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TSRC is funded for 5 years initially, by ESRC (£5 million), OCS (£5 million) and Barrow Cadbury Trust (£250 thousand).

ESRC

“The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is the UK's leading agency for research funding and training in economic and social sciences. It supports independent, high quality research which impacts on business, the public sector and the third sector. At any one time the ESRC supports over 4,000 researchers and postgraduate students in academic institutions and research policy institutes.”
www.esrc.ac.uk

 
     BC Trust “The Barrow Cadbury Trust is an independent, charitable foundation committed to funding and encouraging the promotion of social justice.

Established in 1920, The Barrow Cadbury Trust aims to close the gaps in current policy and practice by supporting work in local communities and acting as a bridge to national and international policymakers.”
www.bctrust.org.uk
 

 
OCS

The Office for Civil Society, part of the Cabinet Office, works across government departments to translate the Big Society agenda into practical policies, provides support to voluntary and community organisations and is responsible for delivering a number of key Big Society programmes

www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/big-society

   

The support of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Office for Civil Society (OCS) and the Barrow Cadbury UK Trust is gratefully acknowledged.

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