Two days after the initiative's launch in Liverpool, an article in Liverpool Daily Post argued that community organisations in the city such as Bradbury Fields show that Cameron's ideas are already in action and are nothing new, and that groups of community-based volunteers have for many years provided "a better service than would be achieved through the public sector".
In addition, Bailey was interviewed on the BBC's Newsnight programme in March 2011, where he was introduced as 'Ambassador for the Big Society'.
Society of Jesus | Royal Society | National Geographic Society | Big Finish Productions | American Cancer Society | Big Brother | Big Ten Conference | The Big Bang Theory | Royal Television Society | American Physical Society | Big Dipper | Reel Big Fish | American Chemical Society | International Society for Krishna Consciousness | American Society of Civil Engineers | Royal Society of Canada | Big Ben | The Big Lebowski | Royal Geographical Society | American Philosophical Society | Theosophical Society | Royal Society of Edinburgh | Society of Antiquaries of London | Big Finish | Society of the Cincinnati | Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | Justice Society of America | American Mathematical Society | Royal Aeronautical Society | National Honor Society |
The post is currently held by Nick Hurd and concerns charities, volunteering, social enterprise and the 'Big Society' agenda of the Coalition government.