All News on 'The Twitter Times: voscur' http://tweetedtimes.com/voscur The Twitter Times is a real-time personalized newspaper generated from your Twitter account en-us Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:09:14 -0800 Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:09:14 -0800 <![CDATA[[Un-Allotted Half Day] — Banking (Responsibility and Reform): 7 Feb 2012: House of Commons debates - TheyWorkForYou]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:57:21 -0800 theyworkforyou.com
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@MrGreenGus: My contribution to banking debate last night - not easy to say all that needs to be said in 6 mins :) http://t.co/Ttk6lCTm
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<![CDATA[Mindapples receives £120,000 funding « Mindapples]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:57:21 -0800 blog.mindapples.org - Andy Gibson
I’m hopeless at keeping secrets, particularly when I have good news to share. So it’s with great pleasure that I can finally announce an investment of £120,000 in Mindapples from Maudsley Charity. Maudsley Charity’s funds are made up of donations that have been made to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and its predecessor organisations, and is managed by the Trust’s Board members. The aim of the endowment is to be a key agent in enhancing mental health provision and changing how ...  show all text
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@sounddelivery: Great news! @Mindapples receives £120,000 funding. http://t.co/NNp9sSN3 Please share and help spread the word about our campaign.
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<![CDATA[Eavesdropping technology: Satellite spy | The Economist]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:57:21 -0800 economist.com
EVEN as mobile phones are becoming a cheap utility hundreds of thousands of people continue to part with a pretty penny to talk to others in parts of the world that lack network coverage. Callers are prepared to pay&nbsp
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@TheEconomist: Researchers think they've managed to crack two popular encryption protocols to eavesdrop on satellite phone calls http://t.co/z1hB2dQY
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<![CDATA[Ready to start training :-)]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:57:21 -0800 instagr.am
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@sounddelivery: Thanks @kate_is_busy for live tweeting our #sm workshop today! A few highlights Ready to start training http://t.co/lwuTefmg
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<![CDATA[Our trainees are rating their own confidence... ]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:57:21 -0800 instagr.am
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@sounddelivery: Our trainees are rating their own confidence... @ Museum of Lancashire http://t.co/wMhtkBRb via @kate_is_busy
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<![CDATA[Re-classifying the trainees' confidence - lots of these post-its have moved up :-)]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:57:21 -0800 instagr.am
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@sounddelivery: Re-classifying the trainees' confidence - lots of these post-its have moved up :-) @ Museum of Lancashire http://t.co/njcGoM1C
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<![CDATA[People give with their hearts, not their heads, warns top economist - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-prof...]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:57:21 -0800 civilsociety.co.uk
Charities should be wary of regaling donors with too many facts and figures about the impact of their work because giving is often irrational and ruled by emotion, a leading economist has warned.
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@CivilSocietyUK: People give with their hearts, not their heads, warns top economist http://t.co/tN1u7TOE
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@Affilyon: People give with their hearts, not their heads, warns top economist http://t.co/U2iByThN
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<![CDATA[Cold Weather Payment : Directgov - Money, tax and benefits]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:57:21 -0800 direct.gov.uk
Basic information on getting a Cold Weather Payment if you're on a low income and need help with additional heating costs during very cold weather
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@Debtology: Cold Weather Payment of £25 for each 7 days at 0C or less for old on Pension Credit or some low income households http://t.co/LX7HwgCS
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@Directgov: Cold weather payments are paid automatically - find out more & see if your area qualifies http://t.co/aQL9ZuNc
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<![CDATA[Home | Debtology]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:57:21 -0800 debtology.org.uk
 The interactive way to get effective, independent advice about your debt situation.Join us on Facebook, Follow on Twitter, Share our Linkedin profileMake a start today Download the App, check...
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@Debtology: Are you using #credit to pay your household #bills? It may be time to get some #independent #debt #advice... www.debtology.org.uk
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@Debtology: Do you always run out of money at the end of the month? Could some #advice on your essential expenditure help? www.debtology.org.uk
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@Debtology: Are you in #debt? What is the most difficult aspect for you? www.debtology.org.uk
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@Debtology: For free effective independent advice about your #debt www.debtology.org.uk
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@Debtology: For effective independent #advice about your #debt visit www.debtology.org.uk Make a start today and start managing your #finances better.
