BIG SOCIETY
Harlow Council welcomes BIG SOCIETY
initiative
In
response to Government’s BIG SOCIETY plans,
Harlow Council has launched its own Big Society Team and is working
together with Rainbow Services to take forward a range of services
and initiatives that reflect Government aims to build strong,
involved communities where people have a say in local decision
making; where public services are opened up to new providers like
charities and social enterprises and where social action and
volunteering opportunities are encouraged and supported.
Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil
Society visited Harlow on 29 July 2010 to find out about
all of the good work that Harlow Council and its partners are
already doing towards achieving BIG SOCIETY
goals.
The Minister launched the Council’s
new team and the BIG SOCIETY web page where people
can access information about BIG SOCIETY, find out
about new projects and initiatives and keep up to date with
local developments.
Rainbow Services is a
Harlow based charity which strives to support the local voluntary
and community sector through five core aims of development, service
provision, liaison, representation and strategic
partnership. Rainbow Services facilitates the Harlow Voluntary
Sector Forum which provides representation onto key strategic and
partnership bodies in both Harlow and the wider community and
offers a range of practical support and facilities from The Rainbow
Resource Centre. In addition, Rainbow Services also provides
front line services within the Harlow Community including The
Rainbow Young Bus, the Re-use project and Quigy’s Kitchen, the
Community Cafe.
Contact details; Web http://www.rainbowservices.org.uk/ and
email info@rainbowservices.org.uk
Rainbow Services’ mission - “Rainbow
Services works for change to alleviate the effects of disadvantage,
deprivation and social exclusion through imaginative projects that
support, enable and develop people and organisations, and which
stimulate beneficial change in the local community.
Follow these links for more
information
Working Together for Harlow
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