Archives for December 10th, 2009

MEASURING AND VALUING PUBLIC SERVICES AT NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL

Abstracts, PublicNet: 10 December, 2009

Cambridge Economic Associates have been working with neighbourhood managers for several years to explore the feasibility of measuring public service performance at a neighbourhood level. This report explains that there was virtually no interest in neighbourhood data prior to the advent of local area agreements and it describes why this level of data is vitally important for developing initiatives that seek to turn around deprived neighbourhoods by tackling problems such as crime and anti-social behaviour, poor environmental quality, worklessness, ill health, and low levels of educational attainment.

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GUIDELINES AIM TO ENSURE YOUNG CARERS DON’T MISS OUT

Headlines, PublicNet: 10 December, 2009

A new protocol has been launched to ensure that the more than 140,000-young people in England who care for family members do not miss out on education and other opportunities. It has been drawn up jointly by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and Directors of Children’s Services who said some young people were looking after relatives with high-level social care needs.

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