Link attached, to Mark Prisk’s recent announcement of three key measures by the Government to promote support for micro-lending to small business: http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=417027&NewsAreaID=2  

As you will all know the Localism Bill was placed before Parliament yesterday (copy attached) I thought the following two comments particularly interesting:

The chief executives body Acevo has set up a high-powered committee to scrutinise the government’s big society agenda and advise charities on how they can play a part in it. Called the Commission on Big Society, the group

By John Plummer, Third Sector Online, 3 November 2010 Anna Coote, head of social policy, NEF New Economics Foundation says the voluntary sector faces an impossible task in filling the void left by the state Spending cuts will break the big society and leave voluntary organisations facing an impossible task,

By Kaye Wiggins, Third Sector Online, 4 November 2010 Cabinet Office It says charities for vulnerable people rely more on public funding Charities working with people who are socially excluded, have mental health needs or have learning difficulties are most likely to be reliant on government funding, the Office for Civil Society has told local [...]

Third Thursday is flourishing and we have been successful in becoming a partner with Ingeus, on a bid to deliver the DWP’s Framework Agreements and the Work Programme. We are part of a small group that were selected from over 1,000 expressions of interest and