March 2010 News

In the North East? Bookings for VONNE Foresight training now open

Bookings are now closed for Foresight training with VONNE.

If you're in the North East and couldn't make the training, you can find out more about how VONNE have worked with us to think about the future forces or trends (drivers) that will specifically affect the North East area by taking a look at some of the comments Jane Cater from VONNE has made on our national drivers.

More outcomes from our partnership will be made available on this site over the next few weeks, so keep your eyes peeled!

 

 

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The future of Good Society

Carnegie report launch

<>Making Good Society (the final report of the Carnegie Trust’s Commission of Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society) thinks about the role of civil society moving forward. They focus on four key areas that they think civil society can play a key role in developing for a ‘better’ society. Their report positions itself almost as a manifesto – their aspirations for the future. To what extent do you think civil society can take up their challenges and turn them into...

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Climate change enters the boardroom

<>You’d have thought that with the near-frenzy over Copenhagen, climate change has shouldered its way into mainstream alongside issues such as national debt or health provision. But the recent flurry of public mudslinging between ‘climate believers’ and ‘climate deniers’ (Glaciergate and Datagate, to name just two) has shown that it is still a divisive issue. This doesn’t bode well for prospects of decisive, effective action to reduce the impact of climate change, or to prepare society for...

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