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11 Dec 2011:The Observer has teamed up with Nesta to find 50 new radicals who are actively changing Britain's communities for the better. Nesta chief executive Geoff Mulgan outlines the project, and we talk to people whose ideas are already improving lives
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1 Jan 2012:
Oakfields Community College, a visionary north-east school, aims to better its students' life-chances by helping them start up their own enterprises in the classroom
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14 Dec 2011:
The spirit of Rev Don Robins and Jimi Heselden presides over a new initiative by the council and Leeds Community Foundation
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11 Dec 2011:
Who qualifies and how to apply.
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11 Dec 2011:
The Observer has teamed up with Nesta to find 50 new radicals who are actively changing Britain's communities for the better. Nesta chief executive Geoff Mulgan outlines the project, and we talk to people whose ideas are already improving lives
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21 Nov 2011:
A prison penpal scheme sparked the idea for Cards from Prison, a social enterprise featuring a prisoner's artwork
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21 Nov 2011:
Widow sets up Cards from Prison after penpal's talent thrives behind bars
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13 Nov 2011:
Pat Kane: By putting a price on unhappiness we can understand the need for a gentler response to the economic crisis
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10 Nov 2011: Volunteer centres claim they are being exploited by private welfare to work providers who covertly refer jobless clients to them to gain "work experience".
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8 Nov 2011:
Is a model of social work that radically transformed child protection in one borough about to go mainstream?
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8 Nov 2011: Set up in the right way, public service mutuals can transform services, says Julian Le Grand
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5 Nov 2011:
Zoe Williams: A thinktank wants to cut crime with 'John Lewis jails', but the plan to get prisoners working looks more like a new opportunity for giant corporations
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25 Oct 2011:
Labour is accusing the government of selling out to private firms on plans to allow worker co-ops to run services
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25 Oct 2011:
As regulars club together to run an ailing village pub, is this a blueprint to revive local business and community spirit, asks Paul Rowlinson
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19 Oct 2011:
A new 'map' aims to help 'micro-enterprises' avoid the pitfalls of government red tape
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