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Commission for Rural Communities Publication – Rural Proofing Review: A summary report of the findings following discussions with policy making and delivery staff at all levels of government and with organisations that have a role to play in influencing government’s approaches to policy making and delivery. News - Who will do the work? The economics of migration: CRC are investigating the possibility that some rural communities and businesses could be vulnerable to an economic shock if there was to be a sudden slowdown or even a reversal of the current influx of migrant workers. Big Lottery Fund BASIS programme Open – Round two of the BASIS programme is now open: Click here for more information. Application closing date: 27 August 2008. Defra News - Good progress on Environmental Stewardship: Over 5 million hectares of land in England are now covered by schemes which aim to conserve our valuable landscape and its wildlife, according to a report published by Defra and Natural England today. Environmental Stewardship is a Government-funded scheme open to all farmers, which funds the delivery of environmental benefits through agriculture. Performance Hub Publication – Improving your performance: A guide to Performance Hub resources, summarising all the publications produced during the lifetime of the Hub, from 2005 to 2008. It includes a range of 'how to' guides and research reports on what works in performance, as well as what performance support the sector needs. Services Digital switchover Report - Report on the first digital TV switchover: Whitehaven/Copeland, Cumbria: Digital UK has published a report on the UK’s first digital television switchover, highlighting lessons to be applied across the rest of the country as analogue signals are turned off over the next four years. Asset development Publication – Asset Development: High Peak CVS has published five fact sheets on the theme of asset development, focusing particularly on hard assets such as property and land. Titles are: Developing and Maximising the Use of a Community Building; The Pros and Cons of Leading and Ownership; Risk Reduction in Managing a Community Building; Making the Figures Add Up; and Selling the Case for an Asset Transfer. Cabinet Office and the Department of Children, Schools and Families News - 15 local areas to lead Pathfinder projects supporting vulnerable families: Children and Families Minister, Beverley Hughes has announced the details of a £16m ‘Family Pathfinder’ programme – naming 15 local areas where disadvantaged families will be offered intensive help and support. Children & young people Publication – Working together: Listening to the voices of children and young people: This guidance promotes the participation of children and young people in decision-making in school, local authority and related settings and provides advice on the principles and practice that support such involvement. Event - Places to Go? Place-shaping, safer streets and sustainable transport for a child-friendly public realm: A national conference by Play England, Sustrans, Living Streets and NCB. Date: 20 May 2008. Venue: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London. Environment News - Natural England announces extra £72m for the natural environment: Natural England has announced that an additional £72m will be spent on the natural environment this year. Further to an additional £68m for green farming schemes, Natural England has announced that it will allocate an extra £4m this year towards protecting and enhancing the marine environment, improving biodiversity and researching renewable energy options in the Severn Barrage. Publication – Policy Exchange: Government missing its own targets on the environment: A new report by the thinktank, Policy Exchange, reveals that despite promising to “put concern for the environment at the heart of policy-making” the Government looks likely to miss over half of the green targets it has set since 1997. Publication - Greenwash Guide: ‘Greenwash’ is the name Futerra give to the growth of the new ‘green pound’ with consumers becoming increasingly mistrustful of green claims. The report, based on primary research, is packed with research, analysis and recommendations. Coastal access Event - CoastNet conference on Coastal Access: In this one-day conference CoastNet will look beyond the detail of the draft Marine Bill, containing access provisions to the English coast. It will explore the scope of possible community benefits that might arise from improved coastal access, and to question how peoples legitimate concerns might be taken into account. Date: 19 June 2008. Venue: The Gala Theatre, Durham. Jobs Community Lincs
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