cadence comments about sheffield

16 Oct 2009

Chronic consultation fatigue syndrome

Is there such a thing as consultation fatigue? If there is then it is most commonly accepted to be something that people who are consulted might suffer from ... although there are plenty of public servants who say they are tired of consulting. In 2000 the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (funders of our Hoodie, goodie, buddy project) said; 'Government regeneration strategies give increasing recognition to the importance of involving local people in the renewal and management of their own neighbourhoods. But the recent plethora of initiatives from departments is causing confusion in some communities and leading to 'consultation fatigue'... more

15 Jul 2009

Youth club report in Guardian and VCF sector

The Clubs for Young People Blueprint for 21st century youth clubs is released this week and gets coverage in the Guardian Society section today. Cadence worked on this project over the last 18 months and while it is very much their version, we are pleased it is now out ... more

2 Jul 2009

Sheffield VCF Review events

Consultation events notes for the Sheffield VCF Review have been made available... more

2 Jun 2009

Sheffield VCF Review events

Consultation events for the 2009 Sheffield VCF Review have been announced - dates and venues are available ... more

13 May 2009

Sheffield VCF Review

Sheffield City Council have released a press release announcing the review of the VCF sector in the city it says: SHEFFIELD'S voluntary, faith and community organisations are to be asked what they want to see change to make their sector more effective. Sheffield City Council is working in partnership with Voluntary Action Sheffield, the Open Forum for Economic Regeneration (OFFER), CLASSY - the consortium of local advice centres, Sheffield Black and Minority Ethnic Network and NHS Sheffield, to commission an independent review of the city's voluntary, community and faith sector. Local experts Cadence Works and ippr North, the regional policy think tank, are to carry out this review ... more

5 May 2009

Consultation in the 21st century

Cadence are working on a review of Sheffield’s Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector Infrastructure. It is an interesting and important piece of work and involves consultation with a wide range of stakeholders ... more

2 Apr 2008

Culture v Creative Industries

Sheffield's aspiration for its very own version of the Angel of the North in some ways demonstrates some of the confusion between promoting culture and promoting creative industries. The 2 Toms, of the local go magazine, have been pushing the idea of turning the Tinsley Cooling Towers, beside the M1 and Meadowhall, into a huge piece of public art. This is a great, not new idea, but their success in getting publicity has had one definite impact - the current owners E.ON are definitely going to carry out the long term threat to knock them down. E.ON are reportedly giving £500,000 for a piece of public art to take their place near the proposed new biomass power station and local MP Richard Caborn has suggested a steel football and no this is not being posted on April 1st ... more