THE DAY
15 September 2026, Birmingham
The Priory Rooms, Birmingham
A day of workshops, conversations, community organising and connection.
THE DAY AT A GLANCE
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9:30
Arrive
10:00
Opening Plenary
10:30
Workshop Block One
12:00
Lunch & Open Space
13:15
Workshop Block Two
14:55
Workshop Block Three
12:45
Refresher Plenary
17:00
Community
Drinks
OPEN SPACE
ACTIVITIES
TRAINING
WORKSHOP
PLENARY
9:30 - 10:00
WORKSHOP
Arrival & Registration
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Coffee, name badges, community boards, giant Jenga, and time to meet people
Main Meeting House
Ground Floor
Opening Plenary
Setting the context for the day and introducing the conversations ahead.
Main Meeting House
Ground Floor
PLENARY
10:00 - 10:20
WORKSHOP BLOCK ONE
TRAINING
WORKSHOP
Community Nest 2.0 Launch
George Fox Room
Lower Ground
The Social Change Nest launch The Community Nest 2.0 and discuss what's possible together.
Weaving Community Knowledge on Moving Money Together
Elisabeth Fry Room
Lower Ground
Open space session on participatory grant making to shape ideas and next steps together.
Introducing the 'Democracy Metre'
Exploring listening, outreach and conversation techniques for connecting people and building movements.
WORKSHOP
William Penn Room
Lower Ground
COMING SOON...
10:30 - 12:00
Main Meeting House
Ground Floor
WORKSHOP
Place-Based Systems Change in a Time of Division
Exploring how people, power and place shape community-led systems change amid conflict.
TRAINING
Building Lived Experience Campaigns
The Sturge Room
First Floor
Campaigns shaped by people, for people, that win change.
LUNCH & OPEN SPACE
Eat, rest and connect. Take time for informal conversations, quiet reflection or join one of the spaces and activities happening across the venue.
12:00 - 12:45
Plenary
What we're taking forward and how we stay in together
Main Meeting House
Ground Floor
PLENARY
12:45 - 13:05
WORKSHOP BLOCK TWO
13:15 - 14:45
Protecting our campaigning rights in the face of authoritarianism
Exploring how we defend and expand civic space together.
WORKSHOP
How Do We Build a Movement, Not Just a Moment?
Main Meeting House
Ground Floor
Explore the shift from mobilising to organising and reflect on how we build movements that last
ACTIVITIES
Bullsh*t Bingo
Lloyd Room
Ground Floor
Nominate your favourite impact report and let's call it out. Play along and win prizes.
COMING SOON...
COMING SOON...
Elisabeth Fry Room
Lower Ground
TRAINING
TRAINING
Wild Demands: Write the Charter Your Community Needs
Join Our House to play the People's Charter building game and draft a Wild Times Charter together.
William Penn Room
Lower Ground
TRAINING
Meeting the Moment and Possible Strategies
Think through what the authoritarian far right means for your work, now and in the future.
WORKSHOP BLOCK THREE
WORKSHOP
Regularisation of migrants
Elizabeth Fry Room
Lower Ground
How to take care of local and regional migrant communities, build movements and solidarity.
The Sturge Room
First Floor
WORKSHOP
Making Sense of Economic Injustice in our Communities
William Penn Room
Lower Ground
Share tools and opportunities to strengthen economic justice organising together.
COMING SOON...
COMING SOON...
14:55 - 16:25
ACTIVITIES
Passing the mic: Youth, Power and the Future of Community Organising
Interactive live recording of The Social Change Pod.
George Fox Room
Lower Ground
17:00-20:00
KEEP THE
CONVERSATION GOING
OLD STOCK PUB
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4 Temple Row W, Birmingham B2 5NY
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17:00 - 20:00
We'll provide hot nibbles
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Buy your own drinks
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Everyone welcome
