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The vision for Big Society Bank puts profit above compassion

What struck me most about the vision for the Big Society Bank is the unquestioning ...

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Let’s work together to help the Big Society Bank get it right

In my experience the social enterprise/civil society sector needs more support, capacity building and growth ...

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Public space could unlock Big Society’s potential

CLES’ new publication, launched today and supported by Groundwork UK, highlights the importance of public ...

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What if we built a Big Society around places?

We think Placemaking is the best process to create the shared responsibility and citizen empowerment ...

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The great and the good

What can we learn from the winners of the annual Urbanism Awards?

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Big Society hot or cold?

I suspect that as Big Society slowly turns from political rhetoric into practical reality, we’re ...

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The voluntary sector must take its share of the blame

I recently predicted that 2011 would be a ‘bloodbath’ for the sector. Perhaps unsurprisingly my ...

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Saving Big Society from its contradictions

The task of translating the rhetoric of Big Society into policy is revealing some fundamental ...

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Once in a lifetime opportunity

Powers to tackle public health issues are being handed down to the local level. But ...

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The pragmatic localist

He’s championed localism from the outside, now James Morris has the chance to drive it ...