Community Works’ AGM 2026

AGM Business 

At AGM our members will have the chance to vote, elect new trustees to our board and approve our annual accounts. Only your registered lead contact can do this.

If nobody from your organisation received a personal invite or if you are not sure who your registered lead contact is, please email magda@communityworks.org.uk 

Keynote speaker 

‘What Leading with Joy in Community Work Can Teach You About Belonging’ Bud Johnston and Annie Whilby, Co-Founders, Black Anti-Racism Community Organisation CIC (BARCO).  

BARCO is an organisation built on a simple but radical idea: that joy and celebration are themselves tools for inclusion and resistance. This talk introduces BARCO’s ‘joy as resistance’ approach and unpacks how it shapes everything from event design to everyday service delivery. BARCO will share what’s worked and what hasn’t in getting Black communities to walk through the door and stay engaged. 

During the event, there also will be an opportunity to learn from Community Works about practical approaches to allyship and its principals.  

Finally, you’ll hear more about our ‘Communities Together’ project, which we developed in partnership with Adur Voluntary Action (AVA) to help build connection, inclusion and a sense of belonging across Adur and Worthing. 

Event accessibility 

• BSL interpreters will be available and there will be a hearing loop 

• The event is taking place at Ralli Hall in Hove   

• The room is at ground level and is wheelchair accessible. 

• There is a prayer room 

• There is a wheelchair accessible toilet and both gender neutral and gender specific toilets within the venue. 

• There are parking spaces for blue badge holders. 

If there is anything else that would help make this event more accessible for you, please let us know on the booking form or get in touch with Magda: magda@communityworks.org.uk 

Additional information

• Code of conduct: Please note: by booking your place at this event you agree to abide our Code of Conduct for members and others using our services and spaces. 

• Content accessibility: You can also find translated versions of this web post and other accessible formats by clicking the person symbol in the bottom right corner of our website. 

• Please note that, to enable as many member organisations as possible to have the chance to attend, places are limited to 1 person per organisation, unless spaces are still available nearer the day.