Caracas Trollparty 2006 Wednesday 25th Janauary, Caracas. My first few days in Caracas have been quite an experience. On Saturday a couple of guys tried to snatch my camcorder at gunpoint, and on Tuesday evening I spoke live to the nation on Radio National Venezuela. It is now day 6 and the Caracas Trollparty has started. The Trolls, invited by SAPI, now have a full program of activities in a large tent in Plaza de los Museos, right bang in the heart of World Social Forum activities. Read on … [Read more...]
The London Fund
Extract from an e-mail I sent recently... My current focus is on building the necessary partnerships needed to launch The London Fund: a community finance, fundraising and marketing solution for social enterprises committed to building a sustainable collaborative economy. Apparently the Mayor's vision is "for London to become an exemplary sustainable world city". The London Fund will invest in building and maintaining the shared sustainable infrastructure needed to make this vision a … [Read more...]
uniteddiversity update
Yesterday I went to UnLtd to find out about their Level 2 funding process. I had previously attended a Level 1 surgery, but found that fairly useless. This was different... I met lots of interesting people and though the competition is tough, it seems quite likely that I will be able to get grant of upto £20,000 to develop uniteddiversity. One good contact I made was with Ben Metz who works for the London Community Recycling Network. From what he said, it sounds like he is working on a similar … [Read more...]