Strategic Health Authorities and their partners are being encouraged to find collaborative solutions to health and social care needs through social enterprise with the launch of the ‘Innovation for Life Challenge Fund’. In a parallel move, the second round of the Department of Health Social Enterprise Investment Fund has been opened today. 

Vulnerable children and families often have to cope with multiple challenges which do not fit the structures of children’s and adult services. In a move to focus action on those in need and bring a joined-up response, a ‘Family Pathfinder’ programme has been launched.
Children from the most vulnerable families are five times more likely to struggle with reading and writing, eight times more likely to be suspended, and ten times more likely to get into trouble with the law. 

This programme is now available to view on egovtv.tv, the online television channel for public service modernisation. In a wide-ranging interview Jonathon Porritt, environmental campaigner and chair of the Sustainable Development Commission, outlines how the Climate Change Bill will impact local authorities across the country.
He highlights the Carbon Reduction Commitment as a legislative component that will mandate councils to manage carbon allowances and make operational adjustments.