The Big Society Conference
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The Big Society is a key set of policies of the new Coalition Government, set against the current social and economic landscape; it is a new and challenging agenda. The development of Big Society initiatives and projects will require significant changes in government policy and new ways of working in partnership with the community and voluntary sector, social enterprises. Government departments and civil servants will also have to undertake a much more supportive role to develop the ‘new localism’, rather than their more traditional, centralist and directive driven roles.
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Workshops
WS1: All you need to know about The Big Society
This workshop will give an overview of key developments regarding the big Society, focusing on its main principles, current developments and the various work strands and projects in the 'vanguard communities' that are currently being undertaken. It will focus on a number of areas including:
•What is the Big Society
•How it might develop
•Current government policy
•Key initiatives
•Big Society Projects case studies
WS2: The Big Society and the Work Programme
This workshop will focus on the Big Society and its relationship to the Work Programme.
It will focus on a number of areas including:
•The relationship between the Big Society and the Work Programme
•Which strands of the Work Programme could be developed as Big Society projects
•The Merlin standard and the Big Society
•The role of charities, civil sector organisations in relation to the Work Programme and the Big Society
•The role of other stakeholders such as FE colleges and housing associations in delivering the Big Society and the Work Programme
•Work Programme and Big Society case studies
•Further developments
WS3: The Big Society and Volunteering
This workshop will focus on volunteering and its relationship to the Big Society.
It will focus on an number of key areas:
•The Big Society and Volunteering- Is this the future?
•Funding to support the Big Society and Volunteering
•Volunteer management on partnership projects
•Youth volunteering - a path to the mainstream
•The role of charities and civil sector organisations in volunteer projects
•Future developments
WS4: The Big Society and Funding to support it
This workshop will focus on how the Big Society as a concept is developing and the new and existing funding that is available to develop Big Society related projects.
It will focus on a number of areas including:
•The Big Society - New and key developments
•Outcome based funding - itst here to stay
•Sources of funding for Big Society projects
•Partnership and social enterprise funding
•New funding to develop Big Society projects
This Training Course is available at the following locations:
Birmingham
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