The Big Local is a programme that attempts resident-led change at neighbourhood level in England. The Big Lottery Fund is investing up to £200m in 150 neighbourhoods. Each area – covering between 3,000 to 10,000 people – receives an endowment … Continue reading
Tag Archives: England
Help for English communities to develop neighbourhood plans
Locality, the English network for community-led organisations, has been awarded a £9.5m government contract to deliver a two-year programme to help communities develop their neighbourhood plans. Neighbourhood plans are a new right for communities in England to influence planning decisions. … Continue reading
England looks at school/youth work links
A new commission has been launched in England to understand the impact of partnerships between schools and youth work organisations on young people’s personal development. The National Youth Agency (NYA) has announced that Tim Loughton, former children’s minister, will chair … Continue reading
Community Budgets
In England, a ‘Community Budgets guide’, published jointly by the Local Government Association (LGA) and the Government, and endorsed by the Prime Minister, describes how ‘Radical public sector reform can save billions and improve services’. Partnerships between public sector organisations … Continue reading
Progress of Community Organisers
Third Sector magazine reports on the progress of the Community Organisers training programme which the government set up in England. The Cabinet Office plan is to train 500 full-time and 4,500 part-time voluntary community organisers and have them working in … Continue reading
Making sense of the Big Society: perspectives from the third sector
This paper from the Third Sector Research assesses the changing fortunes of the Big Society as a narrative, and explores how it has been received in third sector circles. Drawing on data from a qualitative longitudinal study of third sector … Continue reading
