News and Events

Prime Minister should go to Gigha to see “Big Society” idea flourishing

Author — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:48:59 +0100

Foremost Scottish land reform campaigner says more communities must be given the opportunity – and backing – to run rural enterprises for themselves.

Carnegie UK Trust and Britain’s Youth Hostel Movement

Author — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:49:58 +0100

Access to the countryside was seen as a major welfare issue for people living in Britain’s cities in the 1930s. People were actively encouraged to head for the hills for days off. But that, in turn, created a new challenge: where would people stay once they got into the countryside?

Volunteers and friends of the Shipley Leisure Library recount their ‘fantastic, fun and fulfilling’ times on its 20th Birthday

Author — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:42:03 +0100

Having a long history of investing in conventional libraries, Carnegie Trust UK’s funding in 1990 allowed for the establishment of the Shipley Leisure Library. Co-founders Anne Renard and Mary Barton wanted to address the lack of leisure facilities for adults with learning difficulties. The Trust funding allowed Shipley Leisure Library to become only the second Library of its kind, offering facilities and resources to adults with learning difficulties and their families.

Commission ideas can help country meet triple challenge of economic, environmental and political crises, House of Lords hears

Author — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:38:05 +0100

The findings of the Carnegie UK Trust supported Commission of Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society, published in the report Making Good Society, received a prestigious endorsement when it was quoted by the Bishop of Leicester in a House of Lords debate which he led to call attention to the role of partnerships between government and civil society in shaping social policy.

A more Civil Economy could bolster a struggling Irish financial sector and be the saviour of small businesses

Author — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:34:52 +0100

In the latest publication to be commissioned as part of the Commission of Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society in the UK and Ireland, Trinity College’s Jim Stewart explores the theme of growing a more civil economy focused on developing the role of civil society institutions in the Irish financial sector in order to aid the recovery from the financial crisis.

Power to the people as Minister outlines vision of local decision making for communities

Author — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:29:51 +0100

The Community Land Trusts 2010 Conference has heard a pledge that communities will be able to have a far greater say on what happens in their local area, including enjoying new rights over housing, planning and development without the need to refer to a centralised planning system.

Trust supports this year's Festival of Politics at Holyrood

Author — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:16:17 +0100

The Carnegie UK Trust is proud to be supporting this year’s Festival of Politics taking place later this month at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.

Now in its sixth year, the Festival has worked hard to establish itself amongst Edinburgh’s already busy August schedule, and demand for tickets shows that despite the problems that have beset politicians, people are still deeply concerned with political issues, and are still keen to get involved in debating and discussing them.

'Is Peace Worth Fighting For?' 18 August

Author — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:02:07 +0100

As part of the Festival of Politics 2010, this Carnegie sponsored event will be held in the Main Chamber of the Scottish Parliamant from 16.00 to 17.00.

There is a strong tradition of both pragmatism and ethics in international affairs. The idealism of past generations established the League of Nations in attenpts to reduce conflicts and aggression. Politicians have to wrestle with the national interest, the security of citizens and their own principles- amongst many competing pressures- before coming to momentous decisions. Sir Malcolm Rifkind QC MP and Joel Rosenthal, President of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. will debate the idea of just war, peace, and security in a modern global society. Chaired by The Very Reverend Graham Forbes, Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh.

Festival of Politics 2010

Author — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:46:50 +0100

The Carnegie UK Trust is proud to be supporting this year’s Festival of Politics programme which was announced on Monday 5 July 2010.

In sponsoring three different events at the Festival, the Carnegie UK Trust is playing an active in role in ensuring that the award winning Festival, now entering its sixth year, continues to thrive and that the overarching theme of the Festival, Changing Politics, can be a positive one.

Boost for Communities to Create Affordable Homes

Author — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:37:06 +0100

New Independent Voice for Community Land Trusts

The Community Land Trust movement across England gets a huge boost today with the unveiling of a new National Community Land Trust Network to provide support and services to communities wanting to deliver new affordable homes.