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This is a pants story
TweetWhose pants do you pop on? Whose name’s in your knickers? Who’s behind your briefs? Who styled your smalls? And just where is this intro going? Enough already. While retail guru Mary Portas last night kicked off her pledge to … Continue reading
Posted in Employment, Refugees & asylum, Social enterprise, Social exclusion, Uncategorized
Tagged employment, refugees & asylum, social enterprise
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12 days of Christmas, Social Issue-style
TweetSeason’s greetings from The Social Issue – to mark the jollities, here’s a snapshot of some of the upbeat posts and pictures about people, projects and places featured over the last 12 months. This festive pick is by no means … Continue reading
Posted in Big society, Blogging, Education, Employment, Health, Housing, Learning disability, Local government, Music & arts, Older people, Poverty, Social care, Social enterprise, Social exclusion, Third sector, Uncategorized, Volunteering, Wellbeing, Women, Young people, Youth crime
Tagged antisocial behaviour, big society, blogging, charity, cuts, education, employment, happiness, health, housing, learning disability, music & arts, older people, service users, social enterprise, third sector, young people, youth crime
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Is Paddington the “big society” in action?
TweetBig society in action is how civil society minister Nick Hurd described the award-winning Paddington Development Trust (PDT) which he chose for his first ministerial visit in May 2010. “Residents have real sense of ownership and power,” he enthused on … Continue reading
Why beans are more efficient than potatoes, and other eco-wonders
Tweet Some of us count the calories when it comes to food, but how many of us count the kilowatts too? Watch the quirky video above – there’s animation and a jolly opening piano melody too – and check out … Continue reading
Life stories: freeing the minds of dementia sufferers
TweetIt was only a picture of a gurgling baby. But to one elderly woman with dementia, it meant the world. “She had dementia, was in a care home and was past the stage where she could really have a conversation,” … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Music & arts, Older people, Social care, Social enterprise, Third sector
Tagged health, music & arts, older people, social enterprise
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Is Cameron’s ‘big society’ reserved for the rich?
TweetLocal philanthropy and volunteers have driven the ‘big society’ in Surrey for years. So is David Cameron’s flagship project only viable for affluent communities? England’s well-heeled home counties are the natural habitat of Cameron’s “big society”. The combination of a … Continue reading
How to attract social investment
TweetFor every enterprise that grows through a mixed palette of investment and management support, there is the business thwarted by a seemingly impenetrable wall of investment options. Read my piece on how businesses might attract social investment on the Guardian’s … Continue reading
Posted in Big society, Cuts, Social enterprise, Uncategorized
Tagged big society, cuts, social enterprise
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The cuts – an alternative
TweetFor those who’ve not already seen it, this powerful film presents an alternative to the government’s devastating cuts agenda. It features community groups and anti-cuts campaigners along with Bill Nighy, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien and Zac Goldsmith MP. Worth watching ahead … Continue reading
Posted in Big society, Cuts, Domestic violence, Education, Employment, Health, Housing, Learning disability, Local government, Mental health, Music & arts, Older people, Poverty, Race, Social care, Social enterprise, Social exclusion, Substance misuse, Third sector, Wellbeing, Women, Young people, Youth crime
Tagged big society, charity, cuts, education, employment, happiness, housing, learning disability, local government, service users, third sector, young people, youth
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Village shops; the tip of the rural social enterprise iceberg
TweetThe community-owned and run village shop in the Archers gave rural social enterprises a welcome figurehead but projects in real life provide much more than groceries. Read Saba Salman’s piece on the Guardian social enterprise network site.
Training tomorrow’s social enterprise leaders
TweetThere are growing ripples of activity in the social enterprise sector caused by efforts to plug the skills gap and boost the role of continuing professional development (CPD). Click to read my piece for the Guardian’s online social enterprise network.
Posted in Cuts, Social enterprise, Third sector, Uncategorized
Tagged charity, cuts, local government, social enterprise, third sector
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