Community and Neighbourhood Development | Community University Partnership Programme Blog

ACT OF KINDNESS: search for a wall!

ACT OF KINDNESS: search for a space! PEOPLE OF BRIGHTON AM IN NEED OF YOUR HELP!! A wall to represent community, love and kindness…Taken from the concept in Iran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cLeVgH_uC0 No location has been allocated to me as of yet for my second build of the act of kindness wall, the council sadly cannot help me…

Make a plan – make a difference

On Monday 23 May, the Department for Communities and Local Government launched the Make a plan – make a difference campaign across England with advertisements and a new step-by-step website – neighbourhoodplanning.org. The campaign is aimed at introducing people to neighbourhood planning, to give them an opportunity to find out more about what’s happening in their area and…

Brighton & Hove Neighbourhood Care Scheme receive prestigious Queen’s Award for volunteering service

Impetus, a Brighton and Hove charity dedicated to providing befriending, advocacy and support services to vulnerable adults, has been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. The award has been presented to the charity for their work in the city enabling people to befriend and…

Blog from Danny Dorlings talk “Fairness and the City” at University of Brighton 19th May – By David Wolff

Danny gave an excellent talk at the Annual University of Brighton Social Science Lecture in front of a packed lecture theatre which was sold out weeks in advance. Students, academics, university staff and many community partners were present to hear Danny’s take on the extent of inequality in the UK and some reasons for optimism…

Eastbourne Exchange Event 2016 – Quick reflections blog!

This year our annual Cupp Digest transformed into the Eastbourne Exchange Event! It was a great first event that brought students, staff, residents and local practitioners together to celebrate the community oriented life of the campus. Because the exchange brought so many different aspects of community-university activities, it’s actually quite a challenge to sum up and…

VIDEO COLLECTION OF TRAINING IN COMMUNITY BASED RESEARCH

Dear Colleagues, The UNESCO Chair in CBR, in partnership with the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) at the University of British Columbia are pleased to share new resources on training in Community-Based Research. These products are some of the outcomes of the SSHRC funded ‘Building the Next Generation of Community-based Researchers (“The NextGen…

Manual for Community University Engagement and Partnership: Lessons Learnt and Challenges Encountered

Dear All the CUPs Course Members Sorry for being late to post the activities in progress and for the absence from the online sessions in the September and December sessions; though the problems was external and beyond my capacity to cope with. Herewith attached is what I was planned to present in the September online…

New Cupp publication: Learning to make a difference 2: Case studies that link University of Brighton and its local communities’

We are happy to share our new Cupp publication: ‘Learning to make a difference 2: Case studies that link University of Brighton and its local communities’ Please click here to view a PDF version on our Cupp website.

Blog about Cupp Eastbourne Summer Digest 2015

Cupp Eastbourne Summer Digest 2015 It was a beautiful day when we met last week in sunny Eastbourne to celebrate, showcase and learn from community-university partnerships. There was a great mix of staff, student and community partners that made for some interesting new connections and lively discussion. Showcasing Even before the Digest started, several…

Professor Sir David Watson: 1949-2015

David Watson was Vice-Chancellor at the University of Brighton when Cupp first got going over 10 years ago. In fact, if it weren’t for David, there would never have been a Cupp at all. His tragically early death last Sunday is an immense loss in so many areas of private and public life – including…