Phil-Sheff Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I think its now dead and buried! Thank god Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Aye. Open goal, no opposition and he still missed the target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzle Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesday1 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Aye. Open goal, no opposition and he still missed the target. Is that Diana Ross or Don Givens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 It sounds terrible. All that social responsibility and action instead of state handouts and excuses... Conservatives seek to build a ‘Big Society’ based on responsibility and respect, in stark contrast with Labour's Big Government built on paternalism and waste. Speaking at a conference on the Big Society today, David Cameron and eleven members of the Shadow Cabinet set out how a Conservative government would give power to neighbourhood groups and boost social action. "It is a guiding philosophy", Cameron said, "a society where the leading force for progress is social responsibility, not state control". "It includes a whole set of unifying approaches – breaking state monopolies, allowing charities, social enterprises and companies to provide public services, devolving power down to neighbourhoods, making government more accountable". "And it’s the thread that runs consistently through our whole policy programme – our plans to reform public services, mend our broken society, and rebuild trust in politics." The new policies announced as part of the Big Society plan include: Neighbourhood army” of 5,000 full-time, professional community organisers who will be trained with the skills they need to identify local community leaders, bring communities together, help people start their own neighbourhood groups, and give communities the help they need to take control and tackle their problems. This plan is directly based on the successful community organising movement established by Saul Alinsky in the United States and has successfully trained generations of community organisers, including President Obama. A Big Society Bank, funded from unclaimed bank assets, which will leverage private sector investment to provide hundreds of millions of pounds of new finance for neighbourhood groups, charities, social enterprises and other non-governmental bodies. Neighbourhood grants for the UK’s poorest areas to encourage people to come together to form neighbourhood groups and support social enterprises and charities in these poorest areas. Transforming the civil service into a ‘civic service’ by making regular community service a key element in civil servant staff appraisals. Launching an annual national ‘Big Society Day’ to celebrate the work of neighbourhood groups and encourage more people to take part in social action projects. Providing new funding to support the next generation of social entrepreneurs, and helping successful social enterprises to expand and succeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil-Sheff Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 Its just a non starter!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Why's that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesday1 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Its just a non starter!!! It was just a smokescreen so whilst we weren't looking he and his rich pals would be siphoning the tank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 "breaking state monopolies, allowing charities, social enterprises and companies to provide public services" Do you understand what this really means? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil-Sheff Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 "breaking state monopolies, allowing charities, social enterprises and companies to provide public services" Do you understand what this really means? I certainly do Cutting the public sector back and get the voluntary sector to pay for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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