and Aimee Coakley of the Hawkesley Young Volunteers in Kings Norton - Birmingham. Aimee Coakley first came across the Hawksley “young vols” as a small child.  She watched them working in her neighbourhood in Kings Norton in Birmingham and wanted to be one. Thanks to that experience she has traveled as far afield as France and India, cleaned streets, helped people keep their gardens tidy and supporting friends and neighbours.  Now she has a job because of her volunteer experience. Hers is just one of dozens of stories which explain why the Hawksley Young Volunteers were shortlisted for a Local Hearts Awards in October 2009.  For more, listen to the podcast below. To subscribe to more Grassroots Channel podcast in iTunes click here – which will open iTunes on the right page. Here is our RSS feed: http://podnosh.com/channels/channel_grassroots_feed.php Shirley Malone, Gemma O'Neill and Aimee Coakley of the Hawkesley Young Volunteers in Kings Norton - Birmingham. Aimee Coakley first came across the Hawksley “young vols” as a small child.  She watched them working in her neighbourhood in Kings Norton in Birmingham and wanted to be one. Thanks to that experience she has traveled as far afield as France and India, cleaned streets, helped people keep their gardens tidy and supporting friends and neighbours.  Now she has a job because of her volunteer experience. Hers is just one of dozens of stories which explain why the Hawksley Young Volunteers were shortlisted for a Local Hearts Awards in October 2009.  For more, listen to the podcast below. To subscribe to more Grassroots Channel podcast in iTunes click here – which will open iTunes on the right page. Here is our RSS feed: http://podnosh.com/channels/channel_grassroots_feed.php Shirley Malone, Gemma O'Neill and Aimee Coakley of the Hawkesley Young Volunteers in Kings Norton - Birmingham. Aimee Coakley first came across the Hawksley “young vols” as a small child.  She watched them working in her neighbourhood in Kings Norton in Birmingham and wanted to be one. Thanks to that experience she has traveled as far afield as France and India, cleaned streets, helped people keep their gardens tidy and supporting friends and neighbours.  Now she has a job because of her volunteer experience. Hers is just one of dozens of stories which explain why the Hawksley Young Volunteers were shortlisted for a Local Hearts Awards in October 2009.  For more, listen to the podcast below. To subscribe to more Grassroots Channel podcast in iTunes click here – which will open iTunes on the right page. Here is our RSS feed: http://podnosh.com/channels/channel_grassroots_feed.php tag:odeo.com,2009-10-19,25317055 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:42:13 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh Leadership, storytelling, Society, voluntary sector, Grassroots Channel, Birmingham UK, Third Sector, Snnprofit, Neighbourhoods, local hearts award, kings norton, Hawkesley Young Volunteers http://odeo.com/episodes/25318581-Training-Adults-to-understand-Young-People-%E2%80%93-a-new-podcast-on-the-Grassroots-Channel Nicole White and Rourke Holmes of Erdington Constituency Children's Forum Nicole White and Rourke Holmes have been training adults.  They  volunteer with different organisations in the Erdington Constituency of the City of Birmingham to help they appreciate how young people view the world. The aim is very simple, to improve the relationship between government services and the young people who use them in Erdington. The Forum began in 2005 when the Erdington Constituency asked a group of young people to set up a consultation in the form of a questionnaire which asked about issues which affect them and their peers. One of the questions was, “Who would you prefer to ask you questions – children, or adults” – and all the children said adults. But it became clear adults lacked knowledge and how to engage with kids in the decision making process. So the Children’s Forum made a training package for the adults looking at the benefits and barriers of involvi... Nicole White and Rourke Holmes of Erdington Constituency Children's Forum Nicole White and Rourke Holmes have been training adults.  They  volunteer with different organisations in the Erdington Constituency of the City of Birmingham to help they appreciate how young people view the world. The aim is very simple, to improve the relationship between government services and the young people who use them in Erdington. The Forum began in 2005 when the Erdington Constituency asked a group of young people to set up a consultation in the form of a questionnaire which asked about issues which affect them and their peers. One of the questions was, “Who would you prefer to ask you questions – children, or adults” – and all the children said adults. But it became clear adults lacked knowledge and how to engage with kids in the decision making process. So the Children’s Forum made a training package for the adults looking at the benefits and barriers of involving children. The Children’s forum then tracked the progress made following the training every six months. They also ran a second training session. Over four years ECCF have reached over 258 adults and 486 children.  This podcast, with Tom Sandars,  was recorded just before the Local Hearts Awards October 2009 – where the group was shortlisted for the award for Young People’s Group. To subscribe to more Grassroots Channel podcasts in iTunes click here and with rss click here. Nicole White and Rourke Holmes of Erdington Constituency Children's Forum Nicole White and Rourke Holmes have been training adults.  They  volunteer with different organisations in the Erdington Constituency of the City of Birmingham to help they appreciate how young people view the world. The aim is very simple, to improve the relationship between government services and the young people who use them in Erdington. The Forum began in 2005 when the Erdington Constituency asked a group of young people to set up a consultation in the form of a questionnaire which asked about issues which affect them and their peers. One of the questions was, “Who would you prefer to ask you questions – children, or adults” – and all the children said adults. But it became clear adults lacked knowledge and how to engage with kids in the decision making process. So the Children’s Forum made a training package for the adults looking at the benefits and barriers of involving children. The Children’s forum then tracked the progress made following the training every six months. They also ran a second training session. Over four years ECCF have reached over 258 adults and 486 children.  This podcast, with Tom Sandars,  was recorded just before the Local Hearts Awards October 2009 – where the group was shortlisted for the award for Young People’s Group. To subscribe to more Grassroots Channel podcasts in iTunes click here and with rss click here. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-19,25318581 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:01:22 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh local government, voluntary sector, Grassroots Channel, Birmingham UK, Third Sector, Neighbourhoods, local hearts award, Erdington http://odeo.com/episodes/24779195-About-Brum-podcast-features-social-media-surgeries Some of you may know that podnosh began as a podcasting business in 2005, with the Grassroots Channel - audio stories of active citizens in Birmingham. At the last social media surgery Christopher Woods interviewed me for what has become the first episode in his freshly minted About Brum podcast.  You can listen below, and it’s worth it, because Christopher has a very appealing and relaxed style. Some of you may know that podnosh began as a podcasting business in 2005, with the Grassroots Channel - audio stories of active citizens in Birmingham. At the last social media surgery Christopher Woods interviewed me for what has become the first episode in his freshly minted About Brum podcast.  You can listen below, and it’s worth it, because Christopher has a very appealing and relaxed style. Some of you may know that podnosh began as a podcasting business in 2005, with the Grassroots Channel - audio stories of active citizens in Birmingham. At the last social media surgery Christopher Woods interviewed me for what has become the first episode in his freshly minted About Brum podcast.  