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A 'Community Life' survey for 2012 to 2013 will track trends and developments around encouraging social action and empowering communities.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The government will work with the voluntary sector, schools and businesses to support a new generation of socially responsible young people.
The Cabinet Office and Department of Health have committed to help fund and assist more doctors, nurses and other public sector workers run community-tailored services.
112 outstanding UK volunteering groups are today honoured as recipients of The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2012.
The first awards from the £10 million Mutual Support Programme have been announced today by Francis Maude.
18 to 24-year-olds to gain access to StartUp loans and expert, personal support to help develop business plans and access training.
A raft of measures designed to encourage more people to volunteer and to make it easier for people to run charities is being published today by Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd.
For every £1 spent on National Citizen Service (NCS) up to £2 goes back to the communities and young people who took part, according to an independent report.
Rushden based charity Serve is the latest winner of the Prime Minister's Big Society Award.
People will be given the opportunity to make donations to charity at 12,000 cash machines (ATMs) across the UK this summer.
Two new projects to make it easier for people to give time and money to causes they care about have been launched.
Public Achievement, which works with young people to get them involved with their local communities, has won a Big Society Award.
The Cabinet Office and Nesta today announced the second round of the £10 million Innovation in Giving Fund.
16 more awards to be funded from the £10 million Innovation in Giving Fund which backs innovative ideas for volunteering and charity giving.
PM: "AFC Wimbledon have shown just what can happen when people don't just sit on the sidelines, but choose to get involved."
Millions of people will be able to come together to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in their local communities.
An army of dedicated young people will spend a massive three quarters of a million hours helping their communities tackle social problems.
An update about some of the progress already made to implement the recommendations in the Task Force's report "Unshackling Good Neighbours".
A special Diamond Jubilee award will recognise the work of voluntary organisations throughout the UK.
Francis Maude delivered a speech at an Institute of Directors ‘Big Society and the City’ event at Portcullis House on 20 February 2012.
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