Lecture by Geoff Mulgan to mark the launch of "Investing in Social Growth: Can the Big Society be more than a slogan?" - a new report from the Young Foundation.

Few would dispute that in the years ahead government will be able to do less, and society will have to do more. In this lecture, chaired by Jenni Russell, columnist for The Guardian and the Sunday Times, the director of the Young Foundation will analyse how.

The Big Society has been promoted by government as a framework for thinking about how this might happen. As an idea it has been much criticised both for vagueness and for diverting attention from spending cuts.

In this lecture Geoff Mulgan will set out how it could be made more tangible and useful. He will set out the Young Foundation's ten point plan to foster social growth - drawing on dozens of practical examples that the Young Foundation and others have developed in fields ranging from community organising to jobs, social enterprise to data management. He will also reflect on some of the potential risks and opportunities of promoting the Big Society in a period of public spending cuts and social upheaval.

For further information on this event please contact Christine Baker.