Big Society definition

Big Society means communities that are strong, seen and heard and actively engaged. We believe community news hubs can be the catalyst to make this happen.
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Examples of Big Society in a sentence

  • We are also aware of the Prime Minister’s announcement in July 2011 of the Big Society Bank initiative, part of which has funds allocated to Cumbria/Eden Valley to help provide community broadband access.

  • In Groot-Brittannië krijgt het ideaal van active citizenship ver‐ der betekenis in relatie tot het concept van de Big Society.

  • The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is a Vanguard Authority for the Big Society.

  • The outputs would be written up and, as appropriate, fed into other initiative, such as the Big Society, the Social Impacts Task Force and the Behavioural Insight Team (where PD has a part-time secondment).

  • Previous articles include an analysis of President ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s home popularity and a discussion of Your Square Mile’s workshops in relation to the Big Society debate.

  • Striving towards stronger communities, helping people become active citizens and improving personal responsibility in the community, as part of the Big Society, also contributes to improving community safety Whilst the agreement aims to address the needs of local communities it will also help to meet the objectives set out in the recent Home Office paper entitled ‘A New Approach to Fighting Crime’ which gives a clear direction to the public and partners about the changing focus of community safety.

  • There are times when Contractors may be required to be a forward thinker, leading and developing the considerations not with retrospective consideration, but with ground breaking advice and leading towards the future, taking into consideration the Government’s priorities on the Big Society agenda.

  • This is why Government committed to growing the Social Investment market, and why it is setting up Big Society Capital.

  • You understand and agree that, unless we, in our sole discretion, elect to do so, we will not verify the terms of any Entry submitted through the Interface.

  • Met de toenemende kostedruk op de National Health Service (NHS) en de ontwikkeling van de 'Big Society' benadering door de gevestigde conservatieve overheid werd de verschuiving naar medeproductie over gezondheidszorg en andere publieke diensten gezien als de weg naar efficiënter, meer effectieve en duurzamere diensten.