National Civic Impact Accelerator programme (NCIA)
Following a recent application to join the National Civic Impact Accelerator programme, University of Staffordshire have been chosen as one of 12 universities in England to participate in their action learning programme, designed to pilot civic approaches and build capacity. The programme will explore issues and opportunities relating to the role of civic engagement in different types of places and types of institutions around England. We will work with NCIA project staff from NCPPE and participate in a series of action learning groups and take our learning into our own contexts through a wider Action Learning Team, meaning the programme will result in some tangible impacts for our university.
Colleagues from across a range of schools and services, and community partners, have been approached to join the action learning team for this work. The action learning team will feed into the Connected Communities Staff Operations Group.
On Thursday 14th September 2023 staff from the university joined community members to attend the NCIA Action Learning Day in Birmingham. During the day the Staffordshire based partnership worked alongside other community members, organisations and universities, from across the country, to discuss what it means to be ‘Truly Civic’ and plan for our future work together.