You can listen below, and it’s worth it, because Christopher has a very appealing and relaxed style. tag:odeo.com,2009-07-10,24779195 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:10:34 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh podcast, conversation, citizen journalism, Birmingham UK, Neighbourhoods, Christopher Woods http://odeo.com/episodes/18225353-Solving-a-stinking-mess tag:odeo.com,2008-03-13,18225353 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/25345338-Podcast-Solving-a-Stinking-Mess-in-Bordesley-Green Click here for more video and audio from the Grassroots Channel. If you have a stinking brook in your front yard what do you do? Margaret Bannon of the Bordesley Green North Neighbourhood Forum took advantage of the Neighbourhood Performance Reward Grant (NPRG) – a £10,000 pilot programme – to allow residents groups more control over money. This youtube video shows you briefly what happened in Margaret’s neighbourhood and the audio podcast expands on what was done and what was learnt. Click here to view the embedded video. The NPRG was created by the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership and is currently being evaluated by the Digbeth Trust. Click here for more video and audio from the Grassroots Channel. If you have a stinking brook in your front yard what do you do? Margaret Bannon of the Bordesley Green North Neighbourhood Forum took advantage of the Neighbourhood Performance Reward Grant (NPRG) – a £10,000 pilot programme – to allow residents groups more control over money. This youtube video shows you briefly what happened in Margaret’s neighbourhood and the audio podcast expands on what was done and what was learnt. Click here to view the embedded video. The NPRG was created by the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership and is currently being evaluated by the Digbeth Trust. Click here for more video and audio from the Grassroots Channel. If you have a stinking brook in your front yard what do you do? Margaret Bannon of the Bordesley Green North Neighbourhood Forum took advantage of the Neighbourhood Performance Reward Grant (NPRG) – a £10,000 pilot programme – to allow residents groups more control over money. This youtube video shows you briefly what happened in Margaret’s neighbourhood and the audio podcast expands on what was done and what was learnt. Click here to view the embedded video. The NPRG was created by the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership and is currently being evaluated by the Digbeth Trust. tag:odeo.com,2008-03-13,25345338 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:18:20 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh video, youtube, Grassroots Channel, upyerbrum, Birmingham UK http://odeo.com/episodes/24774191-Podcast-Solving-a-Stinking-Mess-in-Bordesley-Green Click here for more video and audio from the Grassroots Channel. If you have a stinking brook in your front yard what do you do? Margaret Bannon of the Bordesley Green North Neighbourhood Forum took advantage of the Neighbourhood Performance Reward Grant (NPRG) - a £10,000 pilot programme - to allow residents groups more control over money. This youtube video shows you briefly what happened in Margaret’s neighbourhood and the audio podcast expands on what was done and what was learnt. Click here to view the embedded video. The NPRG was created by the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership and is currently being evaluated by the Digbeth Trust. Click here for more video and audio from the Grassroots Channel. If you have a stinking brook in your front yard what do you do? Margaret Bannon of the Bordesley Green North Neighbourhood Forum took advantage of the Neighbourhood Performance Reward Grant (NPRG) - a £10,000 pilot programme - to allow residents groups more control over money. This youtube video shows you briefly what happened in Margaret’s neighbourhood and the audio podcast expands on what was done and what was learnt. Click here to view the embedded video. The NPRG was created by the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership and is currently being evaluated by the Digbeth Trust. Click here for more video and audio from the Grassroots Channel. If you have a stinking brook in your front yard what do you do? Margaret Bannon of the Bordesley Green North Neighbourhood Forum took advantage of the Neighbourhood Performance Reward Grant (NPRG) - a £10,000 pilot programme - to allow residents groups more control over money. This youtube video shows you briefly what happened in Margaret’s neighbourhood and the audio podcast expands on what was done and what was learnt. Click here to view the embedded video. The NPRG was created by the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership and is currently being evaluated by the Digbeth Trust. tag:odeo.com,2008-03-13,24774191 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:18:20 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh video, youtube, Grassroots Channel, upyerbrum, Birmingham UK http://odeo.com/episodes/23280748-Solving-a-stinking-mess If you have a stinking brook in your front yard what do you do. Margaret Bannon of the Bordesley Green North Neighbourhood Forum took advantage of the Neighbourhood Programme Reward Grant (NPRG), a 10,000 pound pilot programme in Birmingham, to allow residents groups more control over money. ID=89 If you have a stinking brook in your front yard what do you do. Margaret Bannon of the Bordesley Green North Neighbourhood Forum took advantage of the Neighbourhood Programme Reward Grant (NPRG), a 10,000 pound pilot programme in Birmingham, to allow residents groups more control over money. ID=89 If you have a stinking brook in your front yard what do you do. Margaret Bannon of the Bordesley Green North Neighbourhood Forum took advantage of the Neighbourhood Programme Reward Grant (NPRG), a 10,000 pound pilot programme in Birmingham, to allow residents groups more control over money. ID=89 tag:odeo.com,2008-03-13,23280748 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/18225433-The-Saint-of-Street-Racing tag:odeo.com,2008-02-02,18225433 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:01:00 -0800 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/18225463-Cracking-crime-one-fridge-at-a-time tag:odeo.com,2008-02-02,18225463 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:01:00 -0800 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/23280738-Cracking-crime-one-fridge-at-a-time There is an established link between grime and crime, which is why Kingstanding Neighbourhood Forum is using public money to crack crime one fridge at a time. This podcast, and the youtube video you can, see explain how the forum has been using 10,000 pounds from an experiment called the Neighbourhood Performance Reward Grant. ID=87 There is an established link between grime and crime, which is why Kingstanding Neighbourhood Forum is using public money to crack crime one fridge at a time. This podcast, and the youtube video you can, see explain how the forum has been using 10,000 pounds from an experiment called the Neighbourhood Performance Reward Grant. ID=87 There is an established link between grime and crime, which is why Kingstanding Neighbourhood Forum is using public money to crack crime one fridge at a time. This podcast, and the youtube video you can, see explain how the forum has been using 10,000 pounds from an experiment called the Neighbourhood Performance Reward Grant. ID=87 tag:odeo.com,2008-02-02,23280738 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:01:00 -0800 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/23280743-The-Saint-of-Street-Racing Is there a solution to street racing in Birmingham? Masood Ajaib of the Washwood Heath based community enterprise Commpact thinks there is. He has signed up for an experiment to find a communal way of turning a dangerous Saturday night on Landor Street into a peaceful pastime somewhere safe. ID=88 Is there a solution to street racing in Birmingham? Masood Ajaib of the Washwood Heath based community enterprise Commpact thinks there is. He has signed up for an experiment to find a communal way of turning a dangerous Saturday night on Landor Street into a peaceful pastime somewhere safe. ID=88 Is there a solution to street racing in Birmingham? Masood Ajaib of the Washwood Heath based community enterprise Commpact thinks there is. He has signed up for an experiment to find a communal way of turning a dangerous Saturday night on Landor Street into a peaceful pastime somewhere safe. ID=88 tag:odeo.com,2008-02-02,23280743 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:01:00 -0800 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/18225493-Birmingham-Sparkbrook-the-experiment tag:odeo.com,2008-01-29,18225493 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:00:00 -0800 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/23280734-Birmingham-Sparkbrook-the-experiment Neville Davis of the Sparkbrook Neighbourhood Forum in Birmingham talks about the pro and cons of a huge effort they made to clean up rancid sites in their neighbourhood, all with a 10,000 pound grant from the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership in the form of the Neighbourhood Performance Reward Grant. This experiment plans to give residents control of public money and reward them with more money if they hit targets. ID=86 Neville Davis of the Sparkbrook Neighbourhood Forum in Birmingham talks about the pro and cons of a huge effort they made to clean up rancid sites in their neighbourhood, all with a 10,000 pound grant from the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership in the form of the Neighbourhood Performance Reward Grant. This experiment plans to give residents control of public money and reward them with more money if they hit targets. ID=86 Neville Davis of the Sparkbrook Neighbourhood Forum in Birmingham talks about the pro and cons of a huge effort they made to clean up rancid sites in their neighbourhood, all with a 10,000 pound grant from the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership