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Home Office: Active Communities Unit: Registered Files (ACOM series)

Catalogue reference: HO 648

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HO 648

This series contains the records of the Active Communities Unit of the Home Office. These files consist of policy to encourage people to do voluntary work for the community. The other main areas of activities include making grants to voluntary...

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Reference
HO 648
Title
Home Office: Active Communities Unit: Registered Files (ACOM series)
Date
2002-2006
Description

This series contains the records of the Active Communities Unit of the Home Office. These files consist of policy to encourage people to do voluntary work for the community. The other main areas of activities include making grants to voluntary bodies and research projects commissioned into how effective these grants were. The key strands are volunteering among ethnic minorities, older people, younger people and people on benefits.

Arrangement

In former reference order

Former department reference
ACOM
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Home Office, 1782-1782
Physical description
file(s)
Access conditions
Records not yet transferred
Immediate source of acquisition

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)

Custodial history
This prefix was created by Home Office (2002-2006) and was inherited by the predecessors of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Administrative / biographical background

ACOM stands for Active Communities and was the prefix of the Active Communities Unit of the Home Office (ACU). It was set up in 2002 and existed until 2006. The purpose of ACU was to promote and support all forms of voluntary activity and community involvement. Its main policy periodically re-branded, though the remit remained the same. It was first known as 'Make a Difference'. It later to changed to 'The Giving Age' and finally to 'Active Communities'.

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Home Office: Active Communities Unit: Registered Files (ACOM series)