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The next meeting of the northern branch of the successful AI UK network is meeting this week, on Friday April 20 in Liverpool. It’ll take place in the LCVS conference room number 3, with tea and coffee available from 9.30 for a 10.00 start. We’ll also book sandwiches and ask for a payment from you

Appreciating People are delighted to announce the publication of our first book, an appreciative journal. Food for Thought: a journal for appreciating daily life will be launched at the Appreciative Inquiry World conference in Ghent on April 25, and then formally in Liverpool on Friday May 11. From May onwards, participants in AP training courses

The Big Local area that AP director Suzanne Quinney works with in Oldham has been chosen as the subject of a monthly Guardian blog, which will follow its community development journey. The area of Clarksfield, Greenacres and Littlemoor encompasses a 30-strong group of local residents, police community support officers, the local Primary Care Trust and local councillors,

Eight more communities in the North West have been allocated £1million each to spend on making their areas better places to live, and Appreciating People is working with three of them to identify the changes they want to make in their communities. The scheme is part of a pioneering Big Lottery Fund (BIG) programme, to