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Social finance coming up short(er) by £2.1 billion
The signs are that the government’s big society needs to get bigger than earlier estimates suggested, at least as regards social finance. A new report from the Community Development Finance Association finds a difference of …
UK’s newly launched Big Society Capital equally welcomed and criticized
UK prime minister David Cameron launched the much-trumpeted Big Society Capital (formerly known as the Big Society Bank) last week amid considerable plaudits and an almost equal amount of criticism. Big Society Capital has £600 …
TSRC finds civic activism unevenly distributed – signs of a not-so-big society?
What does the typical UK volunteer look like? The Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC), a collaboration between the Universities of Birmingham and Southampton, thinks it has a good idea. Based on a two-year research project …
Pincer movement’ against charities’ income threatening ‘big society’ role
According to new research, donations to the UK’s 500 biggest charities fell by £70 million last year, raising doubts about their ability to play the role that prime minister David Cameron has earmarked for them …
Big Society Bank plans get government approval
In the latest stage of development of the so-called Big Society Bank to support social ventures, the UK’s Cabinet Office has approved proposals for the bank drawn up by Sir Ronald Cohen, one of the …
Jam tomorrow, says Lord Wei – but only for the deserving
According to Lord Nat Wei, the UK government’s Big Society adviser, the funds the non-profit sector has lost from local authority funding cuts will be more than compensated for by an increase in social investment …
Newly appointed adviser Sir Ronald Cohen hails ‘boldness’ of Big Society Bank
The UK’s new social investment bank, the so-called Big Society Bank, will transform the lives of millions of people, believes venture capitalist Sir Ronald Cohen, who has been appointed adviser to the new bank, along …
What government can do to promote giving by wealthy individuals
The ‘Giving Green Paper’ was launched during the good will period between Christmas and New Year and achieved some media coverage as a result, but interestingly not much response from the charity sector. The paper’s …
