Locality is now recruiting:

2 Trainee Community Organisers

to work and learn in the Wembley area

As part of the national Community Organisers programme.

This government-funded programme will train 500 senior Community Organisers, who will work in local communities around the country to bring people together, listen to ideas, build networks and support people to tackle the local issues which are important to them.

Trainee Community Organisers will learn how to motivate and organise people locally using the Root Solution Listening Matters approach developed by RE:generate to animate, catalyse and focus community action. This involves systematic listening and dialogue that builds trusting, respectful relationships, networks and connectivity between and across diverse communities. As well as supporting local people to take action, senior COs will recruit a team of voluntary COs.

Trainee Community Organisers will be employed by Locality, who are delivering the national programme. In most cases COs are hosted by established local organisations. However, we are testing out a ’direct deployment’ approach and these posts are the first that will be managed in this way. There will be a Local Contact — in this case Meanwhile Space who will be undertaking activity in the area and will provide local orientation and ongoing moral support.

Contract:                 51 week Fixed Term contract

Salary:                      £8.50 per hour

Hours:                      30-35 hours full time per week

Accreditation:          Certificate in Foundations of Organising

To apply:

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The Independent Riots Communities and Victims Panel (IRCVP)  has been set up to examine and understand why the August 2011 riots took place.

5 Days in August Interim report

The interim report ’5 days in August’ has now been published. It sets out the expert panel’s  findings and immediate recommendations for action, following a national call for evidence made on 16 September 2011.

The final report will be presented to the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Official Opposition in March 2012.

In recognition of its regeneration expertise in deprived neighbourhoods, PDT recently presented its response to the 2011 riots to an  IRCVP interim forum including leading experts in social unrest. Jackie Rosenberg described PDT’s work with young people and the community at large. Evidence suggests that those areas engaged in a process of transformative regeneration, like North Westminster, reacted less violently to copy-cap and bystander looting than those areas still excluded from mainstream big society.

To read the interim report, please see www.5daysinaugust.co.uk

The Panel still wants to hear from as many people as possible - the most important part of its work is to listen to the people who have been affected by the riots and to make sure everyone has the chance to have their voices heard.

The interim report includes a response form for communities, victims and organisations to provide their views to us in the second phase of our activity You can also submit your views to panel members via the contact details on the contact the panel page and follow the work of the Panel on twitter - @riotspanel.