Open Space in Westminster

[romy shovelton]

Hi everyone,

as you see below, a new member of our Open Space community (who is with Westminster Council
in London) is interested in cases of the use of OS with young people.
Can anyone help please?

thanks in advance

Romy

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Date:   12/10/98 11:24 AM

RE:     Open Space in Westminster

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From: "Wilter, Adele" <awilter at westminster.gov.uk>
To: "'Romy Shovelton'" <romys at compuserve.com>
Subject: Open Space in Westminster
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As a Westminster resident, thought you might be interested to know that
I recently facilitated my first Open Space event in Westminster. It was
a consultation event about public consultation. We called it
"Westminster wants to listen". It was attended by 80 people which
included Council officers, and reps from the police, health authority,
and voluntary organisations (i.e. not a public event)
We held it in the Salvation Army Hall on Oxford Street (not many people
know of its existence and everything worked beautifully. I kept
reminding myself that Owen's book says "It always works" (although I
couldn't help wondering whether people never report on their failures?)
It was a great success with people having very intense discussions on a
variety of important topics. People were coming up to me saying "It's
going really well, are you pleased with the way it's going?" What could
I say but be pleased!
The method is now gaining interest in other parts of he Council e.g.
youth conference, customers of the food inspections service, so it will
be interesting to see if it takes off! (By the way do you know of any
case examples where it has been used with young people?) I was asked
about this and, although not knowing specifics, assured the questioner
it must have been and would certainly be a good idea!

I hope all is well with you and that you are still flitting round the
world spreading the word!

Adele Wilter
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