The workshops are the real heart of Summat 2016. We really hope there is something for everyone, so explore the different sessions and start getting excited for the day.
You can see the timetable as a word document:
Summat 2016 timetable
Or a PDF:
Summat 2016 timetable
You can also get yourself registered, join the facebook event or see what’s going on for the whole event.
Skills for a better future
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Handling Conflict
Alternatives to Violence Project Leeds
Conflict is a part of life (and common in community groups!) but it doesn’t have to be destructive. Come along for an interactive introduction to understanding conflict better, improving your communication skills, and learning new ways to handle tricky situations.
You can read our very own Leeds for Change interview with the Alternatives to Violence Project to get a taste of their workshop.
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Housing without Landlords, Work without Bosses: Setting up and running Co-operatives to build a better world.
Cornerstone Housing co-operative
What is a co-operative? Why are co-ops potentially revolutionary? What’s it like to live/work in a co-op? How do you set up a co-operative? Seasoned cooperators share their knowledge and experience with a general introduction followed by smaller more focussed discussions.
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Speed Skillzing (Like Speed Dating but with Skills!)
Leeds Older People’s Forum, Time to Shine
How many new skills can you learn in an hour? Come find out at this interactive workshop! Experts will be on hand to share their very specialist knowledge, and participants will walk away knowing how to do something (or a few somethings) they didn’t before. We’re going to tap people’s hidden (and quirky) talents and spread the word!
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“If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu” – Power, campaigns and change with Leeds Citizens
Leeds Citizens
A practical workshop introducing participants to a couple of key Community Organising tools, as practised by Leeds Citizens, for making change through grassroots action.
The session will focus around a participative negotiation exercise and discussion of attitudes to power and making change.
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How to build a movement: tools and techniques
Friends of the Earth
How can you build a movement for change? Whether you are an individual looking for a group, or part of a group that wants more support, there are tools that can help you on your journey. This session will examine a selection of these in a practical and participative way with a particular focus on building strong alliances.
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Global solidarity, living feminism and women workers’ rights
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Stitching Our Shoes – Step up in support of homeworkers rights
Homeworkers Worldwide
Do you know who made your shoes? Many shoes sold on the UK high street are stitched at home by women experiencing extremely poor working conditions. Learn about the hidden role homeworkers play in global supply chains and take action in support of homeworkers who are campaigning for rights and respect.
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Feminist Parenting
Leeds Feminist Network
Activists involved with Reclaim the Night Leeds and Leeds Feminist Network will be running a feminist parenting workshop to enable those raising or working with children of both sexes, to explore the impact patriarchal society has, how to identify this impact and how to challenge these in our day to day interactions.
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Being the mountains: Solidarity with the Revolution in Rojava
Leeds Friends of Rojava
As thousands leave war torn Syria, it can seem a place without hope. But Rojava is an autonomous, mostly Kurdish area dedicated to gender equality and ‘democratic confederalism’: what is this, how does it work, and how can we create this kind of revolutionary change here? An intro and discussion from Leeds Friends of Rojava plus opportunity to get involved.
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Teaching about Palestine
National Union of Teachers
While the Government’s Prevent programme is watching over every school, how can we discuss global justice issues with pupils? The National Union of Teachers recently sent a delegation to Palestine and have now produced resources to help teachers talk about the occupation. Come find out how to use it and discuss what we can do to bring justice into the classroom.
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Access to housing, healthcare and democracy
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Affordable alternatives for housing
Leeds Community Homes
What will Leeds look like in 10 years time? Will we have lots more homes that people love to live in? And new communities that we enjoy being a part of? Join newly-formed community land trust Leeds Community Homes and others in exploring what a community-led approach to creating homes in Leeds might look like. We might even have a go at building something together on the day!
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Building Regional Democracy out of Devolution
By Alex Schafran, Leila Taleb, Andrew Wilson
This workshop asks how grassroots groups, community organizations, charities, unions, activists, universities and regular citizens can channel the energy and the money behind devolution, which is not for us or by us, into regional democracy, which is? Is there a way to take this moment of change and make it work for us, on our terms?
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Defending the future of decent, secure and affordable housing
Hands Off Our Homes
Social housing is under relentless attack, with forced sell-offs, tenant insecurity and thousands unable to meet rent payments due to benefit cuts and harsh means-testing. While public money pours into subsidies for the better off, homelessness soars and exploitation continues unchecked in the private-rental sector. Please join us in developing our campaign for the future of decent, affordable social housing.
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How can we save our NHS?
