sheila battersby- policy manager (nw) office for civil society greater manchester bme network event...
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Sheila Battersby- Policy Manager (NW) Office for Civil Society
Greater ManchesterBME Network Event
14 June 2012
Building a Bigger and Stronger Society
The Strategic FrameworkA whole approach to government with 3 core strands:
Promoting Social ActionEncouraging and enabling
people to play a more active part in society
Opening up Public Services Enabling charities,
social enterprises, private companies and employee-owned co-
operatives to compete to offer people high
quality services
Empowering Communities
Transferring power – giving local councils and neighbourhoods more power to take decisions and shape
their area
Social Action
National policies and programmes.............
Opening Public Services
National Citizen Service
The Government’s long-term ambition is to make
NCS a universal programme that it is available
to all 16 and 17 -year-olds and becomes a rite of passage.
•8000 young people participated in 2011
•30,000 places available in 2012 (over 4,000 NW)
•90,000 places in 2014
Taking part in NCS gives young people the chance to learn new skills, develop confidence and leadership and
learn about teamwork
meet new people from all walks of life
make a real difference to their community, or an
issue they care about.
Community Organisers• Aiming for 500 full time organisers and 4,500 volunteer
organisers. Five teams established in NW. Programme delivered by Locality via a wide range of host organisations
• Organisers listen to people and encourage dialogue. They do not bring any message or seek any specific outcome.
• Consciousness-raising rather than capacity-building. Find the ‘generative themes’ that motivate people to act.
• Change ‘the bad scene’ into a specific set of issues that people can take action around.
• Actions may aim to change the powerful or to create a DIY response, or both.
UNCLASSIFIED
Community First
Open Public Services
Growing the Social Investment Market
Localism Act – main pointsPowers to communities Powers to councils
Right to Challenge
Neighbourhood Planning
Right to bid (assets of community value)
Freedoms on governance
Freedom on social tenancy allocations
General Power of competence
Power to individuals
Power to veto excessive council tax rises
Directly elected mayors in big cities
How can we work together?
Local Intelligence Team , Office of the Civil Society, Cabinet Office
Sheila Battersby
Policy Manager, Local Intelligence Team Office for Civil Society, Cabinet Office
7th Floor, Arndale Tower, Arndale Centre, Manchester M4 3AQ
[email protected] 165088
For more information: www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk
www.communities.gov.uk
www.number10.gov.uk/take-part/