[cma-l] not all gloom?

[Murray Dawson]

I may be being cynical myself, but that 'new finance' will probably come 
in the form of 'low-cost' loans........

please reply to
murray at shmu.org.uk

Murray Dawson
Project Director
Station House Media Unit
Station Road, Woodside,
Aberdeen  AB24 2WB
Tel - 01224 515013	

www.shmu.org.uk

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On 18/05/2010 14:46, Phil Korbel wrote:
> 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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