in the form of the Neighbourhood Performance Reward Grant. This experiment plans to give residents control of public money and reward them with more money if they hit targets. ID=86 tag:odeo.com,2008-01-29,23280734 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:00:00 -0800 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/18225503-Neighbourhood-Police-beyond-the-clip-round-the-earhole tag:odeo.com,2007-11-20,18225503 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:00:00 -0800 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/24774192-Quinzone-Safe-Haven-and-Community-Policing-new-podcast PC Bernie Flynn has been working with young people in Quinton in Birmingham consistently since 2001, merging policing with youth work. For him finding the right people for the job and giving them time to show respect and earn respect is at the heart of good community policing. Anti social behaviour in and around his patch has fallen by 40% and in this podcast he explains how that has happened. This is the most recent in a number of programmes on the channel about the link between policing, and community including the residents who run their own police station, patrol their own streets, those who had the courage to confront pimps and prostitution and how young people act as agents for safer streets. Birmingham Community Empowerment Network Quinzone and Safe Haven West Midlands Police Briefing on Neighbourhood Policing as a pdf PC Bernie Flynn has been working with young people in Quinton in Birmingham consistently since 2001, merging policing with youth work. For him finding the right people for the job and giving them time to show respect and earn respect is at the heart of good community policing. Anti social behaviour in and around his patch has fallen by 40% and in this podcast he explains how that has happened. This is the most recent in a number of programmes on the channel about the link between policing, and community including the residents who run their own police station, patrol their own streets, those who had the courage to confront pimps and prostitution and how young people act as agents for safer streets. Birmingham Community Empowerment Network Quinzone and Safe Haven West Midlands Police Briefing on Neighbourhood Policing as a pdf PC Bernie Flynn has been working with young people in Quinton in Birmingham consistently since 2001, merging policing with youth work. For him finding the right people for the job and giving them time to show respect and earn respect is at the heart of good community policing. Anti social behaviour in and around his patch has fallen by 40% and in this podcast he explains how that has happened. This is the most recent in a number of programmes on the channel about the link between policing, and community including the residents who run their own police station, patrol their own streets, those who had the courage to confront pimps and prostitution and how young people act as agents for safer streets. Birmingham Community Empowerment Network Quinzone and Safe Haven West Midlands Police Briefing on Neighbourhood Policing as a pdf tag:odeo.com,2007-11-20,24774192 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:38:22 -0800 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh storytelling, Society, birmingham, voluntary sector, Grassroots Channel, upyerbrum, Birmingham UK, R4R Europe, Third Sector, Working in Schools http://odeo.com/episodes/24846689-Quinzone-Safe-Haven-and-Community-Policing-%E2%80%93-new-podcast PC Bernie Flynn has been working with young people in Quinton in Birmingham consistently since 2001, merging policing with youth work. For him finding the right people for the job and giving them time to show respect and earn respect is at the heart of good community policing. Anti social behaviour in and around his patch has fallen by 40% and in this podcast he explains how that has happened. This is the most recent in a number of programmes on the channel about the link between policing, and community including the residents who run their own police station, patrol their own streets, those who had the courage to confront pimps and prostitution and how young people act as agents for safer streets. Birmingham Community Empowerment Network Quinzone and Safe Haven West Midlands Police Briefing on Neighbourhood Policing as a pdf PC Bernie Flynn has been working with young people in Quinton in Birmingham consistently since 2001, merging policing with youth work. For him finding the right people for the job and giving them time to show respect and earn respect is at the heart of good community policing. Anti social behaviour in and around his patch has fallen by 40% and in this podcast he explains how that has happened. This is the most recent in a number of programmes on the channel about the link between policing, and community including the residents who run their own police station, patrol their own streets, those who had the courage to confront pimps and prostitution and how young people act as agents for safer streets. Birmingham Community Empowerment Network Quinzone and Safe Haven West Midlands Police Briefing on Neighbourhood Policing as a pdf PC Bernie Flynn has been working with young people in Quinton in Birmingham consistently since 2001, merging policing with youth work. For him finding the right people for the job and giving them time to show respect and earn respect is at the heart of good community policing. Anti social behaviour in and around his patch has fallen by 40% and in this podcast he explains how that has happened. This is the most recent in a number of programmes on the channel about the link between policing, and community including the residents who run their own police station, patrol their own streets, those who had the courage to confront pimps and prostitution and how young people act as agents for safer streets. Birmingham Community Empowerment Network Quinzone and Safe Haven West Midlands Police Briefing on Neighbourhood Policing as a pdf tag:odeo.com,2007-11-20,24846689 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:38:22 -0800 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh storytelling, Society, birmingham, voluntary sector, Grassroots Channel, upyerbrum, Birmingham UK, R4R Europe, Third Sector, Working in Schools http://odeo.com/episodes/23280731-Neighbourhood-Police-beyond-the-clip-round-the-earhole PC Bernie Flynn has been working with young people in Quinton in Birmingham consistently and for years. For him finding the right people and giving them time to show respect and earn respect is at the heart of community policing. Anti social behaviour in and around his patch has fallen by 40% and in this podcast he explain how that has happened. ID=85 PC Bernie Flynn has been working with young people in Quinton in Birmingham consistently and for years. For him finding the right people and giving them time to show respect and earn respect is at the heart of community policing. Anti social behaviour in and around his patch has fallen by 40% and in this podcast he explain how that has happened. ID=85 PC Bernie Flynn has been working with young people in Quinton in Birmingham consistently and for years. For him finding the right people and giving them time to show respect and earn respect is at the heart of community policing. Anti social behaviour in and around his patch has fallen by 40% and in this podcast he explain how that has happened. ID=85 tag:odeo.com,2007-11-20,23280731 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:00:00 -0800 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/18225533-Does-Birmingham-have-the-million-pound-eco-innovator tag:odeo.com,2007-11-05,18225533 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:00:00 -0800 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/23280725-Does-Birmingham-have-the-million-pound-eco-innovator The Big Green Challenge is a two year climate change project with a 1 million pound prize at the end. Any community group (or similar) can win if they find a communal and repeatable way to cut CO2 emissions by 60 per cent. Easy then! This podcast is from the Birmingham launch event (backed by Nesta and Unltd) and we hear what is expected of competitors and why one or two community groups think it may be the wrong idea. ID=84 The Big Green Challenge is a two year climate change project with a 1 million pound prize at the end. Any community group (or similar) can win if they find a communal and repeatable way to cut CO2 emissions by 60 per cent. Easy then! This podcast is from the Birmingham launch event (backed by Nesta and Unltd) and we hear what is expected of competitors and why one or two community groups think it may be the wrong idea. ID=84 The Big Green Challenge is a two year climate change project with a 1 million pound prize at the end. Any community group (or similar) can win if they find a communal and repeatable way to cut CO2 emissions by 60 per cent. Easy then! This podcast is from the Birmingham launch event (backed by Nesta and Unltd) and we hear what is expected of competitors and why one or two community groups think it may be the wrong idea. ID=84 tag:odeo.com,2007-11-05,23280725 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:00:00 -0800 