People Power

CVA's People Power Programme

People Power Learning Events....

CVA’s People Power programme is a series of learning events designed to support, guide and advise those of you wishing to play an active part in making things better in Croydon.

The programme will strengthen existing and grow new skills whilst keeping you up-to-date on the key policy issues so you can be more influential. You can see below what is still to take place or click on Talk2Croydon.

Meetings of Councillors and the Voluntary and Community Sector in Croydon

Councillors and VCS Workshops

Meetings are being held in croydon between Croydon Councillors and VCS (the Voluntary and Community Sector) designed to help them better understand each other's work and role.

These workshops are part of CVA’s People Power programme, a series of learning events designed to support, guide and advise local groups and people wishing to play an active part in making things better in Croydon. Notes of the meetings plus presentations where applicable can be found here:

Notes: 20 March 2013, Councillor and VCS

Presentation: 20 March 2013 by Solomon Agutu, Head of Democratic Services and Scrutiny, Croydon Council

Presentation: 20 March 2013 by Matt Scott, Acting Community Development Manager, CVA

Notes: 31st July, 2013 Councillor and VCS

Your Community Rights

Do you wish to:

Run a local service
Shape local development or
Take over a community building?

Two new community rights came into force in April 2012 and two more will be coming in May and July 2012. These rights are intended to give local people more local power and control and are introduced in the Localism Act as part of the ‘Big Society’ agenda. Find out more

CVA has been working with Urban Forum, Planning Aid, Locality and NAVCA to bring the best guidance to local people and groups and in January held a ‘Community Rights Made Real’ seminar as part of our People Power Programme. We are keen to help people wishing to use these new rights and plan to offer more support through future Croydon People Power events.

To find out more and stay connected email Jo Gough or Sarah Taylor