Happy Social Enterprise Day!
Today (19/11/09) Angela Smith, Minister for the third sector, announced the second phase of the Office of the Third Sector’s £1.3m Social Enterprise Action Research (SEAR) programme, which allows other departments to explore ways in which social enterprises offer solutions to policy problems. The Social Enterprise Action Research programme uses small amounts of Cabinet Office funding to [...]
Green Communities is a programme from the Energy Saving Trust that aims to support, facilitate and promote community energy projects. Whether you want to improve the energy efficiency of a community building, install renewable energy technology to generate your own energy, or promote energy saving – the Energy Saving Trust offers the knowledge, experience and [...]
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 [...]
The Social Enterprise Ambassadors website has been revamped and relaunched. The site features new case studies, photos, videos speaker profiles, news, campaigns and blogs and we are promised much more to come.
The Social Enterprise Ambassadors are leaders of some of the country’s most successful social enterprises and have been engaged by the Office of the [...]
The same team within Defra who provided us with this blog has been working on the broader issue of eConsultation. The first example of an online consultation is Food 2030. Food 2030 is a cross-government initiative looking at food strategy over the next 20 years. The Food 2030 team would like to hear your views [...]
Huw Irranca-Davies, Defra’s Third Sector Minister (centre), with Debbie Leach of Thames21 and Mick Denness of BTCV
The Muck In4Life roadshow came to the Defra Atrium today. The campaign to get families engaged in environmental volunteering activities has been touring the country and been a part of local events such as County shows. Although Muck In4Life has been working [...]
Climate change will affect is all. But how will it affect your own community?
We are very keen that third sector organisations do not miss the opportunity for FREE training in the UK Climate Projections tools. These tools are now available online and accessible to everyone. Each region will have a week of ‘Projections in Practice’ (PiP) [...]
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 [...]
These video clips will give you a snapshot of the projects and people involved in the Greener Living Fund (GLF). Thanks to everyone for going along with this guerilla filming experiment. If you want to get an idea of the atmosphere at the launch please press more than one play button at once!
Marine Stewardship Council
National [...]
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Here are the first pictures from the Greener Living Fund launch. This has got to be the best picture of the day . . . Hilary Ben meets Captain Switch Off.
Below are a few other images presented as a slideshow. Videos to follow.
More information on the Greener Living Fund and its delivery partners is available [...]
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