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142 organisations and people singed up the Alliance Telford News Brief 

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142 organisations and people singed up the Alliance Telford News Brief 

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Lloyds Bank Foundation Meeting with Stakeholders in Telford and Wrekin: October 2019

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Lloyds Bank Foundation Meeting with Stakeholders in Telford and Wrekin: October 2019

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People and Communities work begins in Telford and Wrekin: December 2019

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People and Communities work begins in Telford and Wrekin: December 2019

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‘During the period of the first lockdown, we had to postpone plans for a workshop session to determine a focus for the work and instead used the time to learn more about the context, including reaching out to local stakeholders and offering a space for discussion as well as bringing together a learning network across the six communities for people to share their work and learning in the COVID response.  We made a short film about the COVID response to explore how people came together in response to the crisis and what learning there was in that for how we could continue to collaborate’

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Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales

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People and Communities: Coming together during the COVID crisis in Telford and Wrekin

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Meet-up: Introducing the work of Lloyds Bank Foundation in Telford: Oct 2020

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Meet-up: Introducing the work of Lloyds Bank Foundation in Telford: Oct 2020

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Understanding how bringing people together from across sectors and communities can ensure that people facing complex social issues can access services that allow them to have a positive future and can thrive. These people may be experiencing abuse, drug and/or alcohol dependency, they may be homeless, or they could be experiencing mental health difficulties.

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Meet-ups: Starter Workshops: Dec 2020 and Jan 2021

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Meet-ups: Starter Workshops: Dec 2020 and Jan 2021

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Begin to look at what the future could hold for the area, if we can build on the existing strengths and this new learning.

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Meet-up: Telford and Wrekin Kick off workshop: Jan 2021

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Meet-up: Telford and Wrekin Kick off workshop: Jan 2021

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Discussing the strengths that the area has, particularly in the light of the changes that have happened during the response to COVID 19 and some of the changes we’ve seen taking place.  What we would like to see happen as a result of this work.

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Meet-up: Telford and Wrekin Systems focus: March 2021

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Meet-up: Telford and Wrekin Systems focus: March 2021

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Providing some examples of systems change that has happened in different places around the country and will give a space to reflect on what we can learn from those about what our criteria should be for choosing our starting point for the work in Telford and Wrekin.

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Establishing our shared vision for the work

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Establishing our shared vision for the work

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Meet-up: Telford and Wrekin Choosing our starting point: March 2021

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Meet-up: Telford and Wrekin Choosing our starting point: March 2021

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Coming back together to understand the learning so far and working together to choose a starting point for our work.

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Together we chose 'Early Intervention' as our starting point.  

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Together we chose 'Early Intervention' as our starting point.  

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Meet-up: Exploring what we mean by early intervention: May 2021

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Meet-up: Exploring what we mean by early intervention: May 2021

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This session is an insight into research that has been undertaken since early intervention was identified as a starting point for Telford and Wrekin, and offers a valuable opportunity to step back and consider how different people and organisations across sectors are thinking about early intervention, and how we can bring together our perspectives into a shared ambition for working together.

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22 conversations held within the local community; including charities; public sector organisations and businesses. 

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22 conversations held within the local community; including charities; public sector organisations and businesses. 

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18 Local strategic documents received and reviewed. ensuring we aligned with local objectives

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18 Local strategic documents received and reviewed. ensuring we aligned with local objectives

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Meet-up: Early Intervention in Telford and Wrekin: Jul 2021

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Meet-up: Early Intervention in Telford and Wrekin: Jul 2021

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Sharing and discussing local strategic plans so that our work point is set in the context of wider involvement.

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Meet-up: Aspiration: Unlocking Potential in Telford and Wrekin: Nov 2021

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Meet-up: Aspiration: Unlocking Potential in Telford and Wrekin: Nov 2021

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Sharing the progress made since our last workshop• Discuss how we can work collectively around the identified shared ambition of Aspiration:Unlocking Potential in Telford • Plan next steps together

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Levelling Up Agenda White Paper released February 2022

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Levelling Up Agenda White Paper released February 2022

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Forming of an alliance: an alliance that works collectively around a shared ambition and one that can provide insight and input to the work at a local level.

