The second in the joint seminar series held by NCVO and the Carnegie Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society is now open for bookings.
This seminar on 'Social capital and dimensions of equality' will look at the relevance and limitations of the social capital concept around issues of equality and diversity. The seminar seeks:
- to explore the interdependence of bonding, bridging and linking for enabling/inhibiting voice and empowerment.
- to identify how various communities, organisations and groups have successfully been able to enable various sub-groups to bond, bridge and link both within and between community/organisation/group.
Chair: Tim Joss (Rayne Foundation)
Tim Joss was appointed Director of the Rayne Foundation in 2005. The theme of the Foundation is bridge building - helping and encouraging inspiring individuals and organisations who can help build bridges within our complex world. Previously Tim was Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Bath Festivals, Bournemouth Orchestras’ Senior Manager, an Arts Council Music & Dance Officer and Assistant Administrator of Live Music Now. He is a board member of the London Sinfonietta and Richard Feilden Foundation. Other activities have included Chairman of the British Arts Festivals Association. He is a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.Speaker: Sughra Ahmed (Islamic Foundation)
Sughra works at the Islamic Foundation and is involved in a number of other initiatives includiong the Women in Faith Network, the Association of Muslim Chaplains and the Islamic Society of Britain.
Speaker: Zohra Moosa (Fawcett Society)
Zohra Moosa is Senior Policy Officer, Race & Gender, at the Fawcett Society where she runs Seeing Double, a national campaign on the experiences and needs of ethnic minority women. She is the editor of the recently published report Routes to Power, a research study on ethnic minority women leaders. The Fawcett Society is the UK’s leading campaign for equality between women and men.
The event will be held in London on 31 July 2008, 4.00 to 5.30. To book your place at this free event please email bridgingseminars@ncvo-vol.org.uk