Keep Our NHS Public
A workshop presented by Leeds Keep Our NHS Public
Come to our workshop to:
– get an up to the minute insider’s view of what is happening to our NHS in terms of cuts, privatisation, reconfiguration and attacks on staff from Dr. John Puntis, paediatrician at LGI;
– help to generate fresh ideas and work up plans for bold collective action to get the NHS off the “critical” list!
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The inside story of a rare victory that saved a HIV support service in Leeds – doing the right things right
BHA Leeds Skyline
Last year BHA Skyline faced the threat of 100% closure due to funding cuts. They launched a massive campaign which resulted in an incredible winning result. The service continues to provide educational services and support to those affected with HIV. Come hear the inside story and learn the tools they used that you can apply to any campaign that protects our services.
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Building a Different Story
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Telling the Truth about Asylum: Changing the Narrative
Leeds City of Sanctuary
An opportunity to hear from refugees, people seeking asylum and other migrants about their experiences of seeking safety in the UK. We’ll be working together to share our stories and make a start on building a solidarity quilt, made up of individual fabric squares showcasing messages of welcome, equality, strength and humanity from workshop participants.
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How to tackle Islamophobia through media engagement
MEND – Muslim Engagement & Development
Are you sick and tired of the biased and negative media coverage of Muslims and do you feel too powerless to do anything about it? Well, like most things in this country, the media has to abide by regulatory standards and must exercise accountability. MEND’s presentation and workshop will illustrate the extent of Islamophobia in Britain and provide a practical toolkit on how to hold the media to account.
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Writing A Better World
Tidal
The keyboard is mightier than the bomb. Whether it’s an article in the local paper, a letter to your MP, the wording for a banner drop or a free ebook about post-growth economics, there are universal principles that can make any writing more effective. This is not writing for “writer”s, it’s for anyone who has a point to make. Matt is a secondary English teacher and a published author and poet.
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Weapons, debt and trade
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Economics is for Everyone – Busting the myths about UK debt and austerity
Jubilee Debt Campaign
Do you feel angry about the injustices of government cuts and want to counter the spin that it’s necessary to deal with the debt? This workshop will explain the real situation with debt in the UK, that of individuals and companies, as well as the government, and help participants to feel confident to challenge the Government’s agenda.
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A Crash Course in Nuclear Weapons
led by Prof. Dave Webb, Chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
In this workshop find out:
– Why Trident Replacement threatens to destabilise Corbyn’s leadership, and is a flashpoint for Scottish politics.
– How the push towards disarmament globally is increasingly isolating the west.
– Where nuclear weapons convoys travel through communities, how they are tracked by peace activists.
– How actions like ‘Spies for Peace’ in the 60s sparked years of radical protest, which continues today with blockades of nuclear weapons factories.
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Don’t be blind to dirty trade – how to stop TTIP and CETA
Leeds Against TTIP
Do you feel angry about the injustices of government cuts and want to counter the spin that it’s necessary to deal with the debt? This workshop will explain the real situation with debt in the UK, that of individuals and companies, as well as the government, and help participants to feel confident to challenge the Government’s agenda.
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Our environment, our city, our lives
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Land: a unifying theme for counter-culture movements in Leeds
Collaboratively led workshop, facilitated by Rita Oldenbourg and Luke Tilley
Introducing the concept of land and access to land as a fundamental and common concern to many counter-culture movements. Contributions from food growers, housing co-ops, asylum seeker support, community activist and inspired others will lead into facilitated discussion aiming to inform creative, collaborative action that we can do, in Leeds, right now.
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Knostrop No Way – block the dumping of toxic fracking fluid in Leeds
Frack Free Leeds
Huge swathes of Leeds/Wakefield are at risk of fracking. But that’s not all…
Knostrop is one of three places in England with permits to “treat” radioactive fracking waste. They plan to truck fracking fluid here to Leeds, process it, dump the liquid in the River Aire, and incinerate the sludge. We’re going to stop them and we need your help.
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Keeping Fossil Fuels in the Ground
Fossil Free West Yorkshire Pension Fund campaign and Friends of the Earth
The Paris Climate Change Agreement demands a massive reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions. Yet the UK Government has issued fracking licences across Yorkshire and the county’s local authority pension funds have nearly £1.5bn invested in fossil fuels. Join Fossil Free WYPF and Friends of the Earth as we plan how to keep fossil fuels in the ground.
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West Yorkshire flooding: A tale of two rivers
Leeds Green Party
A contemporary overview of the recent severe flooding in the West Yorkshire region with a particular focus on Otley and Kirkstall. First there will be a presentation on what happened followed by group discussions on how flooding can be managed in the future to minimise the negative impact on peoples lives.
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