[cma-l] not all gloom?

[Marilyn Hyndman]

Sounds good Phil, how do you feel about going for funding on a UK  
basis and as best as we can on our terms?


On 18 May 2010, at 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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