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  • CALLplus patient charity wins Prime Minister's Big Society Award

    Manchester-based charity working to improve the lives of people living with cancer and other illnesses is the latest winner of the Big Society Awards.

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

  • Villiers welcomes initiatives to Mark the Centenary of WW1

    The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland welcomes the UK Government's plans to mark the centenary of the start of World War 1.

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

  • World War I Heroes - battlefield tours mean children will remember them

    The Government today announced a new flagship scheme to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I (WWI) and give thousands of schoolchildren…

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

  • Prime Minister announces Government plans to mark centenary of First World War in 2014

    Prime Minister David Cameron today set out the Government’s plans to mark the centenary of the start of the First World War (WW1) in 2014.

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

  • Government announces scheme to commemorate WW1

    Details of a new scheme to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I.

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

  • Plans to mark World War I centenary announced

    Prime Minister David Cameron unveils plans to build a truly national commemoration, worthy of this historic centenary.

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

  • Prime Minister announces Government plans to mark First World War Centenary

    Imperial War Museum refurbishment and a series of national events among ways the nation will commemorate anniversary.

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

  • Speech at Imperial War Museum on First World War centenary plans

    The Prime Minister gave this speech at the Imperial War Museum in central London on 11 October 2012.

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

  • Funding agreed for Bomber Command Memorial dedication ceremony

    Culture Secretary Maria Miller announces £600,000 package to close remaining funding gap. 

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

  • Hangleton and Knoll Project wins Prime Minister's Big Society Award

    Hangleton and Knoll Project, a Brighton and Hove charity working to support local people, is the latest winner of the Big Society Awards.

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

  • St George’s Park opens

    New National Football Centre gets Royal approval.

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

  • Queen's Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Award 2012

    Voluntary organisations are being encouraged to submit nominations for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Award 2012.

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

  • Troubled families programme on track

    Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has today announced that the Government’s Troubled Families initiative is on track, with councils committed…

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

  • Youth United in action in Birmingham

    Communities Secretary Eric Pickles today saw first-hand how Government funding is creating new youth groups to teach young people valuable skills…

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

  • Don Foster sees community spirit in action in Bristol

    Communities Minister Don Foster is in Bristol today seeing how the local community are stepping up and stepping in to take charge of treasured…

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

  • Hope UK receives the Prime Minister’s Big Society Award

    Hope UK, has been awarded the Big Society Award for the work it has done training volunteers to become drug educators in communities across the UK. External site: [Big Society Awards](http://www.bigsocietyawards.org) E…

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

  • Handing power back to the people of Milton Keynes

    Milton Keynes residents will be given a much greater say over the future development of their town under new proposals published today by Housing…

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

  • Suffragan See of Crediton

    The Queen has approved the nomination of the Reverend Prebendary Nicholas Howard Paul McKinnel to the Suffragan See of Crediton.

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

  • £6m libraries fund opens for applications

    Aims to inspire ambitious and innovative cultural partnerships.

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

  • Eric Pickles congratulates India's culinary stars of the future

    India Schools Young Chefs Awards 2012

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