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Dr. Sylvia Forchap Likambi
Dr. Sylvia Forchap Likambi will be our guest speaker.
The Voice of Nations founder, Dr Sylvia Forchap Likambi is a charismatic and natural female inspirational, a motivational thinker and speaker, with a great passion to impact the lives and status of disadvantaged women, families and communities.
Dr Forchap is from a black and ethnic minority background and has encountered and experienced some of the challenges faced by most of the women; hence, possess great empathy, passion and desire; coupled with the practical experience and the education to lead the organisation.
Sylvia will be giving a talk at 10.15am.
Bright Ideas - UCLan Students
Expect innovative and interesting ideas as students present their social enterprise ideas. Students will be showcasing their projects and ideas they have developed as part of the social enterprise module in year 3 of CSC.
8 week challenge - Runshaw Students
Students undertook an 8 week challenge to raise awareness and funds for a local homeless charity in Chorley. They will share their learning journey and their experiences of a community development project. The project raised over £500 for the charity. Representatives from the charity will attend to explain the work they do and why it is of such great importance. Everyone is invited to come along and see the difference that this group of students have made for their local community.
Shelley Pyne
No limits Community Arts is a community arts project which was set up by Shelley Pyne during her third year on the CSC course. The idea for the project was designed within the social enterprise module, where she learnt the application of business with the social sector, sources of funding and networking skills. She combined her interest and passion for art and began supporting vulnerable young people in their community. The arts programme is currently running at the Bureau Arts centre in Blackburn. Shelley and her co-researcher, and first year student Kitty are coordinating and supporting the young people in a variety of creative ways.
The workshop will showcase some of the research work being carried out and give you the opportunity to see how 'Creative Participation' supports young people to challenge some of policies which dominate their lives in care.
Shelly will lead a workshop at 11.15am
INTOUCH 2016
Alistair Jewel
Paulo Freire workshop
An introduction to the background and theory of Paulo Freire's emancipatory education. The workshop will be group based and participatory and will introduce participants to the concept of culture circles, generative themes and praxis. The key ideas of Freire will be explored with the hope that as a group we may be able to suggest how we can implement these ideas into our practice and education.
Cardellwood House Project
Rachel Holliday’s workshop will tell the story of how she went from being homeless to starting her own social enterprise supporting those who have become homeless. She will talk about her experiences of drug misuse, mental health problems and how she overcame these to better herself through education.
Greg Smith
Throughout his career,
Greg Smith have been
active in urban ministry
and mission, community
development and urban
regeneration in
multi-ethnic, multi-faith
communities around
Lancashire.
As a reflective practitioner and researcher, Smith has studied and written extensively on these topics. Greg’s most recent research projects from about 1999-2006 have all centred around the concept and issues of faith communities and their role in urban regeneration and community cohesion.
Greg will lead a workshop at 11am.
David McCollom
This year, the conference will take place on the 28th of April 2016, at the Salvation Army in Preston. There will be lots of various workshops, guest speakers and a fundraising fashion show!
See our line up below!