{"id":64856,"date":"2015-12-01T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T15:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=e3141a52f5163e4d0e37d79281a190cd"},"modified":"2015-12-01T15:12:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T15:12:00","slug":"news-story-government-announces-new-support-for-social-action-on-giving-tuesday-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=64856","title":{"rendered":"News story: Government announces new support for social action on Giving Tuesday 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Today is <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.givingtuesday.org.uk\/welcome.html\">Giving Tuesday,<\/a> a global movement which follows the Black Friday sales and Cyber Monday\u2019s online shopping activity. <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GivingTuesday?src=hash\">#GivingTuesday<\/a> shifts the emphasis to giving, whether through volunteering, donating money or simply spreading the word.<\/p>\n<p>The Cabinet Office is proud to be a founding partner of this global movement. To support #GivingTuesday, we have announced a package of measures to support and incentivise social action in communities and alongside public services. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"text-santa-grant\">Text Santa grant<\/h2>\n<p>The Cabinet Office is giving up to \u00a3100,000 to ITV\u2019s Text Santa charity appeal to encourage people to donate or search for volunteering opportunities. We will contribute:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a35 to Text Santa for each of the first 15,000 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.itv.com\/textsanta\/donate\">donations made to Text Santa<\/a> by members of the public<\/li>\n<li>\u00a35 for each of the first 5,000 people who <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.itv.com\/textsanta\/volunteer\">search for volunteering opportunities through Text Santa<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"centre-for-social-action\">Centre for Social Action<\/h2>\n<p>We are investing \u00a315 million in a new phase of the Centre for Social Action. The Centre accelerates the development and spread of high impact social action models that complement public services, learn more from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/social-action-harnessing-the-potential-update\">social action: harnessing the potential<\/a>. This investment will help ideas that can make a difference to grow and become routine in our public services and communities. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"community-organisers\">Community Organisers<\/h2>\n<p>We are continuing to support community organising with a new commitment to increase the number of Community Organisers recruited to 10,000 by March 2020. <\/p>\n<p>In partnership with the Department for Communities and Local Government, we have also set up the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.corganisers.org.uk\/news\/community-organisers-mobilisation-fund\">Community Organisers Mobilisation Fund.<\/a> The fund, worth over \u00a3500,000, will help 27 Community Organisers who are inspiring people in disadvantaged communities to take control of their neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n<p>Through this fund, residents from Penzance in Cornwall to Heaton in Newcastle will use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/youve-got-the-power-a-quick-and-simple-guide-to-community-rights\">community rights<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/neighbourhood-planning\">neighbourhood planning<\/a> to shape their area.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"giveme5\">GiveMe5<\/h2>\n<p>We are supporting Localgiving\u2019s fundraising campaign on #GivingTuesday, <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/localgiving.com\/gm5\">#GiveMe5,<\/a> to encourage support for small, local charities and community groups. <\/p>\n<p>GiveMe5 will run over 24 hours on #GivingTuesday. Every \u00a35 donation made through <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/localgiving.com\/\">Localgiving<\/a> on the day will go into a draw to be doubled through match funding by Cabinet Office and a private philanthropist. 1000 donations of \u00a35 will be matched.<\/p>\n<p>Rob Wilson, Minister for Civil Society, said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Volunteers are the backbone of communities across the country \u2013 unsung heroes selflessly giving their time. So many organisations, from charities to community groups, would be unable to make the difference they do without the incredible support of volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteering is also a fantastic way to gain new skills and experiences, and people who volunteer have significantly higher levels of life satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">It\u2019s easy to get involved, so this festive season why not take the opportunity to find a cause you can support.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>Donate now through <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.itv.com\/textsanta\/donate\">Text Santa<\/a> or <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/localgiving.com\/\">Localgiving,<\/a> or <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.itv.com\/textsanta\/volunteer\">volunteer through Text Santa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On #GivingTuesday, the Cabinet Office has announced measures to support and incentivise people to get involved in social action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}