CO21 was our 7^th annual meet up and our second online. It was a great success with 140 attendees accessing 30 workshops over 4 days. A total of 37 hours of content was facilitated and shared.

The main theme of the event focused upon the Positive Power of Place, with place being seen as the glue that unites communities in the face of division.

Workshops and webinars varied from the role of storytelling, community journalism and poetry in community organising, as well as exploring the role of faith in place, looking at how to spark social change and ensuring people are connected to place.

We also launched the Community Practitioners Network (CPN) and delivered 9 hours of community organising training based on our Framework.

A big thank you to all of the organisations, partners and friends  that took part in facilitating and delivering workshops at CO21:

DAY 1

• STREET STORIES: HOW CAN WE USE STORYTELLING TO SHARE COMMUNITY LESSONS? Facilitated by  Community Court Yard
• FROM ‘DEVOLUTION’ TO ‘DECENTRING’ – INTRODUCING THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL ENQUIRY REPORT. Facilitated by Dr Nick Mahony (Cultural Democracy), Frances Northop (New Economic Foundation) and Moussa Sylla (Community Organiser at the Selby Trust, Tottenham)
• SPARKING SOCIAL CHANGE. Facilitated by James Muldoon, University of Exeter

Day 2

• PLUGGING THE LEAKS. Facilitated by Glenn Jenkins and Rob Goodwin of  Marsh Farm Outreach
• CREATIVE PRESCRIBING: CELEBRATING THE EXTRA-ORDINARY IN OUR COMMUNITIES. Facilitated by Bianca Todd of Community Court Yard
• THE ROLE OF FAITH IN PLACE. Facilitated by Jenny Sinclair of Together for the Common Good

Day 3

• HARD TO REACH OR EASY TO IGNORE? Facilitated by Laura Seabohm of Changing Lives
• GUERILLA GARDENS. Facilitated by Bianca Todd of the Ron Todd Foundation
• COHORT 2 – THE POWER OF CONNECTING. Facilitated by prof. aladin aladin
• BUILDING COMMUNITY POWER THROUGH JOURNALISM: THE PEOPLE’S NEWSROOM. Facilitated by the People’s Newsroom Team
• POETRY EXCHANGE – RECONCILING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. Facilitated by Donald Jenkins (Born Lippy) and Moussa Sylla (Spoken)

Day 4

• TOP TIPS FOR CAPTURING STORIES ON FILM USING PHONES OR ZOOM. Facilitated by Patricia Reilly of Community Organisers
• WICKED SPREADSHEETS. Facilitated by Deana Wildgoose of Th!nk FC
• HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED IN THEIR PLACE? Facilitated by CAMERADOS
• ROADS OR RELATIONSHIPS? Facilitated by Nick Gardham of Community Organisers and David Robinson of Shift Design
• THE POWER OF STORIES. Facilitated by Alice Toomer-McAlpine

We look forward to welcoming you all again in 2022.

If you would like to deliver a workshop at CO22, please contact David Symes (david.symes@corganisers.org.uk) to ask how, when and where.