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/25345339-The-Big-Green-Challenge-Hits-Brum-%E2%80%93-new-podcast NESTA was in Birmingham today to entice us into innovating. The Big Green Challenge is a two year climate change project with a £1 million pound prize at the end. Any community group (or similar) can win if they find a communal and repeatable way to cut CO2 emissions by 60%. Easy then! There were queries/criticism at the launch (which you’ll hear in the podcast), some on the blog post of the media partner for the prize and also here. I approve of ideas with ambitious targets. Too often public life offers mediocrity born of easy targets. As one Brummie told us (if anyone remembers who please tell me) at today’s regional launch it may well work best if people collaborate on ideas. Indeed I was wondering of the prize fund could have been split to reward a winner and reward those who collaborate to innovate – something on the lines of that audacious open source bid for the Third Sector Innovation Exchange. Listen to our podcast at the bottom of this post, watch Sarah B... NESTA was in Birmingham today to entice us into innovating. The Big Green Challenge is a two year climate change project with a £1 million pound prize at the end. Any community group (or similar) can win if they find a communal and repeatable way to cut CO2 emissions by 60%. Easy then! There were queries/criticism at the launch (which you’ll hear in the podcast), some on the blog post of the media partner for the prize and also here. I approve of ideas with ambitious targets. Too often public life offers mediocrity born of easy targets. As one Brummie told us (if anyone remembers who please tell me) at today’s regional launch it may well work best if people collaborate on ideas. Indeed I was wondering of the prize fund could have been split to reward a winner and reward those who collaborate to innovate – something on the lines of that audacious open source bid for the Third Sector Innovation Exchange. Listen to our podcast at the bottom of this post, watch Sarah Beeny’s video, read the website, subscribe to the blog and let us know if you apply. Click here to view the embedded video. By the way I heard interesting ideas from Jerome Baddley of Nottingham Energy Enterprise – so hello Jerome. The prize is also on partnership with Unltd. Birmingham was the first launch, more dates in other cities throughout November. NESTA was in Birmingham today to entice us into innovating. The Big Green Challenge is a two year climate change project with a £1 million pound prize at the end. Any community group (or similar) can win if they find a communal and repeatable way to cut CO2 emissions by 60%. Easy then! There were queries/criticism at the launch (which you’ll hear in the podcast), some on the blog post of the media partner for the prize and also here. I approve of ideas with ambitious targets. Too often public life offers mediocrity born of easy targets. As one Brummie told us (if anyone remembers who please tell me) at today’s regional launch it may well work best if people collaborate on ideas. Indeed I was wondering of the prize fund could have been split to reward a winner and reward those who collaborate to innovate – something on the lines of that audacious open source bid for the Third Sector Innovation Exchange. Listen to our podcast at the bottom of this post, watch Sarah Beeny’s video, read the website, subscribe to the blog and let us know if you apply. Click here to view the embedded video. By the way I heard interesting ideas from Jerome Baddley of Nottingham Energy Enterprise – so hello Jerome. The prize is also on partnership with Unltd. Birmingham was the first launch, more dates in other cities throughout November. tag:odeo.com,2007-11-02,25345339 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:24:31 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh video, youtube, Leadership, nptech, voluntary sector, Grassroots Channel, upyerbrum, Birmingham UK, Third Sector http://odeo.com/episodes/24774193-The-Big-Green-Challenge-Hits-Brum-new-podcast NESTA was in Birmingham today to entice us into innovating. The Big Green Challenge is a two year climate change project with a £1 million pound prize at the end. Any community group (or similar) can win if they find a communal and repeatable way to cut CO2 emissions by 60%. Easy then! There were queries/criticism at the launch (which you’ll hear in the podcast), some on the blog post of the media partner for the prize and also here. I approve of ideas with ambitious targets. Too often public life offers mediocrity born of easy targets. As one Brummie told us (if anyone remembers who please tell me) at today’s regional launch it may well work best if people collaborate on ideas. Indeed I was wondering of the prize fund could have been split to reward a winner and reward those who collaborate to innovate - something on the lines of that audacious open source bid for the Third Sector Innovation Exchange. Listen to our podcast at the bottom of this post, watch Sarah Beeny&#... NESTA was in Birmingham today to entice us into innovating. The Big Green Challenge is a two year climate change project with a £1 million pound prize at the end. Any community group (or similar) can win if they find a communal and repeatable way to cut CO2 emissions by 60%. Easy then! There were queries/criticism at the launch (which you’ll hear in the podcast), some on the blog post of the media partner for the prize and also here. I approve of ideas with ambitious targets. Too often public life offers mediocrity born of easy targets. As one Brummie told us (if anyone remembers who please tell me) at today’s regional launch it may well work best if people collaborate on ideas. Indeed I was wondering of the prize fund could have been split to reward a winner and reward those who collaborate to innovate - something on the lines of that audacious open source bid for the Third Sector Innovation Exchange. Listen to our podcast at the bottom of this post, watch Sarah Beeny’s video, read the website, subscribe to the blog and let us know if you apply. Click here to view the embedded video. By the way I heard interesting ideas from Jerome Baddley of Nottingham Energy Enterprise - so hello Jerome. The prize is also on partnership with Unltd. Birmingham was the first launch, more dates in other cities throughout November. NESTA was in Birmingham today to entice us into innovating. The Big Green Challenge is a two year climate change project with a £1 million pound prize at the end. Any community group (or similar) can win if they find a communal and repeatable way to cut CO2 emissions by 60%. Easy then! There were queries/criticism at the launch (which you’ll hear in the podcast), some on the blog post of the media partner for the prize and also here. I approve of ideas with ambitious targets. Too often public life offers mediocrity born of easy targets. As one Brummie told us (if anyone remembers who please tell me) at today’s regional launch it may well work best if people collaborate on ideas. Indeed I was wondering of the prize fund could have been split to reward a winner and reward those who collaborate to innovate - something on the lines of that audacious open source bid for the Third Sector Innovation Exchange. Listen to our podcast at the bottom of this post, watch Sarah Beeny’s video, read the website, subscribe to the blog and let us know if you apply. Click here to view the embedded video. By the way I heard interesting ideas from Jerome Baddley of Nottingham Energy Enterprise - so hello Jerome. The prize is also on partnership with Unltd. Birmingham was the first launch, more dates in other cities throughout November. tag:odeo.com,2007-11-02,24774193 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:24:31 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh video, youtube, Leadership, Social Enterprise, Society, nptech, voluntary sector, Grassroots Channel, upyerbrum, Birmingham UK, Third Sector http://odeo.com/episodes/24846690-The-Big-Green-Challenge-Hits-Brum-%E2%80%93-new-podcast NESTA was in Birmingham today to entice us into innovating. The Big Green Challenge is a two year climate change project with a £1 million pound prize at the end. Any community group (or similar) can win if they find a communal and repeatable way to cut CO2 emissions by 60%. Easy then! There were queries/criticism at the launch (which you’ll hear in the podcast), some on the blog post of the media partner for the prize and also here. I approve of ideas with ambitious targets. Too often public life offers mediocrity born of easy targets. As one Brummie told us (if anyone remembers who please tell me) at today’s regional launch it may well work best if people collaborate on ideas. Indeed I was wondering of the prize fund could have been split to reward a winner and reward those who collaborate to innovate – something on the lines of that audacious open source bid for the Third Sector Innovation Exchange. Listen to our podcast at the bottom of this post, watch Sarah B... NESTA was in Birmingham today to entice us into innovating. The Big Green Challenge is a two year climate change project with a £1 million pound prize at the end. Any community group (or