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<![CDATA[Decision making between a rock and a hard place | Voice & Influence]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:57:21 -0800 voiceandinfluence.org.uk
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@voscur: Decision making between a rock and a hard place http://t.co/wTceJ5tx
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@BristolVCSVandI: Decision making between a rock and a hard place http://t.co/wTceJ5tx
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<![CDATA[The X factor - date confirmed for mayoral referendum. | Voice & Influence]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:57:21 -0800 voiceandinfluence.org.uk
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@voscur: The X factor - date confirmed for mayoral referendum http://t.co/mgIy3l3V
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@BristolVCSVandI: The X factor - date confirmed for mayoral referendum http://t.co/mgIy3l3V
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<![CDATA[Watching HealthWatch develop | Voice & Influence]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:57:21 -0800 voiceandinfluence.org.uk
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<![CDATA[“Drop the Health Bill” - e-petitions]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:49:50 -0800 epetitions.direct.gov.uk
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@bristolpaul: PM thinks he knows better than the people who devote their lives to the NHS. Tell him to drop his bill: http://t.co/iiFAvHiN #dropthebill
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@TheRightArticle on Twitter
@TheRightArticle: David Cameron should drop his Health Bill http://t.co/CsUkCkFy #dropthebill
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@unisontweets: Epetition calling on govt to #saveourNHS and #dropthebill at 50k. Can we get to 60k today? http://t.co/FqH01jao
@unisontweets on Twitter
@unisontweets: #healthbilltip no. 1 sign the #dropthebill e-petition http://t.co/pw3M4U4M & get others to sign too. 60,000 signatures by end of day I hope
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@nicktheowl: We have just three months to save the NHS: http://t.co/UVmt1yPr Add your voice here: http://t.co/MEVUVAdO #dropthebill
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<![CDATA[Most charities seek social investment of less than £250,000]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:49:50 -0800 thirdsector.co.uk
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@knowhownonprof: RT @charitysector Most charities seek social investment of less than £250,000 according to @TheSocialInvest survey http://t.co/ey0L39tT
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@ThirdSector: Most charities seek social investment of less than £250,000 http://t.co/f3QCMXb1
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<![CDATA[http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NCVO_survey]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:49:50 -0800 surveymonkey.com
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@knowhownonprof: Share your views about the @NCVO / KnowHow / @FundingCentral websites. Take our survey and win a Kindle e-reader! http://t.co/PQvutS8A
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@NCVOForesight: How should the NCVO website help you in your work? Take our survey (and win a Kindle e-reader!) http://t.co/LpI1sLkh
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@NCVO: How should the NCVO website help you in your work? Take our survey (and win a Kindle e-reader!) http://t.co/LpI1sLkh
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<![CDATA[Twitter / sianushka: first unilad, now hooters. ...]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:49:50 -0800 twitter.com
first unilad, now hooters. here are the threats their clientele & supporters are making against me http://t.co/Zv8GM3Qd
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@bindymedia: Solidarity with @sianushka in the face of misogynistic threats from idiots. bit.ly/xn3boK Please RT!
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@bindymedia: RT @MrGreenGus: Threats made to @sianushka for sticking up for women's rights. Please do read. It's disgraceful. http://t.co/lN6dmyEF
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@MrGreenGus: Threats made to @sianushka for sticking up for women's rights. Please do read. It's disgraceful. http://t.co/gov3oOBY
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@stebax: first unilad, now hooters. here are the threats their clientele & supporters are making against me http://t.co/Zv8GM3Qd
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@constancef: Solidarity with @sianushka in the face of misogynistic threats from idiots. bit.ly/xn3boK Please RT!
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@constancef: The level of abuse @sianushka is experiencing is horrific. http://t.co/aTPtOZVc"
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<![CDATA[So how is Government doing on the Compact? | National Council for Voluntary Organisations]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 07:41:18 -0800 ncvo-vol.org.uk - Compact Voice Team
Recently, the National Audit Office published their long awaited report on how central government is implementing the Compact. It’s certainly interesting reading - containing some things we had expected, as well as some surprises - and it sends a clear message both to the government and the sector that more needs to be done to ensure stronger implementation of the Compact. This is something that is echoed by Compact Voice and our members – there needs to be stronger, more visible leadership for...  show all text
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@compactvoice: So how is Government doing on the Compact? Blog post by Tom Elkins from @CompactVoice http://t.co/B5tsidM2
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@NCVOForesight: So how is Government doing on the Compact? Blog post by Tom Elkins from @CompactVoice http://t.co/B5tsidM2
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@NCVO: So how is Government doing on the Compact? Blog post by Tom Elkins from @CompactVoice http://t.co/B5tsidM2
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<![CDATA[Volunteers sought to set up a new toad patrol at Chew Valley Lake - 06/02/12 | Bristol Zoo]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 07:41:18 -0800 bristolzoo.org.uk
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@BristolZooGdns: Great interview on iPlayer http://t.co/RduWrNcS explaining why we need volunteers to help toads cross the road: http://t.co/rklPzu8f
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@GreenVolBristol: Toad patrol! Volunteers sought to set up a new toad patrol at Chew Valley Lake http://t.co/rklPzu8f
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@BristolZooGdns: Toad patrol! Volunteers sought to set up a new toad patrol at Chew Valley Lake http://t.co/rklPzu8f
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<![CDATA[Breakfast club boom reveals reality of child poverty - Channel 4 News]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 07:41:18 -0800 channel4.com
A charity that provides free breakfasts to primary schools tells Channel 4 News it has seen a four-fold rise in its waiting list in the last four months, amid fears child poverty is on the rise.
