Tag: Events
Emerging from #CTRLShift2018 in Wigan: On the road to progressive change
Last week, the culmination of eight months of collaborative effort came to fruition as we joined our co-organisers in Wigan for CTRLShift: An Emergency Summit For Change. SEA has been part of the organising group since its inception, and whilst co-organising an event of this scale, alongside 35 partner organisations, certainly had its challenges, the fact that such a
SEA joins major collaboration to hold emergency summit for radical social change in light of Brexit
The Solidarity Economy Association has joined a major collaboration of 30 national, regional and local organisations to deliver an emergency summit to ensure Brexit delivers a positive outcome for UK society. CTRL-Shift, which takes place in Wigan on 27-29 March 2018, will be an historic event, marking the first time these diverse organisations collaborate on a joint action plan
Co-ops, cultural commoning and more: Imagine Festival pre-launch sign-up opportunity
Ahead of the launch of Imagine Festival in Belfast, people with an interest in co-ops, cultural commoning, Universal Basic Income and more are being invited to sign up early to a series of sessions hosted by Voluntary Arts Ireland. The sessions, part of a series called the Common Interchange of Ordinary Intelligence, are being run by leading thinkers and doers
Catch us at Oxford Real Farming Conference this week
If you’re heading to the Oxford Real Farming Conference this week, make sure you come and say hello! We’ll be sharing an exhibitor space in the foyer with Stir to Action and you’ll be able to pick up a copy of our new, collaborative issue of STIR magazine. The Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) is a unique gathering of
International Municipalist Summit to be held in Barcelona
“In the face of hate, walls and borders, we’ll build global networks of solidarity and hope.” Fearless Cities is a summit for the international municipalist movement which will take place 9-11 June in Barcelona, Spain. Around the world, towns and cities are standing up to defend human rights, democracy and the common good; Fearless Cities will allow these movements to
Inspiring ideas for a new economy from platform co-operatives
Open2017-data-handout A month ago we joined around 300 others at Open:2017, the UK’s first multi-day conference dedicated to platform co-operatives, organised by The Open Co-op LLP. As one of the early sponsors of the event, we were so excited to help make it happen, and to contribute to what became an incredibly inspiring couple of days. For those who might
Join us in Manchester for Ways Forward 5
Friday 20th January 09:30 – 16:30 Central Hall, Oldham Street, Manchester On Friday 20 January we’ll be heading up to Manchester for the Ways Forward 5 Conference: Roads to a Democratic Economy. We’re one of the key sponsors of the conference, which is about discussing co-operative and radical alternatives to austerity and capitalism and will debate a range of topics,
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