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A new £100m fund to help charities and social enterprises that are vulnerable to spending cuts will be opened in November 2010.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
A new law which will open up more opportunities for social enterprises to deliver public services comes into force on 31 January 2013.
The government has today launched a consultation on proposals to reform Payroll Giving for charities and donors.
Nick Hurd has written an open letter to Sir Stephen Bubb of the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations.
New workshops announced to help charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises make use of opportunities to work for government.
Pupils at Lampton School in Hounslow today celebrated the one millionth pound donated to charity through Youth and Philanthropy Initiative.
From today charity trustees can apply to set up a new form of charity - a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
A radical approach to solving complex and costly social problems is receiving funding help from the Cabinet Office.
Fifty semi-finalists are now in the running for two £50,000 Challenge Prizes, which back innovative new ways to bring communities together.
Sixteen cutting edge projects are to receive financial support from the Cabinet Office's Innovation in Giving Fund.
Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society, has appointed Dame Mary Marsh to lead a review into leadership and skills in the voluntary sector.
Places are being announced all over England and Northern Ireland for young people to take part in National Citizen Service (NCS).
Nineteen service providers have been selected to run National Citizen Service (NCS) pilots in 2012.
A group of organisations have been selected to deliver contracts worth £200 million to run National Citizen Service.
Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd recently visited Canada Water Library in Southwark. to meet school children.
National Citizen Service is a flagship initiative supporting the government’s vision for building the Big Society.
A site providing information and advice on funding for charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises will be available for 18 months.
Voluntary organisations are being encouraged to submit nominations for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Award 2012.
Organisations are being encouraged to come up with novel ideas that can bring people together to tackle the problem of isolation in old age.
Charities, social enterprises and voluntary organisations are being encouraged to tell government about unnecessary/ineffective regulation.
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