Blears to push Hurd on definition for social enterprise 2
Tags: Social enterprise
Nick Hurd
Nick Hurd, Conservative MP for Ruislip-Northwood and son of former foreign secretary Lord Douglas Hurd, is the current minister for civil society. He spent fifteen months as the party’s charities spokesman while in opposition, before taking on the ministerial role following the 2010 general election.
Hurd was elected to parliament in 2005. He has served on the environment audit committee and in 2006 successfully took through parliament a private members bill, the Sustainable Communities Act.
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Labour MP Hazel Blears plans to write to minister for civil society Nick Hurd urging him to consider a statutory definition for social enterprise, after he recently confirmed that the government had no plans to introduce one.
The Prince of Wales is today meeting with members from youth charities, both at his Clarence House base and in South London, to discuss the issues young British people face.
A £150m endowment fund for local community projects, which will include up to £50m of government match funding, has launched.
Minister for civil society Nick Hurd has announced that the government will spend close to £1m match-funding three Christmas charity appeals.
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Government needs a more creative approach to supporting charities, says Tory minister
Tags: Statutory funding | Big Society
Government should be more creative in engaging with the third sector, according to Conservative MP Richard Fuller responding to Labour calls for an assessment of the effects of local authority funding cuts on the voluntary sector.
The Public Services (Social Value) Bill passed through the House of Commons on Friday without amendments which would have seen a greater role for civil society organisations in public service commissioning.
The Big Fund will deliver a new £16.8m government fund released to support advice-giving not-for-profits in England which have suffered statutory funding cuts.
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NCVO and Euclid Network to explore easier access to EU funds 1
Tags: European funding | Funding
NCVO and the Euclid Network are to co-host an event later today with Nick Hurd, minister for civil society, which will explore how to make it easier for charities to access EU funds.