# Community empowerment

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/05/23/community-empowerment/
- Published: 2008-05-23T16:53:56+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

I was at a meeting this week – the North East Social Capital Forum, since you ask–
where a Civil Servant was holding out great hopes for the forthcoming Community 
Empowerment.

The following day the Guardian carried an opinion piece suggesting that the Bill
was a waste of space.

If we set aside our ingrained cynicism, do we think there is anything within the
Government’s power that will positively encourage active engagement with the broad
community?

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I hear conflicting reports from charities on the ground – some say the age of the
volunteer is dead and buried, while others are recruiting, training and engaging
as fast as their facilities will allow!

 * **[Last call for nominations for Queen’s prestigious volunteering group award](https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/10/08/last-call-nominations-queens-prestigious-volunteering-group-award/)**(
   8 October 2008)
 * **[Charity sector loses Hope?](https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/10/08/charity-sector-loses-hope/)**(
   8 October 2008)
 * **[CAN recession survey for Office of the Third Sector](https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/12/11/can-recession-survey-office-third-sector/)**(
   11 December 2008)