Karen spent a fascinating couple of hours with Jill Norman and her colleagues at the Staffordshire Moorlands Community Voluntary Services in Leek on Thursday. SMCVS is an umbrella organisation for the voluntary sector in the Moorlands, providing help and support in all sorts of way.
SMCVS helps all sorts of organisations in the Moorlands providing services like assisting charities apply for grants or comply with rules and regulations. Karen said:
"I really admire the work that Jill does. SMCVS is exactly the sort of organisation that the Conservative policy on the Big Society is designed to help. We want to see charitable organisations take a greater role in running all sorts of services and I think Jill was pleased to hear how we'd change things to do that."
Karen is pictured with Jill Norman at the SMCVS offices.