OCTOPUS COMMUNITY NETWORK

Octopus is a collaboration of community centres working together to develop and deliver innovative community-led health and well-being activities, informal and non-formal learning projects, growing and bio-diversity projects, skills and back to work programmes.  In working together we achieve greater synergy avoiding unnecessary duplication, and maximum resource utilization.

Join experts in political engagement from Hope for the Future for an afternoon's workshop on engaging with local government for community and nature. We'll cover an introduction to Hope for the Future's relationship based approach and how it fits into the Nature Neighbourhood project, before moving into a discussion of how local government&nbsp;functions, and how we can engage with it, before finishing with a facilitated-knowledge&nbsp;sharing and problem-solving session looking at the blockages to engaging with councils and how we can get around them.&nbsp; Hope for the Future is a Sheffield-based democratic engagement charity that works with individuals and communities across the UK to help people have effective conversations with their politicians on climate and nature issues.

Whittington Park Community Centre

Thank you for signing up to attend this session. You will be sent a Microsoft Teams link via email before the CoP date. Best, Octopus

Join the Food Aid Providers Community of Practice, an opportunity to come together to discuss your provision, where there are successes and challenges, and learn from each other while thinking collectively about what a Food&amp;More model would look like in Islington. What is a CoP? In all Communities of Practice (CoP) all members are seen as learners and teachers. A CoP provides an ideal environment for adults keen to learn and develop both personally and professionally, from one-another.&nbsp;CoP’s provide one of the best learning environments for adults who want to bring their life experiences to learning, who want to make connections between what they already know and the new things they are learning, want control over their learning experience, and what to apply their learning to their personal lives and/or work environment.&nbsp;&nbsp;Who is the CoP for?&nbsp; Anyone involved in managing, coordinating, running or volunteering in a facility offering emergency/crisis food aid.&nbsp;&nbsp;CoP Themes&nbsp;&nbsp;The Community of Practice will begin with two sessions focusing upon Purpose and Community Building, followed by sessions focusing upon producing a ‘Charter for Food+ Provision’ and by sharing effective practice, a ‘Food&amp;More Standards of Practice Framework’ will be created.&nbsp; Dates: Thursday 3rd&nbsp;October, 14.00 - 15.30&nbsp;Thursday 7th November, 14.00 - 15.30&nbsp;Thursday 5th December, 14.00 - 15.30&nbsp;Thursday 9th January 2025, 14.00 - 15.30&nbsp;Thursday 6th February, 14.00 - 15.30&nbsp;Thursday 6th March, 14.00 - 15.30&nbsp;Thursday 3rd April, 14.00 - 15.30&nbsp;Thursday 1st May, 14.00 - 15.30&nbsp;

OCTOPUS COMMUNITY NETWORK

OCTOPUS COMMUNITY NETWORK

Food Aid Providers Community of Practice

Hope for the Future workshop