It is not enough to assume that scaling back the state will allow local innovation to flourish. Achieving genuine localism relies on a different kind of support from the centre.
NESTA's call for radical innovation in public services found a new level of comfort among decision-makers in the NHS this month. As the thinking has evolved about how cuts in budgets could be met, the penny suddenly dropped.
Health is more than a question of institutional provision, it is also a social issue shaped by social conditions and collective behaviour
Chris Sherwood sums up the discussion and debate on the role of older citizens in society, from our Ageing Society seminar at Civil Service Live.
If we involve communities as active partners in the battle to fight climate change, they will respond with approaches that embrace changing behaviours and lifestyles.
In an ageing society, we need to imagine a radically different role for public services - as conveners and relationship builders rather than one-stop package providers.
The Low Carbon Building Programme has been extended until March 2011.
How the Big Green Challengers, Finalists and other groups can use photographs to tell their story and reach out to new audiences.
Social media allows people to create and disseminate their messages in their own way and on their own terms.
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