Principal Investigator: Professor Richard Mitchell (University of Glasgow)Co-investigators: Dr. Liz Twig, Professor Jamie PearceCollaborators: DCLG; The Big Society Network; Volunteering Scotland; TimeBankDuration: From 2010 to 2011
Big Society is a core element of the coalition government’s policy and ideology. It is not easy to define, but in essence a Big Society is one in which citizens and communities take a vastly increased role in managing shaping and delivering public services and the social and physical infrastructure of society. The aim of the Measuring Big Society project is to create a ‘blueprint’ for measuring Big Society, and its progress, in local areas across the UK.
http://healthyenvironmentsresearch.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/measuring_the_big_society_webbrief.pdf
