Neighbourhood fund 'will undermine community decision-making'

By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 17 December 2007

The Government's new Working Neighbourhoods Fund will lead to the closure of many community empowerment networks and undermine efforts to involve deprived communities in decision-making, according to umbrella bodies representing the community and voluntary sector.

The Department of Communities and Local Government announced that the three-year, £1.5bn fund will focus on reducing unemployment. It will be launched as part of the local government settlement next month, replacing the DCLG’s Neighbourhood Renewal Fund and the Department for Work and Pensions’ Deprived Areas Fund. The DCLG explanation...

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