The Big Society

Anna Coote, Head of social policy and the new economics foundation offers an explaination of what is meant by the ' Big Society'.

"The government says it wants to make society stronger by getting more people working together to run their own affairs locally. It aims to put more power and responsibility into the hands of families, groups, networks, neighbourhoods and locally-based communities and to generate more community organisers, neighbourhood groups, volunteers, mutuals, co-operatives, charities, social enterprises and small businesses. The idea is that all of these will take more action at a local level, with more freedom to do things the way they want".
For more on the Big Society: www.urbanforum.org.uk