1. West Mercia Probation Trust Delivering through Co-operative Advantage

2. West Mercia Budget Provision in Community Where we want to be - Hold the Budget, grow the provision

3. Underlying Principles  Public good, not public monopoly  Not everything needs to be done by “us”  Others have expertise  Others have access to resources  Others can add value  “think global, act local” i.e. systemic change driven locally

5.  Dependence – Probation lead agency VCS dependent on funding risks distorting aims VCS dependent on funding risks distorting aims  Independence – VCS are the experts, alliances with private sector, bids for OM work etc.  Interdependence – we all have a place at the table, we hold money for the public good; it needs to be brought together with wider sector skills, experience, aims.

6. Potential and Actual Offender Supervision/Intervention Activity  Specified Activity Oder, currently delivered through RITE CIC, with additional SAOs to be delivered by similar bodies including The Fold  Enhanced Offender Supervision, currently delivered by YSS, a Social Enterprise in the charitable sector

7.  Adult Attendance Centres, currently delivered by YSS and Willowdene Farm working in partnership, Willowdene is a Social Enterprise  Employment, Education and Training, currently delivered by YSS  Mental Health Interventions, currently delivered by YSS, funded by Lloyds TSB Trust

8.  Psychological Assessment, currently provided by FPP, a private sector consultancy  Volunteers and Mentors, currently provided by YSS  Transition to Adulthood Service, currently funded by Barrow Cadbury Trust, delivered by YSS

9.  Drugs Services, jointly commissioned from CRi  Women’s Residential Service, to be delivered by Willowdene/RITE from next year.