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103 organisations signed up to the Alliance Telford news brief

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103 organisations signed up to the Alliance Telford news brief

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Alliance Task and Finish Group met for the first time to discuss a shared commitment: February 2022

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Alliance Task and Finish Group met for the first time to discuss a shared commitment: February 2022

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The group created a draft commitment to be presented back to the wider alliance - this is ongoing

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Meet-up: Exploring Approaches: March 2022

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Meet-up: Exploring Approaches: March 2022

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At the workshop we considered approaches to the engagement of Community Researchers and co-production; looking beyond the data (school attainment) and in undertaking a neighbourhoods-based review.

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Who we are and how we plan to make a difference in Telford and Wrekin

We are a group of organisations and local people who are working together to understand how to remove barriers and create opportunities for people of all ages to reach their full potential in life.  We will listen to people living and working in Telford and Wrekin to understand what challenges they and their communities face, by hearing what matters we can start to make real change in the borough; change that is quick, adaptable and led by the people that it affects.

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Alliance task and finish group met to agree an approach to designing an infographic: 6th April

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Alliance task and finish group met to agree an approach to designing an infographic: 6th April

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They decided that they would seek and mentor a fledging graphic business to help the group design the infographic

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Causal Mapping events 26th April and 4th May.  

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Causal Mapping events 26th April and 4th May.  

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Two sessions exploring the barriers to unlocking potential

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Alliance task and finish group met for the first time to explore the desirability; feasibility and viability of engaging Community Researchers: May 4th 2022

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Alliance task and finish group met for the first time to explore the desirability; feasibility and viability of engaging Community Researchers: May 4th 2022

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The group decided to undertake research to understand how the community would best want to be engaged with

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Alliance task and finish group met for the first time to explore the desirability; feasibility and viability of carrying out locality work.

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Alliance task and finish group met for the first time to explore the desirability; feasibility and viability of carrying out locality work.

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The group decided to explore locality work already undertaken in the borough so as to learn from their experiences.

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Wording agreed for the wider Alliance Commitment document

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Draft wording agreed for Alliance Commitment draft: approved by Alliance Task and Finish group: May 2022 

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Draft wording agreed for Alliance Commitment draft: approved by Alliance Task and Finish group: May 2022 

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We want to create support, guidance and opportunities that help people identify potential and provide the tools to unlock it. Approaches that are vibrant; responsive and accessible.

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Task and Finish Group: How data might support the work of the Alliance met: 16th May 2022

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Task and Finish Group: How data might support the work of the Alliance met: 16th May 2022

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The group discussed options and direction and agreed to wait the findings of work being carried out by Terry Gee and STAY

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The Aspiration:Unlocking Potential Alliance and wider (around 40 people)  met on the 6th July at Meeting Point House to create the Possibility Tree.  An opportunity to design what Telford at its Best could look like and in understanding this, what would be the roots to achieving this.

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120 organisations and people signed up to the Alliance Telford news brief

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120 organisations and people signed up to the Alliance Telford news brief

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Cost of Living Crisis: Meet up July 2022

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Cost of Living Crisis: Meet up July 2022

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A working group from the Alliance came together to discuss the Cost of Living Crisis and what might be done to mitigate against the crisis - acting asap

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Connect and Celebrate Lunch: 30th August at Sutton Hill Community Centre

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Connect and Celebrate Lunch: 30th August at Sutton Hill Community Centre

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Connecting with each other and sharing the work so far with Paul Streets CEO of LBF and Ann Limb Chair of LBF.

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Examining the current membership profile, this has highlighted the need to bring more individuals, community leads into this work. 

