Detailed guide: Honours committees
Updated: Updated lists of committee members.Honours committees are made up of senior civil servants (‘official members’) and people who are independent of government (‘independent members’). All...
View ArticleDetailed guide: The Commissioning Academy
Updated: Added wave 3 and 4 participating organisations.OverviewTo increase government efficiency, we need to improve public service commissioning. This means improving the skills of public sector...
View ArticleCase study: Provide
Introduction to ProvideProvide is a public service mutual delivering community health services across Essex, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, as well as the London boroughs of Waltham Forest and...
View ArticleCollection: Case studies of public service mutuals
Mutuals: 21st century public servicesWe visited 3 mutuals and asked: why is going mutual a good idea?Public service mutualsChildren’s servicesAchieving for Children: spun out of The London Boroughs of...
View ArticleCase study: Achieving for Children
Introduction to why Achieving for Children went mutualBeing a small borough creates considerable challenges to commissioning services because of the limited economies of scale. However, by joining up...
View ArticleCase study: Evolve YP
“The benefits for practitioners lie within the satisfaction which comes from being able to guide and direct our own services to meet the needs of looked-after children and care leavers. The benefits...
View ArticleGuidance: Business Statements: Office of the Leader of the House of Commons,...
Updated: 23 October business statement added.This page sets out the Business Statements by the Leader of the House of Commons for October 2014.The Business Statement takes place every Thursday morning...
View ArticleOpen consultation: Social Value Act: review
On 26 September 2014 the government announced a review of the Social Value Act. Lord Young, the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Enterprise, is leading the review, supported by Chris White MP, Hazel Blears...
View ArticleNews story: Government reviews ground-breaking Social Value Act
Updated: Added a link to the Social Value Act review page.The Social Value Act improves the way taxpayers’ money is spent on public services. We are looking at experience of the Act to date and...
View ArticleGuidance: Social Value Act: information and resources
Updated: Added link to the Social Value Act review page.The Public Services (Social Value) Act requires commissioners who procure services to consider social, economic and environmental benefits. This...
View ArticleGuidance: Myplace programme: business brokering trial
The Myplace programme is a government capital investment programme to provide world-class centres for young people that offer positive activities and access to a range of services. The programme was...
View ArticleGuidance: Rock Enrol!: engaging young people in democracy
Updated: Crown copyright added. To reproduce materials contact: democraticengagement@cabinet-office.gsi.gov.uk. Why run a Rock Enrol! session?Just 51% of 16- and 17-year-olds are registered to vote...
View ArticleGuidance: Awarding military campaign medals: guidance
The Prime Minister asked Sir John Holmes to carry out a review of military campaign medals. The independent report was published in July 2012. Other reviews of individual medals and other issues were...
View ArticlePolicy paper: Draft Protection of Charities Bill
Updated: Added a link to the proposed version of the Charities Act 2011.The measures in the draft bill include:banning people with convictions for certain criminal offences, such as terrorism or money...
View ArticleCase study: Be Independent CIC
Going Mutual“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity” - Heather Barden, Chief Executive of Be IndependentParent Body: City of York CouncilDate of Launch: April 2014The biggest driver for our...
View ArticleNews story: New Social Investment Awards honour trailblazing social financiers
Investments that help to address complex problems, from reducing environmental waste to beating cancer, have been honoured at the UK’s first ever Social Investment Awards. The awards are backed by...
View ArticlePress release: New £1.5 million grant fund to help social ventures
Investors want to know the social impact that organisations will make before backing a venture with their money and this is often a decisive factor when they consider their investment.Without the right...
View ArticleDetailed guide: What Works Network
Updated: Information on the new What Works Centre for Wellbeing added.IntroductionThis initiative aims to improve the way government and other organisations create, share and use (or ‘generate,...
View ArticleCollection: Delivering Differently programmes
Updated: Added update on Delivering Differently for Young People support available.There are currently 2 live programmes: Delivering Differently for Young People Delivering Differently for Local...
View ArticleNews story: New What Works Centre for Wellbeing
The new What Works Centre for Wellbeing will commission universities to research the impact that different interventions and services have on wellbeing.The initial focus of research will be on what...
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