{"id":17933,"date":"2018-01-27T16:05:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T16:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=17933"},"modified":"2018-01-26T18:21:43","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T18:21:43","slug":"englands-new-culture-secretary-pledges-to-put-charities-centre-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=17933","title":{"rendered":"England\u2019s new Culture Secretary pledges to put charities \u2018centre stage\u2019\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Matt_Hancock_DCMS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-17934\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Matt_Hancock_DCMS.png\" alt=\"Matt Hancock DCMS\" width=\"216\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a>Matt Hancock, England\u2019s new Culture Secretary, has pledged that he would \u2018fight to protect and promote\u2019 the charities sector, at the Charity Commission\u2019s recent annual public meeting in London.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>CivilSociety writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m absolutely thrilled to be leading DCMS,\u2019 he said. \u2018The department does many things but basically it\u2019s the Department for the Things That Make Life Worth Living. This means the arts, culture, sport, and also the ties that bind us in our communities; the charities, faith groups and neighbourhood projects that hold our society together.\u2019 He praised charities \u2018working to fix problems and responding to need, usually on a small, local scale and those playing a role in preventing social problems.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that he valued the sector and would fight for it within government. \u2018I pledge today that I will always fight to protect and promote you, he said. But I also want to see charities playing a strategic role in our social policy and practice.\u2019 Hancock said that the new civil society strategy, which is shortly to be formally announced by Tracey Crouch, minister for civil society, would help put the sector \u2018centre stage\u2019. \u2018We both see this as a major opportunity to set a new direction for UK civil society and to put charities centre stage in local communities and public services,\u2019 he said. \u2018I\u2019m looking forward to working with all of you to help our nation\u2019s incredible charities to strengthen and grow. I pledge that I will be by your side all the way.\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.civilsociety.co.uk\/news\/new-culture-secretary-pledges-to-put-charities-centre-stage.html?#sthash.DsVZyS4D.dpuf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Hancock, England\u2019s new Culture Secretary, has pledged that he would \u2018fight to protect and promote\u2019 the charities sector, at the Charity Commission\u2019s recent annual public meeting in London. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17935,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17933\/revisions\/17935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}