mission & values
Our vision
Our vision is for neighbourhoods in which people can thrive and fulfil their potential, whoever they are and wherever they live.
Our values
- Tackling poverty, exclusion and inequality because we believe in human diversity.
- Giving people the power to change things themselves because we believe that citizens can tackle community issues head on.
- Developing neighbourhoods that are sustainable in cultural, environmental, economic and social ways because we believe in solutions that endure.
- Raising the voices of local people and organisations because we believe that local people understand community issues best.
- Sharing learning because we believe that by exchanging experience we can confront poverty and inequality.
Collective action
Our mission is to harness the power of working collectively. Through forming and leading partnerships we will allow our members to release the power of community voices and achieve social justice in their neighbourhoods.
Our strategy
Our funding
- Download bassac's accounts for 2006-07 here.
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News
- e-news September 2008
- The latest news, events, resources and opportunities from the voluntary sector.
- Policy briefing
- Read here our response to the Empowerment White Paper launched at bassac member Cambridge House on 9 July
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Find out more here. - ChangeCheck
- Find out more about bassac's ChangeCheck, a practical guide to assessing the impact of community organisations.
- bassac's response to Cohesion Guidance for Funders – Consultation May 2008
- As participants in the National Equality Partnership’s Working Group we endorse the position taken by many partners in raising concerns about the implications of the guidance.