June+Planning


 * =**Away Day on Sunday 1st June 2008 at the Blackboy Hotel**=

We will be meeting in the recently refurbished events room at the Blackboy Hotel and Pub (268 West Green Road, near Downhills Park) for our Coalition planning event. Lunch will be provided which will cost £6.00. (If the weather is good, we can do some of our work in Downhills Park which is next to the pub!).

Please note the timings are now: arrival at 11.30am, finish at 5pm

Who should attend? Anyone who wants to actively contribute to the Wards Corner campaign to defeat the Grainger plan and develop a viable alternative:

Outline programme:

11.30 Overview of what we have done and what we have achieved

12.00 Deciding our priority challenges for the next six months

12.30 Small and whole group discussion: What organisational structure will help us achieve our goals?

1.30 Lunch

2.15 Workgroups: work in small groups with opportunity move between groups.

Suggest the following topics: Developing an organisational structure; Fundraising for the campaign; Challenging the Grainger plan over next period; Developing the alternative plan; Developing alliances with outside bodies such as TFL, English Heritage, New Economics Foundation etc; Exploring sources of investment for the alternative plan.

3.15 Break

3.30 Developing an action plan

5.00 Finish/have a drink in the bar next door.