The Big Society

The two documents that have been posted below are a 'White Paper' on the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead's definition of Big Society and a list of projects that we may be pursuing as a result of being chosen by the Coalition Government as a Vanguard Community.

The White Paper should be viewed as an 'open source policy document'. That is, an initial attempt to define what the Big Society means to the Royal Borough but one that we would like contributions to in shaping that definition. As such, we are interested in people's views regarding the Big Society and specifically, our initial attempts both to define it and to offer a set of projects that will make up our programme around this area. This is a deliberate attempt to do things differently - to encourage comments regarding this initial thinking that will help shape both the policy and programme.

Barrier busting

The Barrier Busting service is designed to help volunteers, community groups and social enterprises overcome bureaucracy and get things done in their neighbourhood.

Councils, community groups, local institutions and individuals who need central government's help to get rid of barriers can submit a request through the web at http://barrierbusting.communities.gov.uk (external link). Everyone who submits a query, will be given an individual number to track the progress of their request and the contact details of a named person they can talk to from a dedicated team of "barrier busters" - senior civil servants in the Government who will help find ways to let local people take control.

Submit Your Views

If you would like to leave any comments both on the policy and the projects that we underetaking please do so using the following e-mail address bigsociety@rbwm.gov.uk

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