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| GOVERNMENT
COMMUNITIES GROUP GETS NEW LEADER |
08/01/04 |
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new director general of the Home Office Communities Group has been announced
as Helen Edwards, the former head of the Active Community Unit (ACU).
Edwards will be responsible for the Home Office's work on active communities,
civil renewal, race equality, faith, community cohesion and identity cards.
Welcoming her appointment, Home Secretary David Blunkett says: "Achieving
civil renewal through building strong, cohesive and active communities is
at the heart of the government's agenda.
"This new post recognises that if we are to make a real difference
to people's lives, especially those living at the sharp end, we must engage
local communities themselves in generating and implementing solutions that
work including tackling race inequality.
"Helen Edwards has already made a real contribution to the active communities
agenda and, with the skills she brings from the voluntary and community
sector, she is ideally placed to lead the Communities Group's work on issues
of citizenship and community engagement."
Edwards comments: "I am delighted to be appointed director general. It is
more important than ever to achieve fairness and race equality and to engage
with communities in building a safe and cohesive society as well as in the
design, delivery and governance of high quality services. I'm looking forward
very much to playing my part in meeting the challenge."
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