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Show me the evidence
Wed, 09/11/2011 - 10:15 - 12:30

Huntingdon Room (K/122), Kings Manor, University of York, Exhibition Square, York YO1 7EP

Involve Yorkshire & Humber's research into the voluntary and community sector Show me the evidence is one in the series of Landscape seminars run by Involve Yorkshire & Humber. Understanding what’s happening to voluntary and community organisations and communities is critical. Without evidence, planning ahead, making the most of scarce resources and planning the right response is impossible.

Please take part in Involve Yorkshire & Humber’s latest quarterly confidence survey. It will take just a few minutes: http://svy.mk/iOKQc3 - closing date June 30th

This week's Website of the Week is Collaborative Consumption (www.collaborativeconsumption.com) describes the rapid explosion in swapping, sharing, bartering, trading and renting being reinvented through the latest technologies and peer-to-peer marketplaces...

The Chief Economist Unit at Yorkshire Forward have launched 'Rebalancing the Yorkshire and Humber Economy - challenges and opportunities.' This is a comprehensive assessment of how the recent economic downturn...

Connecting the Leeds City Region to its urban/rural fringes
Fri, 08/04/2011 - 09:30 - 15:30

Rose Bowl, Leeds Metropolitan University

‘Investing in the future by working together for a sustainable and competitive region.’ Often overlooked in city region thinking are the “forgotten” assets and communities of the urban/rural fringes around the core towns and cities. This conference provides an opportunity for assessment and discussion of the potential for local community agendas, the urban fringe areas and the city region’s interests to be mutually developed.

Natural England, Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Government Office and Yorkshire Futures to show the state of the natural environment in Yorkshire and Humber. It presents mapped data and...

£3 million of new funding from CO2Sense

£3 million of new funding is available from CO2Sense to help businesses in Yorkshire and Humber cut their costs and their carbon emissions. The funding will be available to...

This week's Website of the Week is The New Home Front (www.newhomefront.org) a campaign group who are exploring how we can learn from Britain’s war time past in an age...

This week's Website of the Week is LILAC (www.lilac.coop) a pioneering project which aims to build a community of 20 homes and a common house to high ecological standards using...

Please find below a link which will take you to a brief Survey about Yorkshire & the Humber Forum "Local Routes" Policy Project which comes to an end this December....

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Following the recent publication of the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment and the forthcoming development of the National Adaptation Programme a series of half day workshops are being held across the UK for local authorities.
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Community Renewable Energy Event

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