Stronger Things 2021 Agenda
Day 1 (Tues 9th March)
9:45-10:00
Welcome to Stronger Things
Dr Adam Lent
Chief Executive, New Local
Professor Donna Hall, CBE
Chair, New Local
10:00-10:45
Community power: a public service revolution
Panel:
Clenton Farquharson, MBE
Chair, Think Local Act Personal
Dr Jaweeda Idoo
Clinical Champion for Personalised Care, GMHSC
Katie Kelly
Depute Chief Executive, East Ayrshire Council
Chair:
Professor Donna Hall, CBE
Chair Bolton NHS Trust and New Local
10:45-11:05
Recover & discover
Virtual stalls held by partners, booths by councils, one-to-one chat time.
11:05-11:35
Breakouts
Things will get really interactive in our breakout sessions. Each of our 10 breakout sessions are repeated everyday so you don’t miss out.
11:35-11:55
Recover & discover
Virtual stalls held by partners, booths by councils, one-to-one chat time
11:55-12:40
The power of community in a crisis
Panel:
Edna Robinson
Chair, People’s Powerhouse
Mark Spencer
Healthy Fleetwood
Anna Severwright
Convener, Social Care Future
Paul Gutherson
Centre4
Chair
Vidhya Alakeson
Chief Executive, Power to Change
12:40-13:00
Break
13:00-13:45
Turning education upside down:
letting young people lead
Lunch with:
Ruth Ibegbuna
Founder Rekindle School, RECLAIM and Roots Programme
In conversation with:
Jaiden Corfield
young trustee, Rekindle School
Day 2 (Wed 10th March)
9:45-10:00
Welcome to Stronger Things
Dr Adam Lent
Chief Executive, New Local
Professor Donna Hall, CBE
Chair, New Local
Special welcome from:
John Barradell, OBE
Town Clerk and Chief Executive of City of London
10:00-10:45
Community power and devolution:
why you can’t have one without the other
Andy Burnham
Metro Mayor of Greater Manchester
With Q & A
Heather Jameson, Editor, The MJ
10:45-11:05
Recover & discover
Virtual stalls held by partners, booths by councils, one-to-one chat time.
11:05-11:35
Breakouts
Things will get really interactive in our breakout sessions. Each of our 10 breakout sessions are repeated everyday so you don’t miss out.
11:35-11:55
Recover & discover
Virtual stalls held by partners, booths by councils, one-to-one chat time
11:55-12:40
Rebuilding the fabric of our communities
Panel:
Danny Kruger MP, MBE
Conservative MP for Devizes and author of Levelling up our communities: proposals for a new social covenant
Kim Leadbeater
Ambassador Jo Cox Foundation
Chair:
Will Tanner
Director, Onward
12:40-13:00
Break
13:00-13:45
A community powered economy? The future of community wealth building
Lunch with:
Ted Howard
US co-founder and President of The Democracy Collaborative
In conservation with:
Danielle Walker Palmour
Director, Friends Provident Foundation
Day 3 (Thurs 11th March)
9:45-10:00
Welcome to Stronger Things
Dr Adam Lent
Chief Executive, New Local
Professor Donna Hall, CBE
Chair, New Local
10:00-10:45
Action on health equity
Sir Michael Marmot
Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health,
University College London
With Q & A hosted by:
Professor Donna Hall, CBE
Chair Bolton NHS Trust and New Local
10:45-11:05
Recover & discover
Virtual stalls held by partners, booths by councils, one-to-one chat time.
11:05-11:35
Breakouts
Things will get really interactive in our breakout sessions. Each of our 10 breakout sessions are repeated everyday so you don’t miss out.
11:35-11:55
Recover & discover
Virtual stalls held by partners, booths by councils, one-to-one chat time
11:55-12:40
Levelling up for real: community power and equality
Danny Dorling
English social geographer and the Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography of the School of Geography
and the Environment of the University of Oxford
With Q & A hosted by:
Jessica Studdert
Deputy Chief Executive, New Local
12:40-13:00
Break
13:00-13:45
Community power: the idea, the reality and the impact
Lunch with:
The New Local research team as they explore the theory, practice and evidence behind community power.
Jessica Studdert
Deputy Chief Executive, New Local
Co-author of The Community Paradigm
Dr Simon Kaye
Senior Policy Researcher, New Local
Author of Think Big, Act Small: Elinor Ostrom’s Radical Vision for Community Power
Grace Pollard
Senior Policy Researcher, New Local
Co-author of Community Power: The Evidence
Chair
Dr Adam Lent
Chief Executive, New Local
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