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The latest press notices from the communities and neighbourhood site.

• Baroness Newlove - Ten communities to tackle binge and underage drinking unveiled

  The 10 communities that will lead work to tackle binge and underage drinking have been announced by the Government Champion for Active Safer Communities.

  • Added: 14 May 2012
  • Site: Communities and neighbourhoods

• Eric Pickles: Celebrating the Jubilee in all communities

  Eric Pickles has announced funding to ensure that communities are not left out of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations this Summer.

  • Added: 7 May 2012
  • Site: Communities and neighbourhoods

• Grant Shapps: 'Fantastic' response to Portas Pilots offer

  Hundreds of towns across the country have applied in their droves to become one of the first Portas Pilots to breathe new life into their high streets, Local Government Minister Grant Shapps said today.

  • Added: 27 April 2012
  • Site: Communities and neighbourhoods

• Eric Pickles: Launch of nationwide community music day

  Eric Pickles has called on local bands to take part in 'Bandstand Marathon - Communities in Tune', a nationwide music day which celebrate the final day of the Paralympic Games on 9 September 2012 through a range of free live performances.

  • Added: 7 April 2012
  • Site: Communities and neighbourhoods

• Localism Act: Power shift to communities charges on

  The Government's revolution to hand power back to local communities reaches a major milestone as measures in the Localism Act come into force.

  • Added: 6 April 2012
  • Site: Communities and neighbourhoods

• Troubled Families: Top 10 areas are on board as Government is ready to go

  The 10 local authorities with the largest number of troubled families have agreed to sign up to the Government's ambitious scheme to turn around the lives of 120,000 problem households by 2015.

  • Added: 28 March 2012
  • Site: Communities and neighbourhoods

• Baroness Newlove - £1 million fund to tackle binge and underage drinking

  A new £1 million fund to give local communities the tools they need to tackle binge and underage drinking is now open, Baroness Newlove has announced today.

  • Added: 23 March 2012
  • Site: Communities and neighbourhoods

• Eric Pickles: Luton set to benefit from Near Neighbours programme

  Grassroots groups and projects across the country working to improve community relations are to benefit from £240,000 of new funding from the Near Neighbours scheme, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has announced.

  • Added: 16 March 2012
  • Site: Communities and neighbourhoods

• Andrew Stunell: £10 million for English language support

  Communities Minister, Andrew Stunell has announced that the Department for Communities and Local Government will make available up to £10 million in funding to help English language training for speakers of other languages.

  • Added: 29 February 2012
  • Site: Communities and neighbourhoods

• Eric Pickles: First volunteering day marks the start of "A Year of Service"

  Communities Secretary Eric Pickles joined faith leaders at a special volunteering event held by members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the UK to launch the start of A Year of Service.

  • Added: 28 February 2012
  • Site: Communities and neighbourhoods

• Eric Pickles: Communities together not apart

  A new 'localist' approach to achieving a more integrated society focusing on creating the conditions for everyone to live and work successfully alongside each other has been unveiled by Eric Pickles and Andrew Stunell.

  • Added: 21 February 2012
  • Site: Communities and neighbourhoods

• Baroness Newlove - New £1m fund to give local communities the tools to tackle binge and underage drinking

  A new £1m fund to give local communities the tools they need to tackle binge and underage drinking has been announced by the Government's Champion for Active Safer Communities, Baroness Newlove.

  • Added: 14 February 2012
  • Site: Communities and neighbourhoods

• Seaside town rejuvenation: £24million fund opened

  A new fund to help support much loved seaside towns create new jobs and prosperity was launched today by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and Chief Secretary Danny Alexander.

  • Added: 9 February 2012
  • Site: Communities and neighbourhoods

• Liverpool first to strike new City Deal with Government

  Liverpool becomes first city to agree new powers through the City Deals programme, the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg and Cities Minister Greg Clark announced.

  • Added: 7 February 2012
  • Site: Communities and neighbourhoods

• Pickles: Markets first to breathe new life into town centres

  Markets across the country are seizing the initiative and leading the drive to revitalise the nation's town centres, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said today (26 January 2012).

  • Added: 26 January 2012
  • Site: Communities and neighbourhoods

• Election date announced for cities that say 'yes' to mayors

  The Government's commitment to people power and local democracy took another step forward today (25 January 2012) as Cities Minister Greg Clark announced the date for mayoral elections.

  • Added: 25 January 2012
  • Site: Communities and neighbourhoods

• Eric Pickles sees family intervention in action in Devon

  Communities Secretary Eric Pickles saw efforts to turn around troubled families when he visited two Family Intervention Projects in Devon, alongside the head of the new Troubled Families Team, Louise Casey.

  • Added: 19 January 2012
  • Site: Communities and neighbourhoods

• Grant Shapps: Councils should help older people live at home for longer

  Ministers today called on councils to use every opportunity under the New Deal for Older People to give elderly people more choice and control over where they live, so they are not pressured to sell their home or move into residential care.

  • Added: 17 January 2012
  • Site: Communities and neighbourhoods

• Eric Pickles: Start of a 'Year of Service' celebrating faith inspired local volunteering

  Communities Secretary Eric Pickles today announced that throughout 2012, faith communities will lead a series of volunteering days encouraging communities to come together to help improve their local neighbourhoods.

  • Added: 13 January 2012
  • Site: Communities and neighbourhoods

• Grant Shapps: Powers over regeneration will remain with communities

  Local Government Minister Grant Shapps has insisted that communities will be kept firmly in the driving seat and able to determine the future of their local areas.

  • Added: 13 January 2012
  • Site: Communities and neighbourhoods