[cma-l] not all gloom?

[Phil Korbel]

Hi all

I, like many was a tad cynical about the whole 'Big Society' thingummy -
especially it was said to have died a death on the canvassers' doorsteps. I
didnt expect to see hide nor hair of it thereafter...but low and behold -
here we have a 'vision paper' on that very subject from No 10 which includes
this phrase -

'The government will use funds from dormant bank accounts to set up a ‘Big
Society Bank’, which will ‘provide new finance for neighbourhood groups,
charities, social enterprises and other non-governmental bodies’.

A new source of revenue for community media - and Big Society [cough - sorry
it still sticks in my throat] surely needs a place to talk?

Of course we'll be scrabbling for that pot along with all and sundry but
hey...

bests

Phil

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