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Community Researchers: Task and Finish Group 6th September 2022:  Looking at the who and how

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Community Researchers: Task and Finish Group 6th September 2022:  Looking at the who and how

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Alliance Governance task and finish group: 14th September 2022

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Alliance Governance task and finish group: 14th September 2022

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Examining

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Maturity Matrix Event; 14th September 2022

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Maturity Matrix Event; 14th September 2022

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An opportunity to understand this local eco system by assessing current activity against a Maturity Model, providing a chance to discuss where we currently are as a borough in driving Aspiration: Unlocking Potential. It can also help us understand who is doing what, the learning from it, how does the work align with other activity and opportunities to collaborate. The model will assist in establishing and designing the what next and how we can measure our long-term progression as an Alliance.

Using a Maturity Model will allow us to test our vision; how we currently collaborate in the borough; accountability, involvement, planning/strategy and programming; finance/funding; service delivery; workforce development and learning, evaluation and continuous improvement. As the Alliance work progresses, we can then test progress back against our initial Maturity Model.

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Alliance Task and Finish Group looking into Neighbourhood and community engagement: 15th September 2022 

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Alliance Task and Finish Group looking into Neighbourhood and community engagement: 15th September 2022 

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Update from last session: Understanding the learning from other community and neighbourhood work
A talk from Cristina of Wolverhampton University on how community groups develop, particularly the difference, benefits and challenges in asset and rights based community engagement

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Unlocking Potential: What next (setting priorities) Oct 2020

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Unlocking Potential: What next (setting priorities) Oct 2020

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Workshop held online to consider how we progress the dimensions of the Maturity Matrix with an aim to strengthen the Unlocking Potential Alliance work within Telford.  The attendees (18) agreed two priorities: Collaboration and Involvement, the aim would be to enable these two priorities to reach the following levels:
Collaboration: Many decisions are made across boundaries. Shared outcomes are starting to be developed
Involvement: Most or all partner organisations regularly engage with people with lived experience as part of designing and managing services
A draft set of actions on the delivery of these aims.

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Funding Opportunity: Testing a Collaborative approach: 27th October 2022 

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Funding Opportunity: Testing a Collaborative approach: 27th October 2022 

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A group of organisations met to discuss the feasibility, desirability and viability of putting a collaborative bid together for some funding so as to undertake research into the transition period of moving from primary, junior to senior school.

Purpose

•To discuss the funding opportunity

•To determine whether we are in a position to apply?

•To test collaboration within the Alliance

Outcome

•Are we going ahead? If yes..

•Who should write the bid, supported by?

•What needs to be considered in the process?

•How do we all then engage in the progress of the application?

The outcome of the meeting was, yes people were interested but we needed more time; to extend beyond the submission date, to understand what needed to be included and in what detail

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Update provided on the Alliance journey so far and along with the next steps for 2023: Shared on the 21st Nov 2022

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Update provided on the Alliance journey so far and along with the next steps for 2023: Shared on the 21st Nov 2022

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This images was shared with all Alliance members and has been incorporated into the current workshop presentations.

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Collaboration: Task and Finish group meeting held focused on planning an Employer/Business visioning event.  21st November 

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Collaboration: Task and Finish group meeting held focused on planning an Employer/Business visioning event.  21st November 

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We agreed on a face2face event

The focus of the event will be to guide businesses/employers to visualise Telford at its Best from a business/employer perspective – this means without any ‘yes but’ or ‘we cannot do this because’.

We will then guide attendees to identify set 2 or 3 priorities that they are willing to be accountable for, ones that they can then start to work through, understand the aim of, set SMART approaches to and identify who else needs to be on the working groups in order to achieve the priorities – for however long it takes to achieve.  Recognising throughout that the status quo is unlikely to bring about real change.

