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Sue LowePolicy Manager (East)
Local Intelligence Team Office for Civil Society - Cabinet Office
Funding East
Big Society – where are we now?
Opportunities for communities
Big Society is...
“Creating a country which feels like a community...
...where our relationships are better and the glue that binds people together is stronger.
Where we actually think about people’s well-being when we make decisions”
“We know that when you give people and communities more power over their lives, more power to come together and work together to make life better – great things happen”
David Cameron
“We believe that the country will be stronger if we as citizens have more power and responsibility to improve our own lives, the communities we share and the public services we use....
To encourage more people to get involved and work together to improve their communities....
The opportunity to influence the world around you, to feel connected, to be able to make a contribution, and to trust those around you – these are some of the most important contributors to our well-being...
This is the thread that runs from the idea of building a bigger and stronger society through our focus on well being and the idea that Ministers and commissioners should consider the full value and effect of the services they provide...
This is about building on the large amount of inspiring work already done by the Civil Society and communities across Britain and doing more to recognise the value of that work and encouraging and enabling more to happen.”
Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society, October 2011
“We believe that the country will be stronger if we as citizens have more power and responsibility to improve our own lives, the communities we share and the public services we use....
To encourage more people to get involved and work together to improve their communities....
The opportunity to influence the world around you, to feel connected, to be able to make a contribution, and to trust those around you – these are some of the most important contributors to our well-being...
This is the thread that runs from the idea of building a bigger and stronger society through our focus on well being and the idea that Ministers and commissioners should consider the full value and effect of the services they provide...
This is about building on the large amount of inspiring work already done by the Civil Society and communities across Britain and doing more to recognise the value of that work and encouraging and enabling more to happen.”
Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society, October 2011
To build a bigger and stronger society
Terminology…
Localism
Decentralisation
Big Society
Is the ethos…Doing everything at the lowest possible level and only involving central government if absolutely necessary
Is the process…Giving away power to individuals, professionals, communities and local institutions
Is the vision…A society where people, neighbourhoods and communities have more power and responsibility and use it to create better services and outcomes.
The Strategic FrameworkBig Society - it’s a big idea; a whole approach to government – 3 core strands:
Promoting Social ActionEncouraging and enabling
people to play a more active part in society
Opening up Public Services Enabling charities,
social enterprises, private companies and employee-owned co-
operatives to compete to offer people high
quality services
Empowering Communities
Transferring power – giving local councils and neighbourhoods more power to take decisions and shape
their area
Social Action
Big Society – So far...
Opening Public Services
Localism
Localism Bill – Overall Effect
Open Public Services White Paper
OPSWP - potential for the VCSE
Social ActionGiving White Paper – May 2011
Community Organisers
•Community Organisers Programme - Locality
•A new home-grown movement of community organising for the 21st century, grown directly from the strengths, concerns and hopes of communities across the country
•The programme will recruit and train 500 senior community organisers, along with a further 4,500 part-time voluntary organisers, over four years.
•Training to become a community organiser, or to host a community organiser, register your interest by completing online form
•11 Kickstarter Areas – Keystone Development Trust (covering Cambridge/Suffolk and Norfolk) and Marsh Farm Outreach (Luton)
www.locality.org.uk/projects/community-organisers/
Community First
Community First Panel
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Opportunities for Civil Society
Three Objectives
Big Society Awards
www.number10.gov.uk/take-part/recognising-others/big-society-awards-2
Created to recognise individuals, groups or organisations that are demonstrating the Big Society in their work or activities.
The award focuses upon the three Big Society theme areas:
Promoting Social Action
Next round closes on 12 December 2011
Empowering Communities
Opening up public services
Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
Office of Civil Society’s Role
Local Intelligence Team (LIT)
How we can work together?
Local Intelligence Team (East), Office of the Civil Society, Cabinet Office
Sue LowePolicy Manager, Local Intelligence Team
Office for Civil Society, Cabinet Office3rd Floor, Eastbrook, Shaftesbury Road,
Cambridge, CB2 8DF
07818 [email protected]
For more information: www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk
www.communities.gov.uk
www.number10.gov.uk/take-part/