Reports
Citizens’ Inquiry into the Tottenham Riots – The Report
The Citizens’ Inquiry into the Tottenham Riots was a community-led response to the riots that rocked Britain in August 2011.
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This report outlines the inquiry’s findings, recommendations and the Citizens’ Work Plan – a plan of action to be conducted by local community leaders in 2012 and beyond.
It was led by nine commissioners including Dawn Ferdinand, head teacher at the Willow Primary School in Broadwater Farm, Symeon Brown, co-founder of Haringey Young People Empowered, and Reverend Bunmi Fagbemi, Area Dean for East Haringey.
The commissioners were supported by a board of advisors including Tunde Okewale, barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, Michael Kelly, head of CSR at KPMG and Andy Hull, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research.
The London Citizens community organiser team included Neil Jameson, Matthew Bolton and Sophie Stephens. Alvin Carpio was the full-time organiser of the inquiry.
The inquiry was commissioned by North London Citizens, an alliance of 40 civic institutions including schools, colleges and universities, churches, mosques, and synagogues.
Relevant news articles:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15321596
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/feb/05/tottenham-citizens-inquiry-toxic-relations-police
http://www.haringeyindependent.co.uk/news/9380534.Citizens__riots_inquiry_set_for_final_meeting/
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London Citizens Annual Report – 2011
“The report is studded with eloquent and vivid evidence of how collective community action can take us toward the world as it should be. It is a delight to read and, more broadly, a priviledge to be associated with a movement unique in its politics and very special in its ambition”
Paul O’Shea, Chair of Trustees – London Citizens
Along side stories of action from through the year this report details information about our membership, training courses, funding and financial activities.
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London Citizens Full Annual Report and Accounts
Citizens UK Full Annual Report and Accounts
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Bringing the Olympics to East London
This report focuses on the work of TELCO and its efforts to get the residents of the Olympic boroughs into jobs during the games.
The key aim was to investigate whether the London Citizens and LOCOG partnership had been successful in securing jobs for East London residents and how the events organised by the partnership compared to traditional employment routes.
Through conducting direct research we could broadly assess whether the power of community organising was a force for good in influencing change to current policy thinking regarding employment searches.
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Local Jobs for Local People
In light of the economic climate and rising concerns about high levels of unemployment, TELCO commissioned Geography students at Queen Mary University to explore how community networks can be used to help unemployed people to get into work. In doing so, it has provided students with an opportunity to leave the lecture room and apply theory into practice.
Listed below are the research questions that have guided this study:
How successful has the LC–LOCOG partnership been in helping local people into employment?
How does this compare to other ways of looking for and securing employment?
What are the implications for government efforts to get people into employment for legacy of the large-scale state support redevelopment projects such as the Olympics and for community based employment services?
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