The London Sustainable Development Commission (LSDC) are recruiting commisioners. In their words:
The LSDC is looking for senior level experience in the sustainability field, or in a related area. You will have demonstrated outstanding communication and leadership skills and thrive in a highly political environment. Above all, you must bring drive, commitment and practicality to deliver solutions [...]
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The Sustainable Development Commission is recruiting for two non-executive directors.
The Sustainable Development Commission is the Government’s independent advisor on sustainable development. It also works to help build the capacity of government and public bodies across the UK to understand and deliver sustainable development; is an advocate for sustainable development within and outside Government; and it [...]
As Compact Week nears the end we have today (6/11/2009) published our Third Sector Strategy ‘One Year On’ report (PDF 1MB). The report discusses the progress we have made on the range of commitments we made in our Third Sector Strategy (PDF 4.17MB).
The report is accompanied by a detailed annex (PDF 920KB) which contains a commentary on the [...]
Posted in 1 Advocacy voice campaigning policy, 10 Enabling our delivery bodies, 11 Better commissioning, 2 Sustainable living, 3 Public services, 4 Environmental entrepreneurship, 5 Environmental leadership, 6 Improving communications, 7 Understanding the sector, 8 Joining things up, 9 Better partnerships | Tagged strategy |
Last night (3/11/09) at the Compact Awards ceremony we won the award for Excellence at a National Level. We are very pleased and already it’s causing a bit of a stir through the department. And so it should. Defra’s Third Sector Team is the grit in the oyster in all of this and we have [...]
This week is Compact Week, the week in the year that helps raise awareness of The Compact and acts as a useful focus to get things done. Last year, during Compact Week, Defra launched its Third Sector Strategy. This year, during Compact Week, we hope to be able to publish a report on the progress that [...]
NAVCA and NCVO have today (2/11/09) jointly published and free guide to procurement law entitled: Pathways through the Maze. The publication is aimed at:
Anyone in an organisation who works with commissioning, procurement and public services.
All voluntary organisations, community groups and social enterprises interested or involved in delivering public services.
Public Sector commissioners wanting to improve their engagement [...]
We are very pleased to have been shortlisted as a finalist for the Compact Award for Excellence at a National Level in this year’s Compact Awards. This is awarded to a national partnership, Government department or a national third sector umbrella body for outstanding achievement in promoting and implementing the letter and spirit of the [...]
Michael Shamash – DITO, Tower Hamlets | Chris Church – Director CEA |
Julian Agyeman – Tufts University
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Could the environmental sector do a better job of engaging with ethnic and other minorities and helping them solve their problems? Yes it could, by a long way. According to a new report [...]
The Development Trusts Association (DTA) are one of Defra’s Social Enterprise Strategic Partners and help Defra engage more effectively with the social enterprise sector.
The DTA will be holding their national conference at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London on 13-15 September 2009. Keynote speakers include: Clifford Rosenthal, National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (USA); Iain [...]
Direct from the Defra website:
Scouts and Girl Guides watched a new recruit working for his volunteering badge when Jim Fitzpatrick visited the Scout Jamboree at the Windsor Great Park yesterday (4/8/09). Defra had a Muck In4Life stand at the Jamboree; the campaign aims to encourage families and people of all ages to get out and [...]