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@navcaecm: Channel4 News - Breakfast club boom reveals reality of child poverty http://t.co/Ie8BHanT
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@Shelter: A charity providing free breakfasts to primary schools is struggling to meet demand. #c4news looks at child poverty: http://t.co/lMQ9dmqW
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@ChrisPenberthy: Breakfast club boom reveals the reality of child poverty http://t.co/ICdEwXkD #C4news
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<![CDATA[Quartet Community Foundation - Bristol, UK]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 07:41:18 -0800 quartetcf.org.uk
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@voscur: The University of Bristol RAG Grants Programme is now open and accepting application submissions. The deadline for... http://t.co/GCLetQaT
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@QuartetCF: The University of Bristol RAG Grants Programme is now open and accepting application submissions. The deadline for... http://t.co/GCLetQaT
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<![CDATA[BBC News - Care for elderly 'let down by fragmented system']]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 04:46:10 -0800 bbc.co.uk
Older people needing social care are being let down and "passed like parcels" between fragmented services, a group of MPs says.
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@jrf_uk: Care for elderly 'let down by fragmented system' http://t.co/tcmkr71T via @BBCNews #ukcare
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@Bristol_Health: Call for 'joined-up' elderly care http://t.co/MOgVhBTc
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<![CDATA[The new face of public services? It could be you | Society | The Guardian]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 04:46:09 -0800 guardian.co.uk - Patrick Butler
Move over traditional providers – spending cuts mean we'll all be playing a bigger part in our communities After the trauma and disruption of the cuts, public service leaders are, it seems, coming to terms with their newly diminished world. Their mood is of drastically recalibrated expectation mixed with weary realism. As Carolyn Downs, chief executive of the Local Government Association, kicking off last week's Guardian Public Services Summit 2012, explained, trite cliches about doing "more for  show all text
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@jrf_uk: The new face of public services? It could be you http://t.co/u1imiOr8 via @guardian
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@rachelbeer: Rebuilding relationships with communities, service users and staff is the only way forward for #publicservices http://t.co/ZfIShjPM
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@TheRightArticle: The new face of public services? It could be you I Patrick Butler - http://t.co/6kEXLe0i
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<![CDATA[Avon Gorge & Downs events | Bristol Zoo]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2012 19:35:46 -0800 bristolzoo.org.uk
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@GreenVolBristol: Discover more about birds and their nests with Avon Gorge & Downs Bird Box Bonanza this half term: http://t.co/Xg9HTgZB #fb
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@BristolZooGdns: Discover more about birds and their nests with Avon Gorge & Downs Bird Box Bonanza this half term: http://t.co/Xg9HTgZB #fb
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<![CDATA[Lessons for Localism: Tenant self management]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2012 19:35:46 -0800 urbanforum.org.uk - Caitlin McMullin
lessons for localism - tmos© Urban ForumUrban Forum has conducted a research project on tenant management organisations and maps the progress of TMO development across England. The report builds...
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@tobyblume: "Lessons for #localism: Tenant self-management" New report by @urbanforum http://t.co/sDOx4Z0o
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@urbanforum: "Lessons for #localism: Tenant self-management" New report by @urbanforum http://t.co/sDOx4Z0o
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<![CDATA[CCTV police officer 'chased himself' after being mistaken for burglar - Telegraph]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2012 19:35:46 -0800 telegraph.co.uk - Andrew Hough
An undercover police officer "chased himself round the streets" for 20 minutes after a CCTV operator mistook him for suspect.
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@KerryMP: Police officer chased himself around the streets for 20 minutes are being caught on CCTV acting suspiciously... http://t.co/npS7mXtF
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@MrGreenGus: “@BobJWilliams: Police officer chased himself for 20mins after a CCTV officer mistook him for a burglar... tgr.ph/xfZusW” - Brilliant!
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@stebax: Story of the day - Undercover police officer 'chased himself' after being mistaken for burglar on CCTV http://t.co/L3ZL34ZA
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<![CDATA[Quarter of children performing poorly due to problems at home, study finds | Society | The Guardian]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2012 15:32:57 -0800 guardian.co.uk - Jessica Shepherd
Researchers found children were likely to have educational development impaired if families had multiple social issues More than a quarter of children in the UK are not reaching their potential at school because of poor living conditions and unwell parents, a study has found. Researchers from the University of London's Institute of Education and the University of Sussex analysed the intellectual development of 18,000 children between the ages of nine months and five years. They found that child...  show all text
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@jrf_uk: Quarter of children performing poorly due to problems at home, study finds http://t.co/0l6HwmM2 via @guardian <interesting...
