The new Minister for the Third Sector, Phil Hope, got off to a friendly start with his constituency of voluntary organisation tonight when he urged them to campaign more strongly - without fear that it might jeopardise their grants.He was speaking a couple of weeks into his new job at a reception on the eve of a conference on Futures for Civil Society, organised by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations and the Carnegie UK Trust.The message from the new Government, under Prime Minister Gordon Brown, was that community and voluntary organisation should not only help provide a voice for the most disadvantage, but aim to change the policy of local and central government."People should not be worried whether they should campaign or not if they receive some sort of grant, or have some sort of contract with the State in all its various forms. The reason why we give grants and contracts to people in the Third sector is to give that voice, is to say those words ... is to have that campaigning zeal."I shot some video of the Minister's speech which you can see here, and can find the campaigning section about eight minutes in. However, it's a bit dark and shaky, and fortunately Mr Hope was very happy to come out onto the the balcony and give me a short version. Less