Social Enterprise - Giving Power Back to the People - David Cameron
Social Enterprise Coalition
David Cameron stressed the importance of social enterprise in rebuilding our economy and tackling social breakdown in a speech to the Social Enterprise Coalition national conference.
He talked about the need to take power away from government and give it back to individuals, communities and civic institutions, like social enterprises.
And he outlined plans to change the training system in the UK to fit in with the times:
Scrapping Bureaucracy –putting training money directly into the hands of employers, creating 100,000 new apprenticeships a year
Empowering Individuals – with a £100 million Adult and Community Learning Fund to support those laid off
Opening up the System to New Providers –£100 million NEETs fund which will be open to all types of training provider or innovative project
David stressed the need to change the way we think about training ‘so we protect the people in this recession and make sure they succeed in the recovery’.
And he finished by saying, ‘Change won’t be easy – it never is. But it’s absolutely necessary – particularly at this time. And that’s why I’m so pleased to be here with you today, because I want social enterprise to be at the heart of our efforts to rebuild our economy and build the better tomorrow I know we can achieve.’
Read the full speech: http://tinyurl.com/y9vgu5x
