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The government's Active Community
Programme, for which the Home Office is the lead department in England, is
a major policy initiative aimed at building an inclusive, cohesive and stable
society in the United Kingdom. The Active Community Unit (ACU) has been tasked
with leading the implementation of this programme in three main areas:
- Volunteering: The government's
aim is to increase opportunities for volunteering by as wide a cross-section
of the community as possible, and especially by groups with low participation
rates (young people, people from ethnic minorities, disabled people and
older people)...
- Infrastructure
of the voluntary and community sector: The government's aim is
to provide financial and practical support for the infrastructure - e.g.,
umbrella organisations and networks, technology and training, and dissemination
of good practice...
- Partnerships: The
government's aim is to increase cooperation within the voluntary and community
sector and between the voluntary and community sectors and the statutory
and private sectors.
Creating
partnerships will create synergies, maximise the potential of different
types and sizes of organisations and stimulate innovation and achievement.
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