Tag Archives: big society

Big Society unravels

Posted on by — No Comments ↓

Image by Dmitry Bogdanov / wikimedia commonsEver wondered where our money goes? The National  Audit Office has. So has Adur Voluntary Action, who are “mega pissed off” by the grim story painted by Radio 4’s analysis last night of the chaos that is the Big Society Network. “The receipt, and use, of funds by the Big Society Network’s associated projects…is … Continue reading

Big Society – a fig leaf for privatisation and cuts

Posted on by — 1 Comment ↓

“Only governments can provide adequate basic public services” …..Here’s what Bernard Davies from NCIA said of the Big Idea coming out of the other Coalition, when he talked to North West community activists at their conference in Manchester in September 2010.

“My starting point for the Big Society unashamedly looks at its political and economic … Continue reading