The end of Day 2 has arrived.
I'm 48 hours into the longest 6 days of my life. The timetable has been planned to ensure ease of movement between venues as Simon Parker and myself attempt to take the Community News Cafe to 16 venues across the city and county.
I've so far attended 12 seperate events since Monday morning and the thing that strikes me the most is the enthusiasm of our Community Reporters and the willingness of public members to find out more about Community Reporters 2012. This is the project where the aim is to recruit 2,012 members of the public to become Community Reporters by the year 2012.
The full timetable of events can be found at the top of the Citizens Eye website and I would encourage you to come along and get involved.
Our intention is clear! Take the Community News Cafe to all 22 wards of the city and across the county to as many people that want us to visit. With the help of the Leicester Mercury and BBC Radio Leicester we should be able to engage with the public to start raising the profiles of their communities through the use of social media.
I'm giving a talk about the Big Society tomorrow. While thinking about what to say and what to discuss with this particular charities trustees, it struck me that it is really what we have already been doing for years but with less money. Therefore to survive 'it' assuming we actually know what 'it' is, organisations must ensure they work together but more importantly 'shout' together ie communicate the sectors needs and fight for support if its really needed.
Nothing less will spell the end of many community groups because they are reliant on grant funding from central government and they are getting hammered.
The future is uncertain but you can plan to let people know what you do better. Its the loudest & most effective who will get fed first!
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