March 2011
4 posts
Locality wins Community Organisers contract →
Locality, formed by the merger of bassac with the Development Trusts Association, has won a £15 million contract to deliver the government’s community organisers initiative. The programme aims to train 5,000 organisers to help local people develop projects in disadvantaged communities across England. Locality confirmed that the first projects would be delivered by organisers working in
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Below the radar in the Big Society →
A recent working paper from the Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC) explores the debates about ‘below the radar’ (BTR) community groups and their assumed role in delivering the Big Society. It argues that the motivators for community action are, and have been, ill understood in policy circles. Further, there is and has been little systematic analysis of the power relationship ...
The Big Society Challenge →
The Big Society Challenge brings together a range of authors to explore the issues surrounding the Big Society. It is part of The Keystone Development Trust Publications series aimed at understanding issues in challenging policy areas that have a direct impact on communities and promoting dialogue amongst practitioners, policy makers and academics. Keystone Publications are intended to be...
Leicestershire bid to be Big Society vanguard →
Conservative controlled Leicestershire County Council has written to the Prime Minister, offering to replace Liverpool as one of the Big Society vanguard areas, according to an article in Civil Society. Liverpool withdrew from the initiative last month, citing lack of government support. Leicestershire Council leader David Parsons said that mush work has been done over the past few years to...