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The last month has marked the start of a range of new work
programmes and partnerships. At a strategic level we are looking to the future
with partners. There is a sense of a new chapter with many previous absolutes
open to debate. That’s not to say that all things will come to fruition.
Concepts such as localism and big society are still evolving ideas with
competing notions. However, the process of remodelling our civic landscape is
now under way after the shock of many of the cuts. It is as exciting as it is
daunting.
Tag Archives: Norfolk RCC
Think big – but every penny counts
Debt got us in – and now debt is meant to get us out?
I am very pro social enterprise. We provide a lot of support to community shops,
village halls (one of the oldest SE models) as well as others ranging from
catering companies to education puppetry and beyond. However, not everything
fits with a social enterprise model. The same is true for different methods of
funding.
Strong foundations needed for growth of Big Society
As we have just reached the end of the financial year, I have
been doing the usual analysis on our work in the past 12 months. Good news is we’ve
provided direct community development support to over 500 organisations and a
little over 50 per cent of Norfolk’s 545 parishes. Unsurprisingly, one of the largest and
growing set of enquiries is funding-related. Another area of growth is causing
a little more concern.
