AUTUMN SEMINAR
Wednesday October 26th
Prof Marjorie Mayo, Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr Carol Packham, Manchester Metropolitan University
Zoraida Mendiwelso-Bendek, University of Lincoln
Time: 4.00pm - 5.30pm
Location: Behrens 2.1, Didsbury Campus
Taking Part? Exploring resilience in civil society and third sector organisations. Interim findings of the ESRC Capacity Building Cluster (CBC) for Active Citizenship and Community Empowerment.
Abstract:
The research findings have arisen from the ESRC, (Cabinet Office and Barrow Cadbury Trust funded) Capacity Building Cluster (CBC) in Active Citizenship and Community Empowerment, entitled ‘Taking Part?’
There has been increasing interest in strengthening research capacity in the Third Sector as Third Sector organisations find themselves under greater pressure to evidence their impacts whilst demonstrating that they provide value for money, in comparison with private as well as public providers. Meanwhile, universities have been coming under increasing pressure to demonstrate the impacts of their research initiatives.
The seminar will discuss the Third Sector’s role in promoting active citizenship and community cohesion, topics of specific relevance in the current policy context, with the Coalition Government’s Big Society and Localism agendas. We have evidenced sweeping changes in the sector and with them the potential to identify emerging issues and responses.
The notion of resilience has emerged as a theme within the CBC’s work with its partners. The term resilience has increasingly been used to refer to communities' and groups' ability to react to change and stress, and to adapt, bounce back’ and overcome adversity (Buzzanell:2010).
The seminar will discuss:
- Organisational strategies that have been emerging to enable the sustainability and survival of groups and organisations.
- Challenges to resilience, both to organisations and community members.
- Emerging forms of resilience.