Events

Below we give details of past and forthcoming events, and information on how to get involved.

Future

Common Cause Introductory Workshop

London, January 25th 10-4.30pm Building public concern about social and environmental issues For colleagues or friends that could do with some Common Cause in their lives! Attendance is free, but places are limited – registration closed Why aren’t people more … Read more

Past

Bristol BIG Green Week 13-16 June 2012

Bristol Pound, Public Interest Research Centre and WWF-UK have teamed up to run a series of workshops under the Common Cause umbrella. These will enable you to explore the importance of cultural values in shaping responses to the social and … Read more

Brussels – Policy with Common Cause

The next Common Cause Brussels meeting will be hosted by Patricia Scherer of Workability Europe (whose topic is disability and the labour market), and it’ll be an interesting and wide-ranging conversation as usual! Where: Workability Europe, Rue d’Egmont 15, 1050 … Read more

London – Food, Values and Change Workshop

Together with friends at Waste Watch and Tasting the Future, we’re organising a one-day participative workshop to explore the role of values change in shifting to a life-enhancing food system. When: Monday 23rd April – 10am-4pm Where: Development House, 56-64 … Read more

Edinburgh – Common Cause workshop

9.30am – 4pm, Wednesday 25th April Scottish Book Trust, High Street, Edinburgh Do you – Work on social or environmental issues? Want to explore what values and frames mean for your work? Want to meet others asking the same questions? … Read more

Cambridge – Common Cause Local Meet-Up

A small group of people interested in using Common Cause in their work and campaigning are now meeting informally but regularly in Cambridge. When: Thursday 19th April 7.15 for a 7.30 start, finishing 9pm, Where: Grads Cafe at the University Centre, … Read more

Oxford – Campaigning With Common Cause

Are you a campaigner? Want to explore what values and frames mean for your campaigning? Want to meet others asking the same questions? We’re organising an informal session for campaigners interested in working with values to share their questions, build … Read more

Bristol – Campaigning With Common Cause

Brussels – NGO Staff Community Of Interest

Following last month’s gathering of policy, communications and campaigns staff from across the Brussels NGO sector – a community of interest is now meeting on a regular basis. We will focus on how to apply the Common Cause perspective in … Read more

Creating Social Change – Waste Watch Conference

Our friends at Waste Watch have a cracking conference coming up in March, where our own Tom Crompton will be speaking. Details below and on their website. Creating Social Change will bring together individuals and organisations to discuss why a … Read more

Campaigning With Common Cause – Brussels

Eivind Hoff is kindly organising a day of Common Cause activity in Brussels on Tuesday 14th February. Introduction to Common Cause workshop: 2.30-5.30pm (venue TBD) Community of practice meet-up: 6-8pm at Mundo-B, Rue d’Edimbourg 26, 1050 Brussels For more details, … Read more

February 2012 workshops in Sweden

Martha Thernsjö is helping to organise two workshops in Stockholm on Friday 17 and Saturday 18 February, 2012. Download the flier below for more details, or contact Martha at: [email protected]

Campaigning With Common Cause

Are you a campaigner? Want to explore what values and frames mean for your campaigning? Want to meet others asking the same questions? Every second Wednesday of the month we’ll be organising an informal session for campaigners interested in working … Read more

29 November Common Cause in Vienna, Austria.

Das Zentrum für Globalen Wandel und Nachhaltigkeit der Universität für Bodenkultur Wien veranstaltet am 29. November 2011 gemeinsam mit dem österreichischen Lebensministerium und der Wiener Umweltschutzabteilung einen ganztägigen Workshop mit dem Titel „Working with our cultural values to achieve a … Read more

Social Marketing Conference: Changing Behaviour Through Communications

Martin Kirk is giving a keynote address at the Charity Comms Conference on behaviour change and social marketing. The conference is being held at the St. Albans Centre in London on November 30th. The blurb for the event: From environmental … Read more

Finding Common Cause (Training)

A residential workshop for communicators and connectors, February 8th-10th 2012. Many people have asked for help to bring Common Cause ideas to their organisations and wider networks. This residential workshop will give you the grounding to do so effectively. If … Read more

Scottish Government Research Conference on Values and Climate Change Behaviours

The Scottish Government is organising a research conference on Values and Climate Change Behaviours on 14th December 2011. WWF Scotland has invited Professor Tim Kasser to Edinburgh for a series of events, and this research conference is one of these. … Read more

Launch: Leading for the Future

Come to the launch of a new report, Leading for the Future, the product of a partnership between Commonwork and WWF-UK. The report addresses the question: How can we create more leaders for sustainability, who live and work for a … Read more

Frames and Values Workshop

21 March 2011 – CAFOD, London Nearly 100 people – from business, academia, local government, public services, and the third sector – met for presentations and open space discussions at CAFOD HQ on March 21st. There were presentations and discussion … Read more

Machynlleth values weekend

18th-20th March 2011 – Machynlleth, Wales Over the 18-20 March 2011, twenty-five people met on the site of Owain Glyndwr’s revolutionary Welsh parliament of 1404, in Machynlleth, mid-Wales. Our conversations focussed on the problems that we face in meeting profound … Read more

Common Cause Workshop

9 December 2010 An over-subscribed workshop in central London saw 100 individuals from third sector organisations meet for a full-day workshop on Common Cause. There were table discussions and presentations from Tim Kasser (Knox College), Greg Maio (Cardiff University) and … Read more