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Charity slimmer

14 November 2008

Interview with Michael Wake, co-group chief executive, Novas Scarman Group

New criteria to help smaller charities

14 November 2008

The eligibility criteria for a new community empowerment fund have been altered by the Government to make it easier for smaller charities to bid for cash, a document published last week reveals.

Barack Obama

14 November 2008

Why president elect Obama will be regeneration's first White House resident.

Community aims to boost use of Gaelic

14 November 2008

Language campaigners are preparing plans for a community near Inverness where residents would be encouraged to speak only Gaelic.

Confusion over Scottish renewal

14 November 2008

The Scottish Government's reform of its enterprise agency has been "botched", leaving the country's regeneration sector ill-prepared to weather the economic downturn, key regeneration figures in the country have warned.

Ministers must save post office branches to protect vulnerable

By Huw Morris

14 November 2008

There are 12,000 of them across the country. They are part of the very fabric of the nation, with thousands of communities dependent on them.

EU award for Welsh renewal scheme

13 November 2008

A Welsh economic development project has won a prestigious EU-sponsored Europe-wide regeneration award.

Social enterprises to get £4.25m

12 November 2008

A new £4.25 million fund for social enterprises has been announced today by self-style "socially responsible" investment manager Bridges Ventures.

Youth crime programme "missed most targets"

11 November 2008

A programme that aims to prevent youth crime in disadvantaged communities has failed to meet three of its four targets, an evaluation says.

New chair for social enterprise body

11 November 2008

Umbrella body the Development Trusts Association (DTA) last week elected Micheal Pyner, chief executive of the Shoreditch Trust, as its new chair.