Local Voices – Influence Change 70% Network Health & Wellbeing Sharon Palmer, Chief Executive 1st June 2012

Localism: Public Services Change Agenda … o Changing economic environment o Growing gap between needs and available resources o High and rising unemployment o Sense of unfairness and disempowerment developing o Finance and financial arrangements unstable o New providers on the block ALL CHANGE…

1. Choice – Increasing choice wherever possible 2. Decentralisation – Decentralising power to the lowest appropriate level 3. Diversity – Opening up Public services to a range of providers 4. Fairness – Ensuring fair access to public services 5. Accountability – Public services should be accountable to users and taxpayers Open Public Services: The 5 guiding principles …

Health & Wellbeing agenda? People, Families & Communities Economic SocialPlacePolitical Economically engaged & activity Socially integrated ‘Active Citizen’ Community Assets & resources Localism -No decision about me without me

Children & Families An agenda for change through…… Troubled families Families with multiple disadvantages Welfare Reforms Targeted support programmes from: Public Sector Private Sector Voluntary Sector? People, Families & Communities

Children & Families breaking the cycle of …. Benefits dependency  individual benefits now packaged as universal credit and paid to head of household  housing benefit has regional caps  people with disabilities (assessed for abilities to work)  unemployed losing benefit after 6 months if not actively seeking work (volunteering counts)

People, Families & Communities Children & Families breaking the cycle of …. Worklessness through….  Low or no aspirations  Little or no skills  substance abuse  ex-offenders  no direct experience of work in family  NEET  dysfunctional relationships

Health & Wellbeing A new market place Establishment of Health & Wellbeing Boards to:  determine local needs through Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JNSA)  co-ordinate strategic partners in informing, shaping and commissioning services  Merger of public health with social services Introduced Prime Contractors to:  Manage and drive effective and efficient response

Children & Families Delivering change by…… People, Families & Communi ties PM 1 - Addressing domestic abuse PM 3 - Improving relationships between family members (e.g. dysfunctional family /divorce/family breakdown). PM 4 – Improving parenting skills PM Positive activities to support younger participants (aged 16 to 24) away from anti-social behaviour, PM Positive activities to support participants whose children may be involved in anti-social behaviour. PM 8 - Raising aspirations. PM 9 - Support for participant’s who have a child with truancy or behavioural problem at school. PM 10 - Supporting participants who may have children with learning disabilities or SEN. PM 11 - Addressing debt and money issues. PM 13 - Improving health (e.g. lack of fitness and an unhealthy lifestyle impacting on their ability to look for work). PM 14a -Addressing mental health issues, such as depression, stress PM15 - Improving Health & Condition Management - Addressing alcohol and/or drug misuse. PM16 - Lack of advanced skills and qualifications PM Reducing family Isolation and improving participant’s networks. PM18.2 -Reducing Isolation and improving participant’s networks. PM19 - Addressing English language issues. PM 23 - Lack of basic skills (IT/Literacy/Numeracy) PM Learning difficulties. PM 25 - Support for physical disability. Community organisers National Citizenship Service Apprenticeship & internships

Voluntary sector squeezed out Without Government assurances on social value and accountability the Big Society vision will be an undeliverable fantasy Sir, The consultation on the future of the UK’s public services ends this week, but many voluntary sector organisations still have pressing questions which must be answered if vulnerable people in society are to get the support they need. How, for example, can policymakers ensure that the added social value of services delivered by the voluntary sector is taken into account, even if it does not result in short-term cost savings to taxpayers? How will the Government ensure a level playing field between well-resourced private- sector companies and cash- constrained charities when the two are bidding for contracts? And how can the public, particularly the most vulnerable and voiceless, be assured that politicians will be accountable for public services if they are run outside the public sphere? Voluntary sector providers rely on dedicated, passionate volunteers and staff who add huge value to our services. This added social value should be at the heart of the commissioning process, with a focus on the humanitarian, not just the financial, bottom line. At this crucial time, we need commitments from the Government. Without assurances on social value and accountability the Big Society vision will be an undeliverable fantasy. Sir Nicholas Young, chief executive, British Red Cross; Dr John Low, chief executive, Charities Aid Foundation; Caron Bradshaw, chief executive, Charity Finance Directors Group; David Tyler, chief executive, Community Matters; Lin Gillians, chief executive, London Voluntary Service Council; Kevin Curley, chief executive, National Association for Voluntary and Community Action; Dr Hilary Emery, chief executive, National Children’s Bureau; Sir Stuart Etherington, chief executive, National Council for Voluntary Organisations; Susanne Rauprich, chief executive, National Council for Voluntary Youth Services; Cath Lee, chief executive, Small Charities Coalition Letters to the editor September How, for example, can policymakers ensure that the added social value of services delivered by the voluntary sector is taken into account, even if it does not result in short-term cost savings to taxpayers? How will the Government ensure a level playing field between well-resourced private-sector companies and cash-constrained charities when the two are bidding for contracts? How can the public, particularly the most vulnerable and voiceless, be assured that politicians will be accountable for public services if they are run outside the public sphere?