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Big Society, Big Ideas, and Big Big Tasks
Wednesday 7th July 2010, 12:07
Lots has been written about the Big Society over the past few months and yesterday (Tuesday 6 July) I went off to London for the first of a series of meetings the Big Society Network are holding.
Chatting to a number of people it appeared we were all keen to finally get some detail about what exactly the Big Society is/will be.
So what did we learn from the event? CEO Paul Twivy of the Network gave a short opening speech and a few key points that that stood out to me:
- Big society is apolitical with all main parties talking about it
- Terms like community(!) and active citizenship turn people off
- The Network is independent
- Its role is to encourage and enable citizens to do practical things within their square mile - where Big Society would like a mutual set up that everyone can pay into
- Big Society is there to be shaped and defined and we should be part of that
Then it was over to us to set the agenda and talk about what we thought were the questions around the Big Society.
Big thanks to Colin Miller and Meera Chand for being part of our little conversation about Community Development in the Big Society - not sure we solved anything but it was nice to discuss.
Matthew Taylor’s blog about a different event that took place on the same day makes interesting reading - another Big Society event that took place yesterday.
I would love to hear from anyone who was either there or has something they want to add to the Big Society debate. Please get in touch 0114 241 2740 or email: emma@cdx.org.uk
Emma Lees, Development Officer - Policy

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