By Stephen Welch.
The new coalition government has attracted many different analogies of what the partnership is like. And there have been lots of opinion pieces as to whether it will wither or prosper. The author looks at the likely success of the partnership in the light of research and the experience of helping organisations collaborate.
The local Government Association has welcomed the Government’s Big Society programme and said councillors were already practising the kind of politics that moved them closer to the people they served. The LGA chairman, Dame Margaret Eaton, was speaking after David Cameron said he wanted his vision of a big society of community work and social enterprise to be one of his Government’s legacies.
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The prospect of more regional consortia to provide educational support services is one of the ideas in a major report looking at ways to get more money to front line education in Wales. The report from the Welsh Assembly Education Minister, Leighton Andrews, identifies opportunities to move resources from administration to the delivery of services.
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This programme is now available to view on localgov.tv the online television channel for public service modernisation. It looks at meeting the challenge of national environmental targets in a tough financial climate.
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Three new organisations will today team up with the Scottish Parliament as part of an innovative community scheme. They will join the second phase of the community Partnerships project which is being launched officially today.
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A city council is offering parents and other carers a free course to help them take a positive approach to their crucial role in ensuring children reach their full potential. Bristol Council said three quarters of parents felt there were times when they would like more advice and support.
A children’s charity is warning that the rebranding of the Department for Children Schools and Families signalled a backward step in support for prevention and early intervention in cases of child neglect and abuse. Railway Children, which works with runaways, is calling on the government to support innovative and specially tailored services for children with complex needs.
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Local authority chief executives and other senior figures in the public and private sectors are being asked to take more seriously the disposal of their IT equipment. After a television documentary showed children in Ghana risking their lives to get scrap from dumped computers, Remploy e-cycle is urging senior decision-makers to ensure they know exactly where their old computer equipment is being sent.
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