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@navcaecm: Quarter of children performing poorly at school due to problems at home, study finds - http://t.co/XEO13qIL http://t.co/BCcmyztf
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@SocietyGuardian: Quarter of children performing poorly due to problems at home, study finds http://t.co/X3lmgdcK
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<![CDATA[Government's cheapskate approach will hurt the jobless | Society | The Guardian]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:10:25 -0800 guardian.co.uk
With the cheapest bids winning Work Programme contracts, those most in need of help are least likely to get it, says Richard Johnson The contracts for the government's Work Programme were competed for on price. Would-be providers of the welfare-to-work scheme were invited to say how cheaply they could get jobless people into work, and the cheapest were awarded the most contracts. Under this scheme, contractors are paid on the basis of the outcomes delivered – in this case, for each unemployed p...  show all text
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@jrf_uk: 'The government's cheapskate Work Programme approach will hurt the jobless' http://t.co/4RCvW2pS via @guardian
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@TheRightArticle: Government's cheapskate approach will hurt the jobless - http://t.co/Yxb6Fpdw
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@SocietyGuardian: Government's cheapskate approach will hurt the jobless http://t.co/k4DNPN2L
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@ThirdSectorLab: Government's cheapskate approach will hurt the jobless http://t.co/MyoiatXz via @GdnVoluntary
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<![CDATA[Lift ban on public investing in social impact bonds, says BWB lawyer - Civil Society - Finance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2012 07:16:34 -0800 civilsociety.co.uk
The ban on the general public investing in unregulated collective investment funds such as social impact bonds, should be lifted, says Luke Fletcher of Bates, Wells and Braithwaite.
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@thebigsociety: Lift ban on the public investing in social impact bonds, says BWB lawyer http://t.co/J4Lfg94K #socinv #impinv
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@CivilSocietyUK: Lift ban on public investment in social impact bonds, says BWB lawyer http://t.co/6aiFxAN0
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@CSFinance: Lift ban on public investment in social impact bonds, says BWB lawyer http://t.co/HNSY1DlP
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<![CDATA[Navca's Joe Irvin: Getting stuck in for the social sector | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2012 04:04:15 -0800 guardian.co.uk
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@navcanews: Joe Irvin interview in @gdnvoluntary reasons to be cheerful http://t.co/NUiaXMwo
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@Publicleaders: Navca's Joe Irvin: Getting stuck in for the social sector http://t.co/9LesBXaY
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@PeterWanless: Navca's Joe Irvin: Getting stuck in for the social sector: New Navca chief executive sees 'reason to be cheerful... http://t.co/AH9NunvR
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<![CDATA[BBC News - 'Bristol Pound' currency to boost independent traders]]> Mon, 6 Feb 2012 03:09:21 -0800 bbc.co.uk
A new currency is launched in Bristol, which will be used in independent businesses and aims to be the largest local trading system in Europe.
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@BristolZooGdns on Twitter
@BristolZooGdns: We think our silverback gorilla Jock should appear on the 'Bristol Pound' http://t.co/cy9hHG87 What do you think?
@urbanforum on Twitter
@urbanforum: Bristol launches own currency http://t.co/yaLEuoum Urban Forum shows you how in its community resilience guide http://t.co/1wdXkKL6
@MrGreenGus on Twitter
@MrGreenGus: Hargreaves Landsdown warns of the dangers of @TheBristolPound - yet another reason to welcome this excellent scheme. http://t.co/bgNamgYf
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@CllrJonRogers: Dave Harvey, Radio Bristol article on the plans for the Bristol Pound, keeping money in local economy http://t.co/frn3NJw3 #LoveBristol
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@alefernandez on Twitter
@alefernandez: Who says Euro can't coexist with another local currency that bootstraps a local economy? The story of 'Bristol Pound' http://t.co/vjX9Nei1
@bluerocket on Twitter
@bluerocket: Opt out of the pound as well as the euro. New Bristol Pound launched. http://t.co/sDp60bs0
@marsbard on Twitter
@marsbard: @wood5y you're going to hate this: http://t.co/I2ToeCSw : "they can quite literally put their money where their mouth is."
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@kobb: A Bristol Pound? I'd rather use a credit card. I hope no public money will be wasted on this scheme. http://t.co/mi27VPC9
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@tweetminster: Group of independent Bristol traders launching own currency, the first which can be used to pay local business taxes http://t.co/VBoDyLPZ
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