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The Carnegie UK Trust is hosting an event in London to discuss the findings of the Trust's recent report - Power Moves.

Power Moves tells the story of four recent policy decisions to examine the question of who has power in public decision making.  The report suggests that the "powerless" can have more power than they tend to assume. 

The event is targeted at all those who are invovled in, or who want to have more influence in decision-making processes, including campaigners, community organisers and policy-makers. 

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TV personality Jimmy Doherty is joining forces with Rachel’s Organic founder Rachel Rowlands and the Carnegie UK Trust to recognise unsung rural champions across the country. The champions – or Rural Sparks - will be found through a widespread search for excellence, run by Carnegie. The Rural Sparks mission has been launched to recognise the rural champions who have helped transform the areas where they live. The panel is completed by the deputy editor of Regeneration and Renewal magazine, Ben Walker, Carnegie’s rural director Kate Braithwaite and former director of the Commission for Rural Communities, Margaret Clark.

Following the Carnegie ethos of encouraging people to develop their own solutions, the CUKT is supporting a conference designed to encourage the growth of networking and collaboration amongst farmers throughout England. On November 27th at the Arthur Rank Centre at the Royal Showground at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire there will be a gathering to share good practice between existing farmer groups committed to working collectively. This will include sessions on good practice from successful farmer groups, with case studies being given from Cumbria and Upper Teesdale. Also being discussed will be the development of federations for agricultural users of common land, a case study on collaborative marketing under the Castle of Mey brand and the role of rural hubs in rural development in the West Midlands. Geoff Brown from Carnegie will be giving a talk on the potential for collaboration and cooperation presented by the Rural Development Programme for England (2007-2013).

The Carnegie UK Trust and the IPPR North are hosting a special event in Newcastle to discuss the findings of the Trust's recent report - Power Moves.

13 November 2008, 13.30 to 16.00

Bisoscience Centre, Centre for Life, Newcastle

Power Moves tells the story of four recent policy decisions to examine the question of who has power in public decision making.  The report suggests that the "powerless" can have more power than they tend to assume. 

The event is targeted at activitists, campaigners, community organisers and civil society associations. 

For more information, contact:
Hannah Grimsley
Phone.: +44 (0) 191 211 2645
E-mail:  h.grimsley@ippr.org 

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