It's been a little while since we've blogged, so my apologies. If there's an excuse it is that it has been extremely busy round here. Good busy, of course. And, if anything, it's only set to get busier. For a small number of us that general busy-ness will next week include CommsCamp, an event we're getting ...
On Monday last week Brighton and Hove City Council invited me in to watch the Open Door live webcast, in which council leader Jason Kitcat answered residents' questions put to him on Twitter. This was the fourth Open Door event Brighton and Hove has held. Residents are able to use the hashtag #BHOpenDoor or a CoveritLive ...
Budget scrutiny might not seem like the most exciting of subjects, but it's causing a stir at Public-i right now. We're seeing the first police and crime panels (PCPs) looking into police and crime commissioners' spending plans - and since this is the first time any of this has happened it's interesting to watch it all ...
I wanted to talk about Open Space South West and also add a bit of a comment on Carl Haggerty’s post here. I am a huge fan of Open Spaces in their many forms. I am a regular at UK Govcamp and LocalGovCamp and also a co-producer of CityCamp Brighton. Furthermore, through our work with CRIF and We Live Here we're part of an exploration ...
As some folk will know, we're involved in an interesting project with Brighton and Hove City Council and The Democratic Society called 'We Live Here'. Thanks to initial funding from Nesta's Creative Councils, it is working with three communities in Brighton and Hove, looking at how community networks can be mapped and understood to help local ...