Third Sector

(asked on 4th March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 41 of the Government's August 2018 Civil Society Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to further embed and scale people taking action as a core part of how public services are delivered and explore how the government can best continue to back and scale high impact social value initiatives.


Answered by
Mims Davies Portrait
Mims Davies
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 7th March 2019

The government is investing £7.5m in innovative social action projects, including early years interventions, support for savers, and initiatives that help people to volunteer throughout the lifecourse.

We are also supporting local authorities to embed social action in the way they deliver their services. We have reached over 900 commissioners, civil society organisations and councillors across the country through our Enabling Social Action Programme. In February, we announced the ten places who will receive a share of £2.3 million to devise programmes that enable people to take action on the issues they care about.

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