After a very relaxing and extended Easter Break I have been ploughing through my emails and been catching up with people. To my delight I have been speaking to many organisations about ideas for the Policy and Representation Partnership Policy work for year 3. The closing date is looming (13th May) but that does still give you [...]
I have been lucky enough to spend two days with the Parliamentary Outreach team being trained on how to deliver workshops about how parliament works, the roles of MP’s, how to bills progress though Parliament and so much more. Over the next few weeks I will be digesting what I have learned and will be [...]
We held another great Policy forum yesterday except this one was different to our usual quarterly policy forum events. This event was all about Dissent: we heard from 4 great speakers, who all gave hints and tips on how to influence policy. The event sparked very interesting discussions and debates from how to use social media tools, [...]
Each year the Policy and Representation Partnership chooses six policy topics to be examined through research, gathering the sector’s views and producing a policy paper which is shared with statutory policy-makers. Over the past few weeks the Partnership asked the sector to rank the priorities which we should be focusing on in our third and [...]
The Policy and Representation Partnership is going to be entering into its third year and we need your help to decide the policy themes we should focus on. As you may be aware the partnership researches 6 different policy topics each year, details of the current topics can be foud on the website, and as [...]
25 October 2010 – 3:30 pm
On Friday about 150 people from across the North East, took time out of their busy schedules to join me for my quarterly policy forum event, which usually attracts about 60 people. I was amazed by how many people showed an interest in attending (we were turning people away for weeks) and wondered why the [...]
I have sat down and tried to write a piece about the emergency budget since it was announced on Tuesday (22/06/10). This is probably draft number 104. Like the scoreboard in the Mahut/Isner match at Wimbledon, I lost count after a while. Now you should think it would be easy to give a comment or [...]
…well over the next 12 months that is the question that IPPR North will be discussing with the sector. The Policy and Representation Partnership have chosen the 6 policy topics which will be examined and researched in year 2 of the project (From 1st July 2010). One of the hot topics which has been chosen [...]
As some of you will know the Policy and Representation Partnership hold a policy forum every quarter and the next one is going to be on Friday 16th July. Details are yet to be finalised for the event however I have received confirmation that Lord Bates will attend the event to present a conservative view of [...]
Are you working in Communications within the voluntary sector in the North East? Would you welcome the opportunity to meet with others in your position? We are currently looking to develop a network of communication workers within the North East and have organised an inital event on Wednesday 26th May in Durham. The aim of [...]