Next cafe conversation about community businesses and a brief report from our AGM…
Wednesday 17th May 6.30-8pm
Lounge at Manchester Methodist Hall
Central Buildings, Oldham St, Manchester M1 1JQ
There are many types of community businessess including shops, farms, pubs or call centres. Are you running or supporting a community business in Greater Manchester ? Interested in an economy which works for people and planet! If so, this conversation is for you. Book Now! It follows and will key into the lively and valuable March Café Conversation – ‘Towards a retrofit Garden City’
This Café Conversation will ask your burning questions and:
- How can a community business* approach community business approach to local economies in GM, support achieve a more viable economy? **
- What are the issues?
- How might we get there?
- How might community businesses be part of a retrofit Manchester Garden City
* Community Business: There are many types of community business. They can be shops, farms, pubs or call centres, among many other types of business. What they all have in common is that they are accountable to their community and that the profits they generate deliver positive local impact. They are locally rooted, trade for the benefit of the local community, accountable to the local community and have broad community impact. (paraphrased from Power to Change).
** A Viable Economy will address the perilous state we are in ecologically, socially and economically. Its proposes a path to a resilient, more localised, stable economy that delivers what we all need: a frugal abundance or true prosperity. (Paraphrased from the Viable Economy).
Greater Manchester Retrofit Garden City – our vision of a viable economy
Our AGM on 1st April was a great opportunity to talk to a couple of members who want greater involvement; to appreciate our first full year as a membership organisation; the potential of our bigger and more diverse collective and the work we have done with others in recent months. In particular contributing to the debate about what kind of Greater Manchester we want with devolution; the launch of our cafe conversations; around Universal Basic Income; the sharing economy and with Fossil Free Greater Manchester. We started talking about our strategy for the next 12 months. Our most recent cafe conversation explored the idea of a Greater Manchester Garden City; which we discovered has great potential as our vision for a viable Manchester and has links with almost everything we do. We are excited about taking that forward alongside current projects and other new ones. Let us know if you would like to know more about or contribute to our work.
Steady State Manchester 