Survey on the Big Society
 

 
Please note that all the information you provide in this survey will remain confidential.

1. Name

2. Organisation:

3. What is your impression of the Government’s Big Society initiative?

4. We will now ask you to comment on a list of Government Big Society initiatives. If you have not heard of the initiative please say ‘not heard’.

Community Organisers (programme to train and place up to 4500 Organisers in communities)

5. Community First grants (small grants programme for community groups to encourage social action)

6. Community Right to Bid (Right to bid for community buildings and assets under the Localism Act)

7. Community Right to Challenge (Right to challenge the Local Authority to contract out delivery of a local service)

8. Open Public Services agenda (plans to get more public services delivered by coops, voluntary organisations and private companies)

9. Neighbourhood Planning reforms (plans to give communities and community groups more rights over local planning decisions and house building)

10. Cutting red tape (scaling back criminal record checks, licensing, health and safety requirements and a range of other administration and regulation)

11. National Citizen Service (residential and home-based activity programme for 16 year olds)

12. Other Big Society initiatives (please specify)?

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