The ten local authorities in Greater Manchester will sign a groundbreaking deal today, giving the area more powers and responsibilities devolved from central government. The agreement will unite the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities behind a formal arrangement.
A pilot scheme is being launched in parts of Wales to use CCTV to help reduce violent and aggressive behaviour towards health service staff. The project, funded by the Welsh Assembly Government, will see cameras installed in four accident and emergency departments across Wales and five ambulances in Cardiff.
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By Fred Robinson, Richard Else, Maeve Sherlock and Ian Zass-Ogilvie.
Public understanding of poverty in the UK is limited and this makes it difficult to generate support for tackling the issue. The media has a key role to play in publicity and it is most effective when it presents the views, experiences and opinions of people with experience of poverty. The authors explain the opportunities to disseminate material in the traditional and ‘new’ media and describe the roles and responsibilities of voluntary and community organisations in helping journalists find case study individuals.
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Local authority leaders are calling for more powers to allow them to help tackle rising youth unemployment. The Local Government Association said a coherent approach was needed to deal with the number of 16 to 24-year-olds who are out of work.
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The longer children stay in care the more likely they are to lose all contact with their parents, other family members and friends, the Children’s Rights Director says today. In a new report Dr Roger Morgan says once children have been in care for more than two years they have much less contact with their birth family and those in care for more than six years are likely to lose all links.
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By Laura A. Liswood
This is a fable that explains why organizations need to move beyond the old-style diversity efforts to actually benefit from difference.
In today’s modern workplaces with their many different types of people, cultural and personal differences can be challenges-whether you’re a team-member or a leader. Different cultures teach different values and we carry those values throughout adulthood and into the office environment. Understanding the cultural and gender viewpoints of colleagues is a major key to healthy, conflict-free work environments.
Schools that have improved education for sustainable development have seen benefits not just in the actions of pupils and their families but also from cost savings and improved behaviour. A report from Ofsted today highlights examples of effective teaching and learning in this area and the positive impact it is having on ‘pupils’ increasingly responsible attitudes’.
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Government efforts to encourage students from low-income families into medicine are not working according to a report today from the BMA. It has taken a wide-ranging look at the profile of the country’s 40,000 medical students and analysed the latest figures on successful applications to medical schools.
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This action plan from Communities and Local Government sets out objectives which include strengthening leadership on quality of place, encouraging local civic leaders and local government to prioritise quality of place. It also puts the public and community at the centre of placeshaping.
A new funding model has been unveiled in a move to widen and strengthen investment in volunteering in health and social care. The new Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund is designed to renew the focus on volunteering projects in the NHS and social care by managing the grants system centrally.
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