Good on the National Coalition  for Independent Action for producing two new papers designed to get us all thinking about what privatisation means for charities and community groups and how the ‘big society’ and localism damage independent action.

Big market: how localism and the ‘big society’ damage independent voluntary action (2011) PDF, 4 pages

Voluntary action under threat: what privatisation means for charities and community groups (2011) PDF, 4 pages

Compulsory reading for voluntary youth organisations – if you’ll excuse the paradox!