News on the topic of Big Society

A new £16.8 million central government fund to help not-for-profit free advice services in England will be delivered by the Big Fund.

Mon, 21/11/2011

The National Citizen Service scheme will be offered in nearly all upper tier local authority areas in summer 2012. 

Mon, 07/11/2011

Communities will be able to nominate local volunteers who “deserve special recognition for the invaluable work they are doing in our society”.

Sat, 29/10/2011

The European Year of Volunteering 2011 Tour comes to the UK on 28 October with a week long event to inspire volunteers in London.

Fri, 28/10/2011

National Citizen Service (NCS) graduates from across England will be celebrating their significant personal and community achievements tonight at a graduation party produced by Orange RockCorps.

Tue, 25/10/2011

The £80 million Community First fund, which will provide small grants to community groups and local social action projects opens today.

Thu, 06/10/2011

The Social Action Fund which is designed to support the creation of new social action opportunities opened for applications today.

Thu, 06/10/2011

Wed, 05/10/2011

Nineteen service providers have been selected to run National Citizen Service (NCS) pilots in 2012. 

Mon, 19/09/2011

A new £10million fund to find and back innovative new ideas for increasing volunteering and charitable giving opens today. 

Wed, 07/09/2011