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BSWN Funding news and opportunities 2012
Latest Funding and Training opportunities for 2012. More of our information, support and funding services are now available on-line, we hope that you find these updates useful. We would also like to hear about members support and funding needs that are not covered here, feel free to contact BSWN with your queries on support and funding. We are planning the launch of a series of member led networks later this year sharing control of access to information and your participation will be of benefit.
The Conviction of Gary Dobson & Davis Norris for the murder of Stephen Lawrence.
Without the commitment of these personnel from within the Justice system, who are determined to see justice done, nothing can change. We wish them well in their efforts to bring into the light the other criminals involved in this and other cases of injustice perpetrated within socity, added by the tacit complicity of some within our public institutions.
Latest Funding News
Grants, funding and Social investment . A range of current funding opportunities covering Advice services, Sports, Arts, Heritage and overseas Aid opportunities 2011
Community Infrastructure Levy
Rebalancing the relationship between the charging authority and the independent examiner so the elected body has the final say on how they implement a charge in their area (clause 102 of the Localism Bill)
Public Services White Paper
Choice and Control · Direct control – individuals should be given direct control over the public money spent on their behalf on services to which they are entitled. In these circumstances, we should shift power directly to the individual through personal budgets, often delivered as direct payments. Personal budgets give citizens cash budgets that they can then use to choose services in the way that suits their lives best..[NB not new] · Choice Champions – We want to encourage existing independent champions for consumer choice, like ‘Which?’ and the newly announced HealthWatch, to be agitators for choice in open public services – e.g. reporting their opinions on the quality of choice for people. · Redress for lack of choice - If choice is not available, we will provide a means of redress for people. We will consider whether the Ombudsmen can play a greater role in this. We will also explore legislating to enshrine an overarching right to choice in individual services. · Redress for service failure – We will consult on how best to raise standards in public services, including ‘coasting’ schools and we will consult on ways to establish zero tolerance of failure on a service-by-service basis.