The coalition government’s Big Society idea is not new to Community Rail! Many of the ideas suggested have their roots in Community Rail and transport.

But just what is the Big Society?

Could not make the conference? - the presentations are downloadable in pdf format in the column to the right.

Nick Starkey, Strategic Policy Manager, Office for Civil Society, Cabinet Office  
Big Society is a vision of a society...                      
Neil Buxton General Manager - ACoRP
Community Rail = Big Society

Ewan Jones – Community Transport Association
How Big Society affects transport operators

Rebecca Catterall, Devon & Cornwall CRP
Student Volunteering on Devon and Cornwall’s branch lines

Keith Walton – Severnside CRP
Big Society on the Ground – Can we do more?

Dr Paul Salveson MBE, The Railway DoctorThe Feeling's Mutual? Radical approaches to rail and big society