The abolition of a national system of crisis loans and community care grants has left a patchwork of emergency help offered by local services and charities, research by Urban Pollinators has found. When people are offered assistance, the help is often faster and more responsive to the needs of people in crisis than in the […]
Inspiration of the week: the Redundant Public Servant
February 25, 2011 by
I spend a lot of time working with and talking to public servants, and people in private companies and voluntary organisations who work for the public on contract. So it’s worth taking a moment to praise someone who has done more, in my view, to raise the profile of public service than many a chief […]
A risk we have to take
January 24, 2011 by
Few people still seriously believe a wave of new social enterprises and co-ops will step into the many breaches left as spending cuts take effect across the public sector. But when the dust from the current round of budget-setting has settled there will be an unprecedented opportunity to consider how to achieve the best we […]