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The Big Society
‘The Big Society’ is the overarching ‘idea’ that encompasses the Coalition Government's policies to move power from the state to society; and from the centre to local communities, and to give people the opportunity to take more control over their lives.
EVA's pages on The Big Society aim to provide useful links and information on the Coalition Government's plans for the future of voluntary and community action.
PUBLICATIONS
The Big Society website includes information on ‘the idea’, a short film, and some information about ‘enabling you to make changes in the square mile where you live and/or work’. The plan is that the website will “grow into a resource library for your use; to give you the confidence and means to change your neighbourhood and improve your life”.
National and regional voluntary and community sector organisations provide regular and useful resources and responses on Government policy and its development in the voluntary and community sector. (Link opens another page on this website)
The Cabinet Office website provides information on the Government’s structure and a list of the new Ministers.
The Coalition Programme for Government details the policies and Bills the Liberal Democrat and Conservative leaders have agreed will go through Parliament in the next year.
Office of Civil Society (no dedicated website available)
The Office of the Third Sector has become the Office of Civil Society, part of the
. The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP is Minister for the Cabinet Office and will chair the Big Society ministerial group.
is Nick Hurd, formerly shadow minister for charities, social enterprise and volunteering.
The Big Society
The Conservative party proposals to increase social action, the Big Society, have been adopted by the Coalition government.
Timetable
The Cabinet Office has produced a timetable for its priorities.
Priority 6 (page 11) is ‘Support the Building of the Big Society’.
“Encourage more Social Action and strengthen the voluntary sector through a
programme to make it easier to run a voluntary sector organisation, get more
resources into the sector and make it easier for the sector to work with the State”
Big Society Speech by David Cameron on 19th July 2010
OTHER INFORMATION
USEFUL WEBSITES
(Cabinet office document .pdf)
(The Guardian - 22nd June 2010).
(Cabinet office document .pdf)
(Transcript on number10.gov.uk)
Develop Your Organisation
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An information system devised by EVA to assist organisations to maintain a comprehensive file of information relevant to working in the voluntary and community sector.
Enfield Voluntary Action receives core funding from the London Borough of Enfield.
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