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Making Community Research Work - It’s the values that count

The Resource Centre

356 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA

11th November 2009, 1pm – 4.30pm

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The Association for Research in the Voluntary and Community Sector (ARVAC) in partnership with Islington Voluntary Action Council (IVAC) are delighted to host a half day seminar on community research. The seminar includes presentations from eminent speakers from policy, academia and practice and a number of practical workshops covering diverse issues related to conducting community research. This seminar will be of interest to community groups wishing to begin or to support research within the sector.

The speaker Alun Michael MP will draw on his formative role in New Labour's thinking about the voluntary and community/third sector research and the creation of an evidence base for policy-making. Professor John Diamond will remind us of the enduring values in community research in a time of change and Mulat Haregot, Development Manager, Evelyn Oldfield Unit will speak about the value of community research in work with asylum seeker communities.

In the workshops practitioners will present case studies of community research and discuss the implications with participants.