similar) can win if they find a communal and repeatable way to cut CO2 emissions by 60%. Easy then! There were queries/criticism at the launch (which you’ll hear in the podcast), some on the blog post of the media partner for the prize and also here. I approve of ideas with ambitious targets. Too often public life offers mediocrity born of easy targets. As one Brummie told us (if anyone remembers who please tell me) at today’s regional launch it may well work best if people collaborate on ideas. Indeed I was wondering of the prize fund could have been split to reward a winner and reward those who collaborate to innovate – something on the lines of that audacious open source bid for the Third Sector Innovation Exchange. Listen to our podcast at the bottom of this post, watch Sarah Beeny’s video, read the website, subscribe to the blog and let us know if you apply. Click here to view the embedded video. By the way I heard interesting ideas from Jerome Baddley of Nottingham Energy Enterprise – so hello Jerome. The prize is also on partnership with Unltd. Birmingham was the first launch, more dates in other cities throughout November. NESTA was in Birmingham today to entice us into innovating. The Big Green Challenge is a two year climate change project with a £1 million pound prize at the end. Any community group (or similar) can win if they find a communal and repeatable way to cut CO2 emissions by 60%. Easy then! There were queries/criticism at the launch (which you’ll hear in the podcast), some on the blog post of the media partner for the prize and also here. I approve of ideas with ambitious targets. Too often public life offers mediocrity born of easy targets. As one Brummie told us (if anyone remembers who please tell me) at today’s regional launch it may well work best if people collaborate on ideas. Indeed I was wondering of the prize fund could have been split to reward a winner and reward those who collaborate to innovate – something on the lines of that audacious open source bid for the Third Sector Innovation Exchange. Listen to our podcast at the bottom of this post, watch Sarah Beeny’s video, read the website, subscribe to the blog and let us know if you apply. Click here to view the embedded video. By the way I heard interesting ideas from Jerome Baddley of Nottingham Energy Enterprise – so hello Jerome. The prize is also on partnership with Unltd. Birmingham was the first launch, more dates in other cities throughout November. tag:odeo.com,2007-11-02,24846690 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:24:31 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh video, youtube, Leadership, Social Enterprise, Society, nptech, voluntary sector, Grassroots Channel, upyerbrum, Birmingham UK, Third Sector http://odeo.com/episodes/18225553-The-smell-of-trouble-Neighbourhood-Policing-in-Birmingham tag:odeo.com,2007-10-30,18225553 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:00:00 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/24774194-The-smell-of-trouble-Neighbourhood-Policing-in-Birmingham-new-podcast “We’re not aiming high enough” is what the Chief Constable of the West Midlands tells the Grassroots Channel this time. We hear from Sir Paul Scott Lee as we return to the theme of communities and policing and look in detail at the community watch programme in Perry Common in Birmingham. Sue Beardsmore talks to Mary Harvey and Sheila Barker of the Witton Lodge Community Association. Also of interest will be this pdf briefing on neighbourhood policing plus earlier programmes on the volunteers running their local police station and how demolition in Perry Common planted the power in the hands of the people. See also the Chamberlain Forum. “We’re not aiming high enough” is what the Chief Constable of the West Midlands tells the Grassroots Channel this time. We hear from Sir Paul Scott Lee as we return to the theme of communities and policing and look in detail at the community watch programme in Perry Common in Birmingham. Sue Beardsmore talks to Mary Harvey and Sheila Barker of the Witton Lodge Community Association. Also of interest will be this pdf briefing on neighbourhood policing plus earlier programmes on the volunteers running their local police station and how demolition in Perry Common planted the power in the hands of the people. See also the Chamberlain Forum. “We’re not aiming high enough” is what the Chief Constable of the West Midlands tells the Grassroots Channel this time. We hear from Sir Paul Scott Lee as we return to the theme of communities and policing and look in detail at the community watch programme in Perry Common in Birmingham. Sue Beardsmore talks to Mary Harvey and Sheila Barker of the Witton Lodge Community Association. Also of interest will be this pdf briefing on neighbourhood policing plus earlier programmes on the volunteers running their local police station and how demolition in Perry Common planted the power in the hands of the people. See also the Chamberlain Forum. tag:odeo.com,2007-10-30,24774194 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:58:54 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh Podcasting, Leadership, Society, voluntary sector, Grassroots Channel, Birmingham UK, Chamberlain Forum http://odeo.com/episodes/24846691-The-smell-of-trouble-%E2%80%93-Neighbourhood-Policing-in-Birmingham-%E2%80%93-new-podcast “We’re not aiming high enough” is what the Chief Constable of the West Midlands tells the Grassroots Channel this time. We hear from Sir Paul Scott Lee as we return to the theme of communities and policing and look in detail at the community watch programme in Perry Common in Birmingham. Sue Beardsmore talks to Mary Harvey and Sheila Barker of the Witton Lodge Community Association. Also of interest will be this pdf briefing on neighbourhood policing plus earlier programmes on the volunteers running their local police station and how demolition in Perry Common planted the power in the hands of the people. See also the Chamberlain Forum. “We’re not aiming high enough” is what the Chief Constable of the West Midlands tells the Grassroots Channel this time. We hear from Sir Paul Scott Lee as we return to the theme of communities and policing and look in detail at the community watch programme in Perry Common in Birmingham. Sue Beardsmore talks to Mary Harvey and Sheila Barker of the Witton Lodge Community Association. Also of interest will be this pdf briefing on neighbourhood policing plus earlier programmes on the volunteers running their local police station and how demolition in Perry Common planted the power in the hands of the people. See also the Chamberlain Forum. “We’re not aiming high enough” is what the Chief Constable of the West Midlands tells the Grassroots Channel this time. We hear from Sir Paul Scott Lee as we return to the theme of communities and policing and look in detail at the community watch programme in Perry Common in Birmingham. Sue Beardsmore talks to Mary Harvey and Sheila Barker of the Witton Lodge Community Association. Also of interest will be this pdf briefing on neighbourhood policing plus earlier programmes on the volunteers running their local police station and how demolition in Perry Common planted the power in the hands of the people. See also the Chamberlain Forum. tag:odeo.com,2007-10-30,24846691 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:58:54 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh Podcasting, Leadership, Society, voluntary sector, Grassroots Channel, Birmingham UK, Chamberlain Forum http://odeo.com/episodes/23280724-The-smell-of-trouble-Neighbourhood-Policing-in-Birmingham We must aim higher is what the Chief Constable of the West Midlands tells the Grassroots Channel this time. We hear from Sir Paul Scott Lee as we return to the theme of communities and policing and look in detail at the community watch programme in Perry Common in Birmingham where Sue Beardsmore talks to Mary Harvey and Sheila Barker of the Witton Lodge Community Association. Also scroll back on the channel to find a written pdf briefing on Neighbourhood Policing. ID=83 We must aim higher is what the Chief Constable of the West Midlands tells the Grassroots Channel this time. We hear from Sir Paul Scott Lee as we return to the theme of communities and policing and look in detail at the community watch programme in Perry Common in Birmingham where Sue Beardsmore talks to Mary Harvey and Sheila Barker of the Witton Lodge Community Association. Also scroll back on the channel to find a written pdf briefing on Neighbourhood Policing. ID=83 We must aim higher is what the Chief Constable of the West Midlands tells the Grassroots Channel this time. We hear from Sir Paul Scott Lee as we return to the theme of communities and policing and look in detail at the community watch programme in Perry Common in Birmingham where Sue Beardsmore talks to Mary Harvey and Sheila Barker of the Witton Lodge Community Association. Also scroll back on the channel to find a written pdf briefing on Neighbourhood Policing. ID=83 tag:odeo.com,2007-10-30,23280724 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:00:00 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/23280721-Neighbourhood-Policing-briefing This pdf written briefing sets out