The Future of the Big Society Agenda and its Impact on Communities
Exploring the impact of the Big Society agenda on communities and individual responsibility, seven years on
00:00:00 Exploring the impact of the Big Society agenda on communities and individual responsibility, seven years on.
📅 In 2010, David Cameron introduced the Big Society agenda to enhance individual and community responsibility.
🔑 The agenda aimed to give more power to local councils, support voluntary organizations, and encourage community engagement.
🌍 After seven years, the impact of the Big Society agenda on communities is being assessed.
00:01:05 The video discusses sustainable enterprise strategies and their impact on the community. It highlights the challenges faced in the Northeast and the importance of funding.
📌 Sustainable enterprise strategies have been promoting cooperative and social enterprise development since 1983.
📌 The speaker's organization focused on community interest companies and helped launch numerous businesses and social enterprises, making a significant social impact.
📌 Funding restrictions in the Northeast are currently posing a major barrier to further progress.
00:02:11 The Big Society agenda suffered major cuts in funding for the third sector, reducing their capacity to do more amidst the government's austerity program.
💼 The government implemented major cuts on public spending, impacting the capacity of small organizations.
📉 The collapse of the banking system and the introduction of austerity led to the end of regeneration programs.
🌍 The country has faced a period of austerity, affecting services provided by the voluntary third sector.
00:03:14 The Big Society, once a thriving community infrastructure, has been eroded due to austerity and cutbacks. The social enterprise sector is crucial for social cohesion, yet it is also being significantly eroded.
🏢 The infrastructure that supported community organizations has been eroded and disappeared, affecting social cohesion.
💼 The social enterprise sector plays a major role in society, but it is being significantly eroded due to austerity and cutbacks.
🤝 The Big Society initiative failed to bring people closer together or address income and power disparities.
00:04:18 The Big Society aimed to empower civic action but ended up doing the opposite by combining it with shrinking the state and emphasizing the market. What does this mean for the future?
🏛️ The Big Society aimed to empower civic action but failed due to combining it with shrinking the state and emphasizing the market.
🔄 This approach resulted in the opposite effect of empowerment and raises concerns about the future implications.
🔮 The video explores the consequences of the Big Society's failed approach and its impact on society.
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