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The Birmingham CAN! Reachout Network event was held at BVSC on Friday 13 December 2002. The event was well attended by a variety of organisations and projects.
The aims of the event were to bring projects funded by Birmingham CAN! together to enable them to:
- learn about Birmingham CAN!’s achievements and plans for its final two years
- hear about what other projects have achieved and to learn from them
- network and explore opportunities for joint working
- identify individual and common needs, thus guiding the Reachout and Support team in their future priorities for work with our projects
The day started with a speech on the programme by Doreen Foster, Vice-Chair of the Partnership Steering Group. She outlined the programme’s aims in the next year. Birmingham CAN! aims to enable the sector to engage with the idea of Social Enterprise, continue to work with organisations providing intermediary services and to link into other regeneration programmes around Birmingham and as well as the Regeneration Zones.
Nicola Tyler then discussed the role of Reachout and its support workers, as an integral part of the Birmingham CAN! programme the Reachout and Support workers aim to enable voluntary and community groups to engage with the programme and develop sustainable projects and programmes to support socially excluded groups.
As the programme matures, the funding available from both Birmingham CAN! and the Single Regeneration Budget as a whole is decreasing, meaning that support for capacity building and networking is essential, as is fostering links to other programmes and initiatives – such as Neighbourhood Renewal.
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