where the ideas behind Neighbourhood policing have come from and what they might mean, including examples from the West Midlands largest city Birmingham. It relates to our earlier programmes I am the grass now and the smell of trouble. ID=82 This pdf written briefing sets out where the ideas behind Neighbourhood policing have come from and what they might mean, including examples from the West Midlands largest city Birmingham. It relates to our earlier programmes I am the grass now and the smell of trouble. ID=82 This pdf written briefing sets out where the ideas behind Neighbourhood policing have come from and what they might mean, including examples from the West Midlands largest city Birmingham. It relates to our earlier programmes I am the grass now and the smell of trouble. ID=82 tag:odeo.com,2007-10-29,23280721 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:00:00 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/24774195-Clean-Medina-the-Jihad-on-Litter-in-Brum-New-podcast Does it seem extreme to declare a Jihad on litter? Not to a group in Small Heath in Birmingham. Clean Medina says that Muslim neighbourhoods in the city are far too messy and they want to change that. So they’ve launched a “struggle’ against rubbish and waste, and whilst they’re at it they also want to reclaim Jihad as a positive force. The campaign kicks off this weekend (23rd september 2007): Inner city Muslims and friends will be taking to the streets of inner city Birmingham on 23rd September to launch a jihad (struggle) against waste. Rappers, drummers, flag wavers with litter pickers to hand will converge on Small Heath’s Somerville Road to clean up the district. Tired of rubbish-strewn streets, Muslims have decided to clean up and recycle, going from mosque to mosque, starting with Noor ul Uloom mosque, Birmingham’s oldest. TheClean Medina Campaign will be launched with a big push, a shout (Allahu Akbar!) and a (movie) shoot (cast of thousands, mujahidin all). We’re also maki... Does it seem extreme to declare a Jihad on litter? Not to a group in Small Heath in Birmingham. Clean Medina says that Muslim neighbourhoods in the city are far too messy and they want to change that. So they’ve launched a “struggle’ against rubbish and waste, and whilst they’re at it they also want to reclaim Jihad as a positive force. The campaign kicks off this weekend (23rd september 2007): Inner city Muslims and friends will be taking to the streets of inner city Birmingham on 23rd September to launch a jihad (struggle) against waste. Rappers, drummers, flag wavers with litter pickers to hand will converge on Small Heath’s Somerville Road to clean up the district. Tired of rubbish-strewn streets, Muslims have decided to clean up and recycle, going from mosque to mosque, starting with Noor ul Uloom mosque, Birmingham’s oldest. TheClean Medina Campaign will be launched with a big push, a shout (Allahu Akbar!) and a (movie) shoot (cast of thousands, mujahidin all). We’re also making a film: Smallywood Heath in Brum! Listen to the podcast to hear rapper Omar Hassan (foregound in the picture), campaigner Assed Baig (behind Omar) and film maker Ayman Ahwal (see picture here) explain why they’re so fed up with the dirty streets that give Muslim neighbourhoods a bad reputation. Does it seem extreme to declare a Jihad on litter? Not to a group in Small Heath in Birmingham. Clean Medina says that Muslim neighbourhoods in the city are far too messy and they want to change that. So they’ve launched a “struggle’ against rubbish and waste, and whilst they’re at it they also want to reclaim Jihad as a positive force. The campaign kicks off this weekend (23rd september 2007): Inner city Muslims and friends will be taking to the streets of inner city Birmingham on 23rd September to launch a jihad (struggle) against waste. Rappers, drummers, flag wavers with litter pickers to hand will converge on Small Heath’s Somerville Road to clean up the district. Tired of rubbish-strewn streets, Muslims have decided to clean up and recycle, going from mosque to mosque, starting with Noor ul Uloom mosque, Birmingham’s oldest. TheClean Medina Campaign will be launched with a big push, a shout (Allahu Akbar!) and a (movie) shoot (cast of thousands, mujahidin all). We’re also making a film: Smallywood Heath in Brum! Listen to the podcast to hear rapper Omar Hassan (foregound in the picture), campaigner Assed Baig (behind Omar) and film maker Ayman Ahwal (see picture here) explain why they’re so fed up with the dirty streets that give Muslim neighbourhoods a bad reputation. tag:odeo.com,2007-09-18,24774195 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:23:50 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh Podcasting, Leadership, featured, Social Enterprise, storytelling, Society, voluntary sector, Grassroots Channel, upyerbrum, Birmingham UK, Third Sector http://odeo.com/episodes/24846692-Clean-Medina-%E2%80%93-the-Jihad-on-Litter-in-Brum-New-podcast Does it seem extreme to declare a Jihad on litter? Not to a group in Small Heath in Birmingham. Clean Medina says that Muslim neighbourhoods in the city are far too messy and they want to change that. So they’ve launched a “struggle’ against rubbish and waste, and whilst they’re at it they also want to reclaim Jihad as a positive force. The campaign kicks off this weekend (23rd september 2007): Inner city Muslims and friends will be taking to the streets of inner city Birmingham on 23rd September to launch a jihad (struggle) against waste. Rappers, drummers, flag wavers with litter pickers to hand will converge on Small Heath’s Somerville Road to clean up the district. Tired of rubbish-strewn streets, Muslims have decided to clean up and recycle, going from mosque to mosque, starting with Noor ul Uloom mosque, Birmingham’s oldest. TheClean Medina Campaign will be launched with a big push, a shout (Allahu Akbar!) and a (movie) shoot (cast of thousands, mujahidin all). We’re also maki... Does it seem extreme to declare a Jihad on litter? Not to a group in Small Heath in Birmingham. Clean Medina says that Muslim neighbourhoods in the city are far too messy and they want to change that. So they’ve launched a “struggle’ against rubbish and waste, and whilst they’re at it they also want to reclaim Jihad as a positive force. The campaign kicks off this weekend (23rd september 2007): Inner city Muslims and friends will be taking to the streets of inner city Birmingham on 23rd September to launch a jihad (struggle) against waste. Rappers, drummers, flag wavers with litter pickers to hand will converge on Small Heath’s Somerville Road to clean up the district. Tired of rubbish-strewn streets, Muslims have decided to clean up and recycle, going from mosque to mosque, starting with Noor ul Uloom mosque, Birmingham’s oldest. TheClean Medina Campaign will be launched with a big push, a shout (Allahu Akbar!) and a (movie) shoot (cast of thousands, mujahidin all). We’re also making a film: Smallywood Heath in Brum! Listen to the podcast to hear rapper Omar Hassan (foregound in the picture), campaigner Assed Baig (behind Omar) and film maker Ayman Ahwal (see picture here) explain why they’re so fed up with the dirty streets that give Muslim neighbourhoods a bad reputation. Does it seem extreme to declare a Jihad on litter? Not to a group in Small Heath in Birmingham. Clean Medina says that Muslim neighbourhoods in the city are far too messy and they want to change that. So they’ve launched a “struggle’ against rubbish and waste, and whilst they’re at it they also want to reclaim Jihad as a positive force. The campaign kicks off this weekend (23rd september 2007): Inner city Muslims and friends will be taking to the streets of inner city Birmingham on 23rd September to launch a jihad (struggle) against waste. Rappers, drummers, flag wavers with litter pickers to hand will converge on Small Heath’s Somerville Road to clean up the district. Tired of rubbish-strewn streets, Muslims have decided to clean up and recycle, going from mosque to mosque, starting with Noor ul Uloom mosque, Birmingham’s oldest. TheClean Medina Campaign will be launched with a big push, a shout (Allahu Akbar!) and a (movie) shoot (cast of thousands, mujahidin all). We’re also making a film: Smallywood Heath in Brum! Listen to the podcast to hear rapper Omar Hassan (foregound in the picture), campaigner Assed Baig (behind Omar) and film maker Ayman Ahwal (see picture here) explain why they’re so fed up with the dirty streets that give Muslim neighbourhoods a bad reputation. tag:odeo.com,2007-09-18,24846692 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:23:50 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh Podcasting, Leadership, featured, Social Enterprise, storytelling, Society, voluntary sector, Grassroots Channel, upyerbrum, Birmingham UK, Third Sector http://odeo.com/episodes/17016763-The-Jihad-on-Litter tag:odeo.com,2007-09-18,17016763 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:30:00 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/23280709-The-Jihad-on-Litter Does it seem extreme to declare a Jihad on litter? Not to a group in Small Heath in Birmingham. Clean Medina says that Muslim neighbourhoods in the city are far to messy and they want to change that. So