Category Archives: Volunteering

Another study shows volunteer discontentment

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Davenport Institute

A new report from Third Sector Research Center at the University of Southampton suggests that volunteers in the UK are less than enthusiastic about the Big Society More »

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Big Society Award: Students’ Action Group

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Davenport Institute

The Loughborough Students’ Action Group is a group of 1900 young people who are using their spare time to make their community a better place More »

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Two New Big Society Awards

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Davenport Institute

The Prime Minister has given the Big Society Award to two volunteer organizations which, in very different ways, help the most vulnerable members of their communities More »

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Big Society is About a Smaller State

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Davenport Institute

Kevin Curley argues that cuts to charity don’t mark the end of the Big Society – they instead challenge us to really consider what a big society means More »

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Big Society Award: JustTextGiving

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Davenport Institute

Vodafone’s JustTextGiving program is the latest recipient of the Prime Minister’s Big Society Award More »

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