This report from the Housing Corporation and Communities and Local Government presents the views of registered social landlord and local authority tenants on anti-social behaviour.
The top issues experienced by tenants were rubbish or litter lying around, which were the concern of 60 per cent of tenants, teenagers hanging around on the street 54 per cent, and vandalism, graffiti & other deliberate damage to property or vehicles 40 per cent. 

This programme is now available to view on egovtv.tv, the online television channel for public service modernisation. It brings together experts from across the public services, local and central government, acute and primary care, to contribute their first-hand experience of delivering successful mobile and flexible working projects.
The discussion explores the benefits and opportunities of mobile working to meet local and central performance targets. 

The Youth Opportunity and Capital Funds are providing young people with a voice and decision-making power leading to greater participation and an improvement in the quality of activities. This is the conclusion of an evaluation of the impact of the funds, which will run until 2011.
The funding was distributed to councils so that they can work with young people to improve the provision of positive activities and give them the power to decide how this funding should be spent in their area. 

This report from the Department for Children Schools and Families sets out findings from an investigation into the developing social worlds in late primary school. It explores the patterns in children’s general peer relationships, their closer and more significant friendships and bullying behaviours.
The study revealed three positive and two negative patterns of behaviour. 75 per cent of children studied were in positive friendship groups. 

This evaluation report from Communities and Local Government argues that community strategies have added value and that they have supported the delivery of central Government objectives.
Increasingly community strategies are being assigned the role of the key strategic document in localities and they provide the vision and strategic framework for other local plans and strategies. They also have a key role in relation to ‘place shaping’. 

This report from the Department of Work and Pensions provides reasons to explain the relatively high levels of worklessness apparent within the social rented sector.
The research revealed characteristics which lead to the weak competitive position of many social tenants in the labour market. They include health issues, childcare responsibilities, debt, drug and alcohol dependence, criminal records and multiple disadvantage. 

This guide from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development urges organizations to capture talent through building stronger partnerships with recruitment agencies. It provides advice and guidance for HR and recruitment agencies on building and maintaining strong partnership relationships. 

This white paper from Cave Tab Ltd describes how organisations can achieve cost savings of more than 30 per cent and improve service levels by outsourcing the scanning of documents within an electronic document management system.
The benefits from electronic document management include speedier access to information, improved customer service, reduced filing costs and enhanced security. 

This programme is now available to view on egovtv.tv, the online television channel for public service modernisation. It features leading experts exploring the issue of Telecare to help councils meet their social care responsibilities.
Telecare is becoming increasingly important in providing support for older and disabled people. It is being used increasingly by social services because of the part it plays in risk management. 

The Department of Health has published details of the Investment Programme for third sector organisations working in areas which are the responsibility of the Health Service and local councils.
The document helps third sector organisation decide if this funding stream is applicable to both their organisation and the proposed activity for which they are seeking funding.