they have launched a struggle against rubbish and waste, and whilst they on the case, they also say they reclaim Jihad as a positive force. ID=81 Does it seem extreme to declare a Jihad on litter? Not to a group in Small Heath in Birmingham. Clean Medina says that Muslim neighbourhoods in the city are far to messy and they want to change that. So they have launched a struggle against rubbish and waste, and whilst they on the case, they also say they reclaim Jihad as a positive force. ID=81 Does it seem extreme to declare a Jihad on litter? Not to a group in Small Heath in Birmingham. Clean Medina says that Muslim neighbourhoods in the city are far to messy and they want to change that. So they have launched a struggle against rubbish and waste, and whilst they on the case, they also say they reclaim Jihad as a positive force. ID=81 tag:odeo.com,2007-09-17,23280709 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:30:00 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/17016813-The-Pimp-the-Prostitute-and-Grandad-s-army-yes-it-is-clean tag:odeo.com,2007-09-11,17016813 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:00:00 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/24774196-Pimps-prostitutes-and-Grandad%E2%80%99s-Army-new-podcast-on-the-Grassroots-Channel This is the story of Chris Hoare: a grandfather who’s worked for years to clear prostitution from the Waterworks Estate on the borders of Edgbaston and Ladywood in inner-city Birmingham. His neighbours were so fearful of the pimps that they asked Chris to step up and take action. To find out why he did it this way please listen to the podcast. The tower over Chris’s shoulder is Perrott’s Folly - a building with links to Tolkien. He worked with the Birmingham Conservation Trust (declaration - I’m a trustee!) to prevent the building’s collapse. Next steps are to use it as a tourist draw, turning what was once a neighbourhood riddled with vice into an international family attraction. The residents have also transformed many of their communal areas. Chris is standing in front of Anderton Gardens, a new garden named after a police sergeant who worked with them. (created with help from Groundwork Birmingham) The pragmatic approach of Chris and others in the B... This is the story of Chris Hoare: a grandfather who’s worked for years to clear prostitution from the Waterworks Estate on the borders of Edgbaston and Ladywood in inner-city Birmingham. His neighbours were so fearful of the pimps that they asked Chris to step up and take action. To find out why he did it this way please listen to the podcast. The tower over Chris’s shoulder is Perrott’s Folly - a building with links to Tolkien. He worked with the Birmingham Conservation Trust (declaration - I’m a trustee!) to prevent the building’s collapse. Next steps are to use it as a tourist draw, turning what was once a neighbourhood riddled with vice into an international family attraction. The residents have also transformed many of their communal areas. Chris is standing in front of Anderton Gardens, a new garden named after a police sergeant who worked with them. (created with help from Groundwork Birmingham) The pragmatic approach of Chris and others in the Birmingham South West residents group reminds me of so many others we’ve spoken to on the Grassroots Channel, especially the people of Perry Common and Masood Yasin in Washwood Heath. Thanks to Paul from the Chamberlain Forum for introducing me to Chris. This is the story of Chris Hoare: a grandfather who’s worked for years to clear prostitution from the Waterworks Estate on the borders of Edgbaston and Ladywood in inner-city Birmingham. His neighbours were so fearful of the pimps that they asked Chris to step up and take action. To find out why he did it this way please listen to the podcast. The tower over Chris’s shoulder is Perrott’s Folly - a building with links to Tolkien. He worked with the Birmingham Conservation Trust (declaration - I’m a trustee!) to prevent the building’s collapse. Next steps are to use it as a tourist draw, turning what was once a neighbourhood riddled with vice into an international family attraction. The residents have also transformed many of their communal areas. Chris is standing in front of Anderton Gardens, a new garden named after a police sergeant who worked with them. (created with help from Groundwork Birmingham) The pragmatic approach of Chris and others in the Birmingham South West residents group reminds me of so many others we’ve spoken to on the Grassroots Channel, especially the people of Perry Common and Masood Yasin in Washwood Heath. Thanks to Paul from the Chamberlain Forum for introducing me to Chris. tag:odeo.com,2007-09-11,24774196 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:14:08 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh Podcasting, nptech, Grassroots Channel, upyerbrum, Birmingham UK, Third Sector http://odeo.com/episodes/24846693-Pimps-prostitutes-and-Grandad%E2%80%99s-Army-%E2%80%93-new-podcast-on-the-Grassroots-Channel This is the story of Chris Hoare: a grandfather who’s worked for years to clear prostitution from the Waterworks Estate on the borders of Edgbaston and Ladywood in inner-city Birmingham. His neighbours were so fearful of the pimps that they asked Chris to step up and take action. To find out why he did it this way please listen to the podcast. The tower over Chris’s shoulder is Perrott’s Folly – a building with links to Tolkien. He worked with the Birmingham Conservation Trust (declaration – I’m a trustee!) to prevent the building’s collapse. Next steps are to use it as a tourist draw, turning what was once a neighbourhood riddled with vice into an international family attraction. The residents have also transformed many of their communal areas. Chris is standing in front of Anderton Gardens, a new garden named after a police sergeant who worked with them. (created with help from Groundwork Birmingham) The pragmatic approach of Chris and oth... This is the story of Chris Hoare: a grandfather who’s worked for years to clear prostitution from the Waterworks Estate on the borders of Edgbaston and Ladywood in inner-city Birmingham. His neighbours were so fearful of the pimps that they asked Chris to step up and take action. To find out why he did it this way please listen to the podcast. The tower over Chris’s shoulder is Perrott’s Folly – a building with links to Tolkien. He worked with the Birmingham Conservation Trust (declaration – I’m a trustee!) to prevent the building’s collapse. Next steps are to use it as a tourist draw, turning what was once a neighbourhood riddled with vice into an international family attraction. The residents have also transformed many of their communal areas. Chris is standing in front of Anderton Gardens, a new garden named after a police sergeant who worked with them. (created with help from Groundwork Birmingham) The pragmatic approach of Chris and others in the Birmingham South West residents group reminds me of so many others we’ve spoken to on the Grassroots Channel, especially the people of Perry Common and Masood Yasin in Washwood Heath. Thanks to Paul from the Chamberlain Forum for introducing me to Chris. This is the story of Chris Hoare: a grandfather who’s worked for years to clear prostitution from the Waterworks Estate on the borders of Edgbaston and Ladywood in inner-city Birmingham. His neighbours were so fearful of the pimps that they asked Chris to step up and take action. To find out why he did it this way please listen to the podcast. The tower over Chris’s shoulder is Perrott’s Folly – a building with links to Tolkien. He worked with the Birmingham Conservation Trust (declaration – I’m a trustee!) to prevent the building’s collapse. Next steps are to use it as a tourist draw, turning what was once a neighbourhood riddled with vice into an international family attraction. The residents have also transformed many of their communal areas. Chris is standing in front of Anderton Gardens, a new garden named after a police sergeant who worked with them. (created with help from Groundwork Birmingham) The pragmatic approach of Chris and others in the Birmingham South West residents group reminds me of so many others we’ve spoken to on the Grassroots Channel, especially the people of Perry Common and Masood Yasin in Washwood Heath. Thanks to Paul from the Chamberlain Forum for introducing me to Chris. tag:odeo.com,2007-09-11,24846693 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:14:08 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh Podcasting, nptech, Grassroots Channel, upyerbrum, Birmingham UK, Third Sector http://odeo.com/episodes/23280704-The-Pimp-the-Prostitute-and-Grandad-s-army-yes-it-is-clean The story of Chris Hoare, a grandfather who's worked for years to clear prostitution from the Waterworks Estate on the borders of Edgbaston and Ladywood in inner-city Birmingham. His neighbours were so fearful of the pimps that they asked Chris to step up and take action. He agreed on condition he could do it his way - and that was to recruit a small army of grandfathers. ID=80 The story of Chris Hoare, a grandfather who's worked for years to clear prostitution from the Waterworks Estate on the borders of Edgbaston and Ladywood in