Bulletin 4 December 2009

Centre for Social Justice and Community Action, Durham University, supported by Beacon North East

These three events are free and numbers are limited. So if you wish to attend, we advise you to book soon, using the online booking form on our website. There are further details of each event on the website.
1. Young people as co-researchers, Saturday 23 January, 2010, morning event, Collingwood College, Durham.  This event will draw on the experiences of young people who are leading their own research and the experiences of academics and practitioners who have undertaken research with young people, in order to explore how young people make the move from participating in adult-led research to proposing, owning and controlling research, and achieving change to their own agendas.  Target audience: young people, youth workers/practitioners and academics. Co-organisers: Investing in Children and Gateshead Borough Youth Organisations Council.

2. Participatory Action Research Training Workshop, Wednesday 20th January, 2010, one day event, Ustinov Room, Van Mildert College, Durham University, facilitated by Rachel Pain.  This workshop aims to provide an introduction to participatory research approaches and some of the techniques associated with them.  It is aimed at new and established researchers in universities, the voluntary and public sectors, who are interested in expanding their repertoire of research skills and finding new ways to access and engage sections of community, particularly those who are often ignored.

3.    Community organizing, Friday 26 February, 2010, Thornaby Methodist Church, Stockton. This one day event will address how to organise for power: defining and researching key issues; seeking and interpreting evidence; engaging support locally, nationally and globally; negotiating with and challenging power-holders. Facilitated by Mark Waters, Church Action on Poverty, Manchester and Greg Brown, Thrive Project, Stockton.

For further information contact: Sarah Banks