ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Abstracts: September 24th, 2008

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.

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MOBILE WORKING

Abstracts: September 22nd, 2008

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.

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OUTCOMES OF THE YOUTH OPPORTUNITY AND CAPITAL FUNDS

Abstracts: September 17th, 2008

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.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL WORLDS: AN INVESTIGATION OF PEER RELATIONS

Abstracts: September 15th, 2008

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.

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EVALUATION OF COMMUNITY STRATEGIES

Abstracts: September 10th, 2008

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’.

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SOCIAL HOUSING AND WORKLESSNESS

Abstracts: September 8th, 2008

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.

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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HR AND RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

Abstracts: September 3rd, 2008

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.

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DAILY SCANNING: THE FORGOTTON COST OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT

Abstracts: September 1st, 2008

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.

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TELECARE SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL CARE

Abstracts: August 27th, 2008

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.

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THIRD SECTOR INVESTMENT PROGRAMME

Abstracts: August 20th, 2008

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. It sets out the funding themes for 2009-10, the priority areas for each theme and the criteria to be used for assessing applications. A timetable is provided for the whole process from application through to decision.

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