To commemorate Civic Voice reaching its fourth anniversary events were held in Central Hall Westminster with the inaugural Sandys Lecture in honour of Lord (Duncan) Sandys and the launch of " A Brief History of the Civic Movement" telling the story of one of the country's oldest social movements.
 |
| Freddie Gick Chair of Trustees - Civic Voice |
 |
| Grif Rhys Jones President of Civic Voice |
Marple Civic Society was represented by Gillian and Alan Postill who heard presentations from Dr Freddie Gick, chair of trustees of Civic Voice, Griff Rhys Jones, President of Civic Voice and Laura Sandys MP (chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Civic Societies) who delivered the inaugural Sandys Lecture.
 |
| Gillian Postill with Laura Sandys MP |
Laura Sandys is the daughter of the late Lord Sandys, the founder of the Civic Trust in 1957. The subject of her lecture was "Power to the People".
She gave a compelling and at times passionate exposition of the neeed for community groups to hold their elected representatives to account and demand true consultation and participation in matters that affect the places they live.
No comments:
Post a Comment