Green Pennant Awards show big society in action
A record breaking twelve hundred Green Flags and Green Pennants are today awarded to the best parks and green spaces in the country open to the public free of charge. (continues...)
View ArticleFarming in the city helps Big Society aims - Andrew Stunell
Communities Minister Andrew Stunell took a trip out to Hackney City farm to see how the farm and others like it enable young people who live in built up urban areas to get a taste of farming skills....
View ArticleCutting red tape for summer fetes
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles wants to stem the flow of relentless form filling, high costs and red tape for organising summer street parties and fetes. (continues...)
View ArticleMinister sees Big Society in action in Southampton
Communities Minister Baroness Hanham was in Southampton to hear from local trainees how an innovative partnership of voluntary and private sector organisations is helping the local community back into...
View ArticleBaroness Hanham takes the Spending Challenge to Sheffield
Front line workers in Sheffield have given their best cost-saving ideas to Communities Minister Baroness Hanham on her visit to the city council. (continues...)
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