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Sir Roger Singleton, a former board member of the now-defunct Capacitybuilders, has expressed doubts over whether its £150m funding of infrastructure bodies actually helped frontline charities during its six-year history.
What ideas are shaping the government’s approach to Big Society, and how might they evolve in future? Jeremy Kendall provides his political guide.
The Public Bodies Bill, devised to write into legislation new government powers to merge or scrap public bodies, has been published in Parliament.
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Capacitybuilders hires operating officer to oversee its closure
Vibeka Mair
1 Nov 2010
1 Nov 2010
Tags: Funding | Statutory funding
Ann Sanders has taken the role as Capacitybuilders’ chief operating officer to see it through to closure at the end of March 2011.
Tania Mason can't get too excited about the brave new world of sector support being proposed by the coalition government. It all sounds too familiar.
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Disappointment, relief and outrage at quango cull
Tania Mason
15 Oct 2010
15 Oct 2010
Tags: Statutory funding
Capacitybuilders said yesterday that it would fulfil all its funding commitments to March 2011, and would be discussing with grantholders how to arrange final reporting and payments.
Capacitybuilders, the Commission for the Compact and the Office for Civil Society Advisory Body will all be scrapped, the government confirmed today.
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Big Lottery Fund set to move to Cabinet Office, according to leaked BBC document 1
Vibeka Mair
24 Sep 2010
24 Sep 2010
Responsibility for the Big Lottery Fund will move from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and be placed under the Cabinet Office, according to a leaked government document on the BBC News website.