Amy Martin

A reflection from Sally Taylor The National Lottery Communities Fund brought a load of black country people together today for their ‘Reaching Black Country Communities’ event - a day where we heard from the Community Fund, shared with others what we do, connected, and got to choose different breakout groups where we could hear all about how other social impact organisations do what we do. All the sessions I chose to attend were related to community engagement - you can tell where I’m at! How...

Author: Sally Taylor. I took myself off to Gather Dudley CIC on Wednesday. Gather Dudley is a community interest company, a “coffee shop and creative community venue enabling and encompassing everything that good people are doing in Dudley”. Sound good? Sure does, and I went with the intention of working there, seeing what they do and how they do it - without prearranging, just turning up and observing. What I got instead was an incredibly warm reception from lovely people dedicated to social...

For those of us who have been desperate to get started but have struggled to carve out the time (that ol’ Bearwood Street Festival was a lot to deliver!!), it’s been a long time coming, but the Board have now charged project lead Sally Taylor to ‘get on with it’. A series of updates on the website and in social media have got us started, and now we’re just securing dates and space to kick of our first ‘Make It Happen’ meetings, where all are welcome to muck in and start designing what this...