A whirlwind of inspirational stories of community-led change. A highlight of last year’s Summit – we loved it so much we’re doing it again. Hold on to your hat and prepare for a windtunnel of hope! Find out about all the stories here.

Hear from some remarkable thinkers and practitioners on how our movements can reflective the real diversity of our communities. We’re thrilled to be joined by Sherri Mitchell (indigenous rights attorney, author and activist) and Syd Yang (Blue Jaguar Healing Arts), digital inclusion advocate Amina Aweis and therapist Gurpreet Singh. This session will equip you with tools and ways of thinking that could profoundly shift how you work.

Jon Alexander is taking the world by storm with his new book ‘Citizens’, arguing for a cultural shift from seeing us as consumers to one that sees us as citizens. In this session, Jon will be in conversation with Yumna Hussen, part of the Together We Can organising team.

The pandemic made many reassess the value of wild and open spaces. How can we rewild at community scale? And how can rewilding help reset our relationship with nature and transform our places? With writer and activist George Monbiot, author Jay Griffiths, Beth Colliers, founder of Wild in the City, and Frag Last of the Stronger Roots Project.

The emergence of ‘Culture Declares’ and ‘Music Declares’ represents the creative world stepping up to the climate emergency. What are they doing, and why is it vital to navigating the next decade? Expect a thrilling conversation with musician Hannah Peel, Nigel Adams (Music Declares), theatre director Chloe Naldrett and Yemeni-Scouse poet Amina Atiq.

Around the world, communities are standing up to resist extractive practices, state violence and systemic racism. They don’t seek permission, rather they are taking bold steps of resistance. Hear from some of them tonight.

A new economy is being created, one rooted in place, in social justice, in fairness – meet the pioneers with their sleeves rolled up. Hear some leading practitioners, working with marginalised communities to create new opportunities and new models of participation. With Mike Riddell (Operation Black Vote), Alex Phillips (UnLtd) and more.

The cost of living crisis shows more clearly than ever our food system needs profoundly reimagining. Community organisations are leading the way and our guests will share their experiences. Hear from Daniel Christian Wahl, author of Designing Regenerative Cultures, among others.

We’re experiencing a housing crisis up and down the land as ‘the market’ endlessly fails communities. Prices rise, homelessness increases. But what if communities became their own developers? It’s already happening. Hear from leading practitioners like Immy Kaur (Civic Square), Claude Henrickson (Leeds Community Homes) and Frances Northrop (Atmos Totnes) and explore how to get started in your community.

To do all that needs to be done over the next decade, we need to get an awful lot better at storytelling, bringing to life the realities of what lies ahead if we do nothing, but also the world we could still create. How to become amazing storytellers? This session will hear from some of the best storytellers we know, including comedian Belina Raffy, poet, writer and graphic artist Inua Ellams and novellist Manda Scott.