http://www.communitycare.co.ukRead voluntary sector news and articles relating to charities from Community Care.en-gbReed Business Information, 2006Tue, 06 May 2008 09:48:00 GMT60http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/06/104087/elderly-people.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/06/104087/elderly-people.htmlNewsThere are over 11 million elderly people in the United Kingdom, according to the most recent census.Tue, 06 May 2008 09:48:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/25/107995/mayoral-candidates-told-to-improve-childrens-lives.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/25/107995/mayoral-candidates-told-to-improve-childrens-lives.htmlNewsThe next mayor of London must prioritise improving the lives of children and young people in the capital, leading charities have told the mayoral candidates.Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:01:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/02/107779/government-launches-third-sector-reforms-with-24m-award.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/02/107779/government-launches-third-sector-reforms-with-24m-award.htmlNewsThe government has allocated £24m to third sector health and social care projects as it kicks off its three-year transformation of care services in England this month. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:46:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/01/107629/voluntary-sector-social-care-workforce-booms.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/01/107629/voluntary-sector-social-care-workforce-booms.htmlNewsMore than half of the voluntary sector workforce is employed in social work related posts, according to the UK Voluntary Sector Workforce Almanac 2007.Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:36:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/28/48559/voluntary-sector.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/28/48559/voluntary-sector.htmlNewsWhen he arrived at Number 10 in 1997, prime minister Tony Blair had the reform of local government and the improvement of public services firmly in his sights. He believed they had failed the people most in need, those who New Labour termed ‘socially excluded’.Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:09:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/28/107740/public-inquiry-into-haut-de-la-garenne-abuse-claims.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/28/107740/public-inquiry-into-haut-de-la-garenne-abuse-claims.htmlNewsOther headlines in today's papers include:- Incapacity benefit claimants lose incentive to stay sick; Asylum: the peers' revolt; Cameron ally spells out Tory attack on Brown's tax credits; Prison for charity boss thiefFri, 28 Mar 2008 07:59:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/28/107739/news-round-up-public-inquiry-into-haut-de-la-garenne-abuse-claims.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/28/107739/news-round-up-public-inquiry-into-haut-de-la-garenne-abuse-claims.htmlNewsOther headlines in today's papers include:- Incapacity benefit claimants lose incentive to stay sick; Asylum: the peers' revolt; Cameron ally spells out Tory attack on Brown's tax credits; Prison for charity boss thiefFri, 28 Mar 2008 07:59:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/17/107616/change-attitudes-to-male-foster-carers-fostering-network.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/17/107616/change-attitudes-to-male-foster-carers-fostering-network.htmlNewsLocal authorities must recognise and respect the role of male carers if they are to drive recruitment forward and give vulnerable children positive role models, Robert Tapsfield, chief executive of the Fostering Network, said today.Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:29:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/12/107564/innovative-partnership-turns-around-childrens-services-in-stoke.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/12/107564/innovative-partnership-turns-around-childrens-services-in-stoke.htmlNewsStoke Council has blazed a trail by handing its failing children's services over to a private and voluntary partnership. So, are the shoots of recovery coming through yet, asks Lauren Revans Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:46:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/02/29/107443/james-purnell-promises-longer-and-larger-welfare-contracts.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/02/29/107443/james-purnell-promises-longer-and-larger-welfare-contracts.htmlNewsWork and pensions secretary James Purnell said yesterday the government would commission larger and longer welfare-to-work contracts from providers, in an overhaul of how it delivers employment programmes. Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:44:00 GMT