inner-city Birmingham. His neighbours were so fearful of the pimps that they asked Chris to step up and take action. He agreed on condition he could do it his way - and that was to recruit a small army of grandfathers. ID=80 The story of Chris Hoare, a grandfather who's worked for years to clear prostitution from the Waterworks Estate on the borders of Edgbaston and Ladywood in inner-city Birmingham. His neighbours were so fearful of the pimps that they asked Chris to step up and take action. He agreed on condition he could do it his way - and that was to recruit a small army of grandfathers. ID=80 tag:odeo.com,2007-09-11,23280704 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:00:00 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/24774197-Better-Schools-for-Birmingham-New-Podcast-on-the-Grassroots-Channel Naseem Akhtar is angry - quietly, productively, but all the same angry. She believes the families of Birmingham deserve better schools, schools which have greater aspirations for their pupils, schools which aim to do more than achieve an average outcome for children. Last month she launched a city wide campaign on the quality of education in Birmingham. She wants to apply pressure from parents and professionals to help teachers, heads, school governors and politicians raise their game. To find out more about Naseem and what motivates here, listen to the latest programme from the Grassroots Channel. Use the link to download notes from the launch of campaign group which set out problems and potential solutions. www.bcen.net. Naseem Akhtar is angry - quietly, productively, but all the same angry. She believes the families of Birmingham deserve better schools, schools which have greater aspirations for their pupils, schools which aim to do more than achieve an average outcome for children. Last month she launched a city wide campaign on the quality of education in Birmingham. She wants to apply pressure from parents and professionals to help teachers, heads, school governors and politicians raise their game. To find out more about Naseem and what motivates here, listen to the latest programme from the Grassroots Channel. Use the link to download notes from the launch of campaign group which set out problems and potential solutions. www.bcen.net. Naseem Akhtar is angry - quietly, productively, but all the same angry. She believes the families of Birmingham deserve better schools, schools which have greater aspirations for their pupils, schools which aim to do more than achieve an average outcome for children. Last month she launched a city wide campaign on the quality of education in Birmingham. She wants to apply pressure from parents and professionals to help teachers, heads, school governors and politicians raise their game. To find out more about Naseem and what motivates here, listen to the latest programme from the Grassroots Channel. Use the link to download notes from the launch of campaign group which set out problems and potential solutions. www.bcen.net. tag:odeo.com,2007-08-29,24774197 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:42:48 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh Leadership, Society, Grassroots Channel, upyerbrum, Birmingham UK http://odeo.com/episodes/17016833-Better-Birmingham-Schools tag:odeo.com,2007-08-29,17016833 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:00:00 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/23280694-Better-Birmingham-Schools Naseem Akhtar is a serial activist. Now she is turning her attention to schools in Birmingham. She wants to know why the results are not better. So this time on the Grassroots Channel we ask what she expects and try and find out why she is willing to tackle such a tricky problem. ID=79 Naseem Akhtar is a serial activist. Now she is turning her attention to schools in Birmingham. She wants to know why the results are not better. So this time on the Grassroots Channel we ask what she expects and try and find out why she is willing to tackle such a tricky problem. ID=79 Naseem Akhtar is a serial activist. Now she is turning her attention to schools in Birmingham. She wants to know why the results are not better. So this time on the Grassroots Channel we ask what she expects and try and find out why she is willing to tackle such a tricky problem. ID=79 tag:odeo.com,2007-08-28,23280694 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:00:00 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/24774198-Refucast-the-podcast-for-refugees-new-on-the-Grassroots-Channel Mikko Kapanen and Shauna Magunda are two students at UCE in Birmingham who used their final year project to experiment with podcasting to tell the stories of refugees in the city. This programme talks to them about how and why they did it and also hears excerpts from some of the remarkable people who spoke to Shauna and made it onto Refucast. Mikko Kapanen and Shauna Magunda are two students at UCE in Birmingham who used their final year project to experiment with podcasting to tell the stories of refugees in the city. This programme talks to them about how and why they did it and also hears excerpts from some of the remarkable people who spoke to Shauna and made it onto Refucast. Mikko Kapanen and Shauna Magunda are two students at UCE in Birmingham who used their final year project to experiment with podcasting to tell the stories of refugees in the city. This programme talks to them about how and why they did it and also hears excerpts from some of the remarkable people who spoke to Shauna and made it onto Refucast. tag:odeo.com,2007-06-22,24774198 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:41:55 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh Podcasting, Leadership, new media, citizen journalism, storytelling, Society, nptech, birmingham, voluntary sector, Grassroots Channel, upyerbrum, Birmingham UK, Third Sector, Snnprofit, teaching podcasting http://odeo.com/episodes/24846694-Refucast-%E2%80%93-the-podcast-for-refugees-%E2%80%93-new-on-the-Grassroots-Channel Mikko Kapanen and Shauna Magunda are two students at UCE in Birmingham who used their final year project to experiment with podcasting to tell the stories of refugees in the city. This programme talks to them about how and why they did it and also hears excerpts from some of the remarkable people who spoke to Shauna and made it onto Refucast. Mikko Kapanen and Shauna Magunda are two students at UCE in Birmingham who used their final year project to experiment with podcasting to tell the stories of refugees in the city. This programme talks to them about how and why they did it and also hears excerpts from some of the remarkable people who spoke to Shauna and made it onto Refucast. Mikko Kapanen and Shauna Magunda are two students at UCE in Birmingham who used their final year project to experiment with podcasting to tell the stories of refugees in the city. This programme talks to them about how and why they did it and also hears excerpts from some of the remarkable people who spoke to Shauna and made it onto Refucast. tag:odeo.com,2007-06-22,24846694 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:41:55 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh Podcasting, Leadership, new media, citizen journalism, storytelling, Society, nptech, birmingham, voluntary sector, Grassroots Channel, upyerbrum, Birmingham UK, Third Sector, Snnprofit, teaching podcasting http://odeo.com/episodes/13496653-Refugee-Podcast-from-Birmingham tag:odeo.com,2007-06-22,13496653 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:30:00 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/23280645-Refugee-Podcast-from-Birmingham Shauna Magunda and Mikko Kappinen are two Birmingham based students experimenting with podcasting to tell the stories of people who arrived in the city as refugees. Refucast was their final degree at the University of Central England. The Grassroots Channel talks to them both about why it made sense to them and and hears from some of the people who's stories inspired the students and formed the first programmes on Refucast. ID=78 Shauna Magunda and Mikko Kappinen are two Birmingham based students experimenting with podcasting to tell the stories of people who arrived in the city as refugees. Refucast was their final degree at the University of Central England. The Grassroots Channel talks to them both about why it made sense to them and and hears from some of the people who's stories inspired the students and formed the first programmes on Refucast. ID=78 Shauna Magunda and Mikko Kappinen are two Birmingham based students experimenting with podcasting to tell the stories of people who arrived in the city as refugees. Refucast was their final degree at the University of Central England. The Grassroots Channel talks to them both about why it made sense to them and and hears from some of the people who's stories inspired the students and formed the first programmes on Refucast. ID=78 tag:odeo.com,2007-06-22,23280645 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:30:00 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh http://odeo.com/episodes/12908703-Tips-on-public-speaking tag:odeo.com,2007-05-30,12908703 Wed, 30 May 2007 12:00:00 -0700 no The Grassroots Channel from Podnosh