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The value of scale, the power of small

So as we look forward to a new era of corporate social responsibility, of social ...

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The People’s Budget – an antidote to meaningless consultation

Participatory Budgeting is a fantastic antidote to the constant trickle of consultation over policy matters ...

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We need to talk about conflict

We need to get better at recognising, naming and dealing with tension, especially over the ...

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Shapps’ fiddling won’t solve the real crisis

Just where are these areas of underemployment and high council house numbers that people can ...

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Crunch time

Timebanking has gained traction and won many plaudits in the last decade. But can it ...

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Values and behaviours

Policy on its own will not change the world. It is not sufficient, and perhaps ...

Communities Good Local Economics

We need the Future Jobs Fund back

Our young people need jobs, not an expensive two week residential programme like the National ...

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Capital gains

If social capital lies at the heart of our health and wellbeing, how do you ...

Communities Good Local Economics

Single or duplicitous Work Programme?

My views seem to resonate to some degree with Sir Stephen Bubb, no less, who ...

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Good with local services?

With public services being increasingly marketised, a group of local authorities is looking to the ...