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Community Organisers – inspiring people to build a bigger, stronger society
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Ewen McKinnon and Katie Green, Posted on:
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Analysis and Insight, Community Life, Office for Civil Society, Wellbeing
In July, the Minister for Civil Society, Rob Wilson, set out his vision for a Bigger, Stronger Society. At the core of that vision is an ambition to build stronger, more resilient communities where people ask what they can do …
Engaging experts in horizon scanning: rural communities and young people's risk behaviours
It is a core tenet of the Horizon Scanning Programme that to get a strong grasp of the most important challenges and opportunities for the UK over the long term, we must draw on a broad range of expertise. For …
Measuring progress in building a bigger, stronger society: Community Life Survey 2015 results
In July, the Minister for Civil Society set out his vision for a bigger, stronger society, with an ambition to build more resilient communities where people feel empowered and take greater control of the places they live in. The Community …
Building the analytical community in the Cabinet Office
...- they are always on the look out for new volunteers. I’d love to hear any ideas other organisations have adopted in building professional communities - do drop us a...
Engagement and Wellbeing: Civil Service Success Stories
Have you ever wondered how some teams create an atmosphere of positivity and motivation, even at times of change? Or wanted to know how to turn around low employee engagement or high anxiety – boosting not only your team members’ …
Community First – helping people to live fulfilling and good lives (2)
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Ewen McKinnon and Julia Dudley, Posted on:
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Categories:
Analysis and Insight, Community Life, Office for Civil Society, Wellbeing
...caught up. The results are illustrated in the chart below. The observed differences in well-being are relatively small – of the order of 0.08 to 0.12 on a 10 point...
Community First – helping people to live fulfilling and good lives (1)
Posted by:
Ewen McKinnon, Posted on:
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Categories:
Analysis and Insight, Office for Civil Society, Wellbeing
...to them. Since the beginning of the last Parliament, the Social Action Team in Cabinet Office has invested over £110m in government funding in a suite of community action programmes...
Getting to where the ideas are
Back in 1990 Bill Joy, a co-founder of Sun Microsystems, famously remarked “No matter who you are, most of the smartest people work for someone else.” I find this an interesting quotation in that it seems both provocative and a …
Our work with the Social Investment Research Council
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Radana Crhova, Posted on:
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Categories:
Analysis and Insight, Office for Civil Society, Social Investment
...engage with and make social investments, and on Marketing Social Investments, reviewing the impact of UK Financial Promotion Regime on social enterprises seeking to raise capital, and retail investors interested...
The pre-election period
...just won't be talking about it much. While we're on the subject of elections, don't forget to register to vote. You can do it online. It takes about 3 minutes....
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