£36million social action initiative

The Cabinet Office has launched a two year £36million programme to encourage volunteering and social action.

The initiative, the Centre for Social Action, will begin in April 2013 and support organisations who want to mobilise people to take part in social action. It follows on from the Cabinet Office’s £20million Social Action Fund, which closed for application in February 2012.

Within the new Centre for Social Action, innovation charity Nesta will run a new Innovation Fund which will be backed by £10million from the Cabinet Office and £4million from Nesta.