Category Archives: Community Allowance

Chicago 1: The South Side & Regina

Posted on November 20, 2011 by

Tues 15th November 2011 A beautiful sunny, warm day in ultra-civilised Chicago began with a wander in Grant Park. Everything takes just a bit longer than you expect because of waiting to cross the enormous roads. So then I hurried … Continue reading →

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Detroit 2: Grace Lee Boggs & the Angels

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

Sunday, 13th November 2011   I was so delighted to get a call on Sunday morning from Rich Feldman of the Boggs Centre for Nurturing Community Leadership. He had received last night’s email and could meet me today and hoped … Continue reading →

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Demob happy – fragments

Posted on June 15, 2011 by

Off tomorrow to Prague to celebrate 10 yrs with DH (v dear, not quite H). Very excited, but before I go, I need to record a few fragments of conversations from today: I’ve been to JRF’s ‘Communities Under Pressure’ report … Continue reading →

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Decentralisation & the DTA

Posted on September 15, 2010 by

David Prout (Director General for Communities, CLG) at #DTAconference10 yesterday described: 4 kinds of decentralisation – centralised decentralisation (government says how to do it) – eg GPs, elected police commissioners bottom-up decentralisation (seeking additional decision-making powers) – eg community-based budgeting, … Continue reading →

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