More comment on the launch event for the national hubs of expertise (Brum, 28th March), roughly in ‘order of appearance’. (Note to Lizzie – I’ll find a news item in here somewhere, I promise.) Firstly, it was good to be reminded by Chris Pond, the chair of the new CapacityBuilders …
Yesterday’s Hubs Launch Event in Birmingham was interesting as much for the private conversations as the public messages. A wide variety of frustration and anger came my way from a range of people I spoke to, from concerns from sector suppliers that their business model was being undermined by public …
This is a significant health resource for the Irish voluntary sector and community not just in Brent, but across England and the United Kingdom. It draws together available health data on excessive Irish morbidity. Irish people are the only migrant population to suffer significant deterioration to health in England. Authored …
Budget 2006 – good or bad for the sector? Is the freeze in expenditure (in real terms) for the Home Office from next financial year (2007-08) bad news for the voluntary sector? Quite a bit of funding comes through that route including, we think, Futurebuilders and Capacity Builders (launching next …
So, there’s to be a new unit set up by the Treasury to coordinate across departments on voluntary sector and social enterprise financial matters. That’s the Government’s Office of Charity And Third Sector Finance – GOCATS? (OK so there’s a spare F, no rude suggestions please.) See VoluntaryNews for the …
I’d spotted this blog a day or two ago, but hadn’t quite realised that a) it had only just gone live and b) it’s the first blog from a government minister: David Miliband’s blog at odpm.gov.uk Miliband is Communities and Local Government Minister, and is in the Cabinet alongside Prescott …
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