DWP launches rehabilitation task force
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has unveiled a new vocational rehabilitation task group set with the role of helping people return to work after an injury or illness.
Announcing the initiative, DWP minister Lord McKenzie said that both public and private employers needed to do more to support employees who had suffered from a debilitating knock to their health or wellbeing. Continue reading…
Third sector poised for climate change role
The third sector is to play a pivotal role in mobilising millions of people in the fight to combat climate change, with a new public declaration launched today.
Environment secretary David Miliband and his brother, third sector minister Ed Miliband, announced details of the new promise and will be prompting charities, social enterprises and voluntary organisations to sign up to its commitments. Continue reading…
Livingstone uses London Plan to deliver more affordable housing
The London Borough of Southwark will be boosted by an additional £500,000 in affordable housing, it has been announced.
Ken Livingstone, the capital’s mayor, had specifically written to Southwark council urging it to refuse planning permission for a principally commercial development in the borough earlier this year. Continue reading…
Defra explores funding for affordable rural housing
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is to launch a feasibility study evaluating a funding increase for affordable rural housing in England.
Led by the Housing Corporation and funded by Defra, the research will weigh up the pros and cons of a new time-limited funding programme to aid local organisations in the provision of more affordable homes in the countryside. Continue reading…
Acevo outlines priorities for ‘Brown’s Britain’
The Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (Acevo) has set out a series of priorities for Gordon Brown’s Britain.
The organisation called on the arriving prime minister to make a series of ten commitments to the voluntary sector when he reaches office. Continue reading…
