The government is not turning to community development or the community sector as a whole for support. By Ann Irwin.

People are often confused, and understandably so, about community development, often assuming that community development refers to everything that happens at local level – in communities or neighbourhoods. The reason for the confusion is that community development ‘the approach’ has become decoupled from community development ‘the objective’.

The Carnegie UK Trust's report calls for civil society involvement in the creation of a Good Society. But how can this be achieved without an independent, vibrant community sector? By Ann Irwin.