Archive for May, 2009
CREATE Consortium - Community Allowance news
Friday, May 29th, 2009We at Community Links have been a part of the CREATE Consortium since its inception. The campaign calls for changes to benefit rules which would enable community organisations to pay people to do work that strengthens their neighbourhood without it affecting any of their benefits.
In a guest blog here CREATE Consortium co-ordinator Naomi Alexander updates the campaign progress.
I’m writing to [...]
MP expenses scandal: Greed, not Need
Thursday, May 14th, 2009As MP’s expenses hit the headlines this week, there is public outcry over the abuse of the current expenses system. It has been fascinating to watch the party leaders respond to what appears to be an inquiry lead by the media, on behalf of the public. First we heard about Labour MPs, then the Tories and [...]
Create: a Community Allowance and the Future Jobs Fund
Friday, May 8th, 2009Jess Steele is Development Trusts Association Head of Consultancy and currently on secondment to the goverment Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) working on community assets, such as the Asset Transfer Unit the “meanwhile use” policy, and rethinking community finance. Jess has been instrumental in developing Create: the Community Allowance, which we at Community Links have been involved [...]
We spent a week debating the way poverty is portrayed in the media, generating over 20 fascinating posts from a wide range of authors. 