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  • Pioneering teenagers to help build the Big Society: National Citizen Service now recruiting

    The Prime Minister will personally head up a new search for pioneering teenagers to sign up for National Citizen Service (NCS) in 2011.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Welsh Secretary supports Student Volunteering Week in Wales

    The Welsh Secretary has welcomed Student Volunteers to Gwydyr House   as Universities around the country celebrate the 10th anniversary of Student…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • National Citizen Service now recruiting

    The Prime Minister will today personally head up a new search for pioneering teenagers to sign up for National Citizen Service in 2011.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £100 million Transition Fund to support charities

    The first payments from the £100m Transition Fund that will provide vital support to charities have been announced today by Francis Maude.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 2012 Olympic Games remain on time and within budget

    Annual Report on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games published today

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government confirms future funding for children's charity and helpline

    Children's Minister responds to NSPCC data on the prevalence of child abuse and announces funding for the charity and its helplines.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • PM's speech on Big Society

    Prime Minister David Cameron delivered a speech on Big Society on Monday 14th February 2011.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Annual Report on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games published

    The London 2012 Games remain on time and within budget, data published today by the Government and ODA confirms.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Dignity and relief after years of suffering

    UKaid helps women suffering from obstetric fistula access surgery in Tanzania

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  • PM sets out commitment to Big Society

    Prime Minister David Cameron has set out the Government's vision and commitment to the Big Society.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 2011/02/11 - Army Recovery Capability

    Speech delivered by Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans at the Colchester Personnel Recovery Centre, Colchester Garrison on Friday 11 February 2011.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Privates Lewis Hendry and Conrad Lewis killed in Afghanistan

    It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Private Lewis Hendry, from 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, and Private Conrad Lewis, from 4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment, were killed in Afg…

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  • Criminal checks on people working with children scaled back

    More than nine million people working or volunteering with children and vulnerable adults will no longer need to be monitored by the state.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Radical shake-up of criminal record regime and vetting and barring scheme

    More than nine million people working or volunteering with children and vulnerable adults will no longer be monitored by the state.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Publication of the findings from the review of the Vetting and Barring Scheme

    Children's Minister Tim Loughton said: "The new system will be less bureaucratic and less intimidating."

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Make a Difference wins Prime Minister’s Big Society Award

    …Make a Difference - a project that inspires young people in Milton Keynes to better their lives and those around them through positive action and volunteering is the latest winner of the Prime Minister's Big Society Award.…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Social Market Foundation

    Speech by the Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP, Minister for Employment, DWP.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tim Loughton delivers the Edith Kahn Memorial Lecture

    …The Children's Minister talks about altruism, the Big Society and the function volunteering has in communities.…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New Ofsted chairman appointed

    Education Secretary Michael Gove appoints Baroness Morgan of Huyton to post of Ofsted chairman.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government unveils new plans to massively expand volunteering and training opportunities for the unemployed

    Unemployed people will be able to access thousands of new volunteering and training opportunities to help them back into work.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government