Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Council tax consultation event.
South Holland's consultaion with the community on its proposal for Council Tax setting included, this year, a "question time" type event with representatives from the older persons forums, youth council, business, community sector, parish councils and other public sector bodies raising their questions and concerns. To make this accessible to more people in our rural community the event was web cast and web viewers were able to email in questions to the panel. The panel comprised the Leader and two deputy leaders of the Council. An archive version of the web cast can be viewed here http://www.sholland.public-i.tv/site/player/pl_compact.php?a=51469&t=0&m=wm&l=en_GB
Monday, 17 January 2011
Big Society Book
Alot of my reading, blog following and podcast listening of late has been around the "big society". The Keystone Trust who are based in Breckland have just published a new book on Big Society. This can be downloaded from their website. Here's their release ...
The Big Society Challenge - please feel free to distribute to your colleagues and networks. I hope you find it of use. The book was launched at the RSA in London on Thursday; it has papers from 22 authors (practitioners as well as academics) tackling the issues of the Big Society from many perspectives.
Amid calls for a new localised state, a strengthened civil society, and communities made powerful, how do community practitioners foresee the implementation of the Big Society initiatives?
Keystone Development Trust’s new book, sponsored by Development Trusts Association (DTA), Lankelly Chase, bassac, and Social Enterprise East of England (SEEE) investigates the intellectual roots and political context for the Big Society agenda, and challenges the detail of plans to empower communities, and for public sector reform, suggesting ways to implement the vision of Big Society successfully.
This collection of short and accessible papers, featuring case studies from DTA and bassac membership, addresses the perceived difficulties of accountability, the dichotomy of civil society and the state, the relationship between individual action and collective action, and points to the successful examples of the vision in action now. It also explores how the idea will affect key areas such as housing, poverty, inequality, rural communities, the environment, and how it sits alongside social enterprise and the new austerity.
The Big Society Challenge is available in PDF for free at www.keystonetrust.org.uk or £10 for a hard copy
The Big Society Challenge - please feel free to distribute to your colleagues and networks. I hope you find it of use. The book was launched at the RSA in London on Thursday; it has papers from 22 authors (practitioners as well as academics) tackling the issues of the Big Society from many perspectives.
Amid calls for a new localised state, a strengthened civil society, and communities made powerful, how do community practitioners foresee the implementation of the Big Society initiatives?
Keystone Development Trust’s new book, sponsored by Development Trusts Association (DTA), Lankelly Chase, bassac, and Social Enterprise East of England (SEEE) investigates the intellectual roots and political context for the Big Society agenda, and challenges the detail of plans to empower communities, and for public sector reform, suggesting ways to implement the vision of Big Society successfully.
This collection of short and accessible papers, featuring case studies from DTA and bassac membership, addresses the perceived difficulties of accountability, the dichotomy of civil society and the state, the relationship between individual action and collective action, and points to the successful examples of the vision in action now. It also explores how the idea will affect key areas such as housing, poverty, inequality, rural communities, the environment, and how it sits alongside social enterprise and the new austerity.
The Big Society Challenge is available in PDF for free at www.keystonetrust.org.uk or £10 for a hard copy
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