Presented to you by The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement and Involve

• Date: 22nd September 2010
• Time: 09.30am - 12.30pm
• Venue: Online Seminar

Armchair Involvement is an NHS Institute online platform where you can build your skills and review best practice in the field of online health engagement and technology. In a time of rapid cuts and change across the NHS new technologies can transform health services and engage the public, patients and staff in improving services in new and more effective ways. We want to introduce these exciting technologies to you through the Armchair Involvement project.

The partnership is running an interactive, half day Master Class to do just this on the 22nd September. The training session will increase your understanding of the methods both in order to help you embed them within your own work and to support others within your organisation to do so. 

For more information visit the Involve website or contact Thea Shahrokh on thea@involve.org.uk

DEA's national conference

2 November 2010, 9:30am - 7:30pm at Mary Ward House, Central London.

TheDevelopment Education Association (DEA) is a national organisation that brings together educational agendas related to globalisation and poverty, sustainable development and community cohesion.

This year's conference will bring together the global discourse of citizen engagement and public participation with the government's proposal of the "Big Society". The conference will include policy and practice seminars with key figures in the field of democracy and public engagement.

Involve's Director Simon Burall will be speaking at the afternoon policy seminar "A Big Society for Sustainable Development". Fellow speakers for this seminar include Ann Finlayson from SEED and Rebekah Phillips of the Green Alliance.

Click here for full programme details or book tickets here.