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03/09/2010
Adrian Barritt, Adur Voluntary Action, presentation to NAVCA Cuts Seminars Autumn 2010 This paper is the full version of an abbreviated talk given to support a series of seminars convened by NAVCA (UK National Association for Voluntary and Community Action) in Autumn 2010. Their purpose was to share thoughts about ways of coping with cuts in public expenditure, and the impact of these on members, in the context of the promotion of the concept of the “Big Society” by the new Conservative/Liberal coalition government.
03/09/2010
Simon Berry who worked with CSC towards the end of Every Action Counts has now left DEFRA and lauched a new project - ColaLife...
03/09/2010
CSC has been approached by someone at BBC Learning Partnerships undertaking research regarding Partner activities. Please forward us a list of your key dates for 2011 - events, exhibitions, volunteering days etc. that you are undertaking in 2011 to help form a response.
03/09/2010
Raise your voice and make sure everyone is counted!
03/09/2010
bassac and the Development Trusts Association (DTA) are currently consulting their members on a potential merger.
03/09/2010
ECA has been representing the UK for the past two years in a European partnership project looking at senior adult educators competencies. This has resulted in a toolkit authored by Bernard Godding and a team within ECA, which will be launched at an international conference in Bonn, Germany on September 20 2010.
03/09/2010
Community Matters is collecting information for the Department of Education to identify barriers to community organisations working with their local children's centres to deliver children's services.
03/09/2010
Are you passionate about making a positive change in society? Do you deserve recognition for your work? Do you know someone else who does? Then don't let time run out to submit your nomination for the Social Change Awards. deadline: 3 September 2010 (others); 10 September 2010 (yourself)
03/09/2010
Updates from http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/16570.aspx
27/08/2010
Meeting at Elland House to discuss the Big Society Network’s (BSN) upcoming ‘Town Hall Tour’. About 20 VCS people crammed into a small room with Steve Moore to hear about upcoming plans.
26/08/2010
The Government has announced a crackdown on street clutter and support for Civic Voice’s Street Pride campaign as the way local communities can take action. This is a major step forward and vindication of the hard work of civic societies across the country.
26/08/2010
Architect's Journal 29 July 2010: In this personal account of urban regeneration in south London, Rory Olcayto juxtaposes a top-down development in Elephant and Castle with ground-up localism in Peckham
25/08/2010
Mixed coverage of social apps and the Big Society...
20/08/2010
These Community Matters seminars will cover best practice and ideas on recruiting and retaining trustees, with key speakers from the charity sector. There'll also be interactive sessions on using a web based trustee recruitment resource which has been developed by NCVO in collaboration with Community Matters, NAVCA and CSC. Please feel free to promote this to your members...
20/08/2010
Imagine if this ramadan you heard a story that made you shed tears...
20/08/2010
This report charts ways ahead for public services: involving users in the design and delivery of services. It argues that co-production should be central to delivering the "Big Society" vision of the coalition government.
20/08/2010
The Coalition Government wants to build a ‘Big Society’. The Prime Minister says ‘we are all in this together’ and building it is the responsibility of every citizen as well as every Government department. nef welcomes the broad vision but recognises that everything depends on how the vision is translated into policy and practice. We offer these questions and proposals to help fill in some of the gaps and bring out the best in the idea of a big society.
18/08/2010
The Office for Civil Society has now launched the Big Society Deregulation Taskforce to examine how red tape and bureaucracy can be reduced for charities and community organisations. It will be run jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which also wants to cut the administrative burden on small enterprises.
18/08/2010
Nick Hurd interviewed by Stephen Cook for Third Sector magazine |