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NESTA have selected seventeen councils to go through to the next stage of their Creative Councils programme. Over the next few months, these councils will receive practical support to challenge and develop their idea. - NESTA

NESTA have selected seventeen councils to go through to the next stage of their Creative Councils programme. Over the next few months, these councils will receive practical support to challenge and develop their idea. - NESTA

A Brixham community group has been selected to take part in the NESTA’s Neighbourhood Challenge (see attached PDF) - NESTA

Geoff Mulgan, CEO of the Young Foundation, is to join £250m endowed organisation Nesta as its new boss in June. - NESTA

Article around the appointment of Goeff Mulgan (copy available in press office – see page 12) - NESTA

The UK education system is not doing enough to promote the skills needed for its video gaming and special effects industries to flourish, according to a report by NESTA - NESTA

Builders have finally started work on the site of Gloucestershire's first parent-led school. On the day work began on Cooper's Edge School trust in charge announced it has been selected for NESTA’s Neighbourhood Challenge programme and is to receive up to £150,000 to open a community building on the site. - NESTA

Blog on the creative industries by Graham Hitchen, who runs the strategic business consultancy Directional Thinking and is a Research Fellow at The Smith Institute. He references NESTA’s Creative Clusters report - NESTA

Blog by NESTA’s Hasan Bakhshi on new institutions for creative industries policy - NESTA

A Brixham community group has been selected to take part in the NESTA’s Neighbourhood Challenge (see attached PDF) - NESTA

Geoff Mulgan, the founder of Demos, has been appointed as Chief Executive of NESTA and will take up the position in June (copy available in press office – see page 16) - NESTA

Age Unlimited Scotland awardees from last year’s programme – Volunteer Gold are launching their service in late spring to help improve the health and well-being of older people in Brechin. - NESTA

NESTA, the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, has appointed Geoff Mulgan as its chief executive officer. For the last six years Mulgan has been chief executive of the Young Foundation which he founded. - NESTA

The residents of Shiregreen in Sheffield have cause for celebration following the announcement that their local housing provider has been selected to take part in NESTA’s Neighbourhood Challenge - NESTA

A fund for social entrepreneurs run by Bridges Venture has topped £11.75m following a £2.75m investment from JP Morgan. The sustainable growth investor’s Bridges Social Entrepreneurs Fund opened in 2009 to address the funding gap faced by fast-growing social enterprises. Its first £9m was funded by NESTA and others. - NESTA

Geoff Mulgan, chief executive of the Young Foundation, will join Nesta in June as its new chief executive officer. - NESTA

The residents of Shiregreen in Sheffield have cause for celebration following the announcement that their local housing provider has been selected to take part in NESTA’s Neighbourhood Challenge - NESTA

A Brixham community group has been selected to take part in the NESTA’s Neighbourhood Challenge (see attached PDF) - NESTA

A Brixham community group has been selected to take part in the NESTA’s Neighbourhood Challenge (see attached PDF) - NESTA

Blog on the creative industries by Graham Hitchen, who runs the strategic business consultancy Directional Thinking and is a Research Fellow at The Smith Institute. He references NESTA’s Creative Clusters report - NESTA

Builders have finally started work on the site of Gloucestershire's first parent-led school. On the day work began on Cooper's Edge School trust in charge announced it has been selected for NESTA’s Neighbourhood Challenge programme and is to receive up to £150,000 to open a community building on the site. - NESTA

Age Unlimited Scotland awardees from last year’s programme – Volunteer Gold are launching their service in late spring to help improve the health and well-being of older people in Brechin. - NESTA

Article around the appointment of Goeff Mulgan (copy available in press office – see page 12) - NESTA

NESTA, the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, has appointed Geoff Mulgan as its chief executive officer. For the last six years Mulgan has been chief executive of the Young Foundation which he founded. - NESTA

Blog by NESTA’s Hasan Bakhshi on new institutions for creative industries policy - NESTA

Prescap, a charity from Preston has been announced as one of the organisations in NESTA’s Neighbourhood Challenge - NESTA

Article on NESTA’s Creative Clusters House of Commons event, which took place at the last week. The question was how to encourage such creative clusters by identifying factors that promote growth and those that impede it. - NESTA

NESTA and the Big Lottery Fund have started the £4.95m Neighbourhood Challenge, a new initiative exploring community organisation to get people together to tackle local issues. - NESTA

In the first of a series, Brian Groom looks at the potential of fast-growth companies. He writes that attention is focusing increasingly on the job-creating potential of fast-growth companies. Research by NESTA found that just 6 per cent of UK businesses with 10 or more employees created 54 per cent of all net new jobs in 2002-2008 (copy available in press office – see page 3) - NESTA