Event will be late February/or early March – a morning event in Telford on either Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9.30am-1pm

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We have identified a preferred venue 1 and 2 and they are being currently approached

The invite design, wording is being actioned; one that is as clear as possible on the ‘why businesses/employers should be there’

All of those attending the session offered routes to market the event

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Meeting: How can local people become partners in this work? 7th December 2022

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Meeting: How can local people become partners in this work? 7th December 2022

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An initial meeting to discuss how we reach the point of local people being partners in the shared vision, and are active in shaping, overseeing and delivering.
A presentation that included a film and conversation with Cormack Russell Asset-Based Community Development and The Big Society - Bing video

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135 organisations and people signed up to the Alliance Telford news brief

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135 organisations and people signed up to the Alliance Telford news brief

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First meeting of the Unlocking Potential Alliance Steering Group: 10th January 2023

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First meeting of the Unlocking Potential Alliance Steering Group: 10th January 2023

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Outcomes

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Online Event: Next steps in working together with young people to raise aspiration in the borough. (15 attendees 10/1/2023)

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Online Event: Next steps in working together with young people to raise aspiration in the borough. (15 attendees 10/1/2023)

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The event was designed to discuss the next steps to undertaking research in understanding how we can work together with young people to do more to  improve and raise aspiration in the borough.
Outcome: This led to an unanimous decision to avoid creating a fresh group of young people in the first instance but instead start with engaging with existing young people who are already in a broad range of peer, interest or support groups, which might lead in the future representation from each coming together. .   However, it was pointed out that some young people (and probably there are many) are not part of any group, but it was felt that this could be addressed and considered by the engaged younger people at a later stage i.e. how do reach young people not so well connected within the Telford community.  . Next action to create the list of groups that meet already

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Meeting: Unlocking Potential: Next steps in local people being partners in this work: 16th January 

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Meeting: Unlocking Potential: Next steps in local people being partners in this work: 16th January 

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Attended by 16 people: Like many of our meetups, this session resulted in a very reflective, considered and vision focused conversation generating a set of next steps. The group agreed that the best approach to creating greater representation and involvement of people working and living in Telford into the Alliance work and shared vision should start with a few smaller group discussions amongst groups that come together already.

This approach would allow us to test approaches, methods and understand challenges and opportunities to engage with people on unlocking potential within the borough before we engage wider.  The first step however will be to pilot an approach to initial engagement, this will mean bringing together 7-8 people as individuals to plan for, explore and evaluate an unlocking potential activity or proposal which can then be taken in test form to some selected groups already meeting.

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143 organisations and people signed up to the Alliance Telford news brief

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143 organisations and people signed up to the Alliance Telford news brief

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Online Event: Next steps in working together with young people to raise aspiration in the borough. (18 attendees 28/2/2023)

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Online Event: Next steps in working together with young people to raise aspiration in the borough. (18 attendees 28/2/2023)

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Agreed that next steps would be to work with a group of young people that already meet.  This would be young people from SYST and young people known to the Telford and Wrekin Council Skills and development team.

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Community meet-ups begin !   6th March 2023 at Meeting Point House

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Community meet-ups begin !   6th March 2023 at Meeting Point House

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A significant step to engaging local people into the vision of Unlocking Potential in the borough.  Steps have been small but important, they started in early March when we were successful in bringing together six local people into a face-to-face meeting without an agenda, only a plan to work out how we reach out and engage with the local community so as to understand what changes they want to see happen in Telford.

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We have launched a Telford Communication Platform: 20th February 2023 

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We have launched a Telford Communication Platform: 20th February 2023 

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Using ‘Circle’ allowing people to collaborate, keep up to-date with Alliance progress and share unlocking potential related news and events.   Sign up by clicking on the image

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Login to your Circle community via email or SSO today.

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152 people receiving our Unlocking Potential Monthly Brief 

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152 people receiving our Unlocking Potential Monthly Brief 

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This quarter (Jan - March 2023) has seen greater engagement from Public Health; NHS; Stafford Uni; Shropshire Health and Care Economy Research Partnership, Kings-Way, Telford Minster and the Redeeming Our Communities. 

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This quarter (Jan - March 2023) has seen greater engagement from Public Health; NHS; Stafford Uni; Shropshire Health and Care Economy Research Partnership, Kings-Way, Telford Minster and the Redeeming Our Communities. 

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22 people on the new collaboration platform

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22 people on the new collaboration platform