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Local area target 'sidelines' grass-roots groups

Jamie Carpenter, Regeneration & Renewal, 9 May 2008

A new target to assess councils' efforts to create an environment for a thriving third sector will not measure their progress in supporting informal grass-roots groups, it has emerged.

Councils and their partners are currently agreeing with central government up to 35 targets that will be included in their Local Area Agreement (Laa) deals. But third sector umbrella bodies...

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