Mitzvah Day, a national day of social action where thousands of people take part in hands on projects to support charities and build stronger communities, is the latest winner of the Prime Minister’s Big Society Award

Ministers have no adequate strategy to address the complex problems faced by England's most deprived communities. If further resources for regeneration are not found, there is a risk that major problems will be stored up for the future, warn MPs from the Communities and Local Government Committee in a new report

A service which offers HR and employment advice to London-based voluntary organisations is being made available across the country (August 1st)

The Government's Champion for Active Safer Communities today (July 27th) set out her top three priorities to help people make a difference to their neighbourhoods. In a new report, Baroness Newlove pinpoints the availability of easy to access online information, a new drive for public sector volunteering and the tackling of binge and underage drinking, as key to achieving her goals.

Legislation to consolidate more than a dozen outdated pieces of legislation governing co-operatives and mutuals into a single statute will be put before parliament before the next election, the Prime Minister announced today

The 19th century model of Whitehall departmental funding will today be described as "not appropriate for the modern day" by council leaders

Leading housing and care organisation Midland Heart has been awarded £39m to deliver 1,685 new affordable homes across the East and West Midlands

The vision for a Big Society came much closer today as the Big Society Bank – now officially named Big Society Capital – became a reality with the establishment of two expert boards (July 29th)

Bob Neill has announced next steps after the consultation on the future of fire and rescue control centres throughout England. This follows the cancellation of the FiReControl project which aimed to replace 46 local control centres with nine regional centres (July 5th)

The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) project will bring together Persimmon Homes and its sister company Westbury Partnerships with Wiltshire Council to deliver a mix of new homes in the county. The bid sees land provided by the council and Persimmon Homes. Westbury Partnerships, working with Sarsen Housing Association, will build the first 240 homes, with construction starting this month