Making local petitions more effective

Making local petitions more effective
Hazel Blears

A speech by Communities Secretary Hazel Blears to the Development Trusts Association annual conference this week, as well as covering community asset transfer and participatory budgeting (as pioneered in Brazil), went into more detail on government plans on “how we can make petitions a more effective tool in enabling communities to raise issues with local councils”. There’s also brief mentions of community land trusts and ‘community anchors’, those organisations which give “a home and support to a whole range of people and groups”.

Speech at http://www.communities.gov.uk/speeches/corporate/confidentcommunities.