Tag Archives: funding

Key questions for a ‘Big Society Bank’

On the face of it, the Cabinet Office plans for a ‘Big Society Bank’ make a lot of sense – particularly in seeking to foster community activism and engagement in deprived areas. Though there have been some notable exceptions, one of the issues with community initiatives to date has been their tendency to be white, [...]

The trouble with community funding

Current funding mechanisms make it very difficult for government, subject as it is to three year spending cycles, elections and ministerial whim, to respond to and support the needs of the third sector in the longer term. If models cannot be found to secure significant funding to support core services and sustainable growth within established [...]