Transcript Time Banking with offenders “… time to give and take.”

Prevention,
Improvement and
Innovation
Chris Dabbs
Unlimited Potential
“Making the world a happier and
healthier place to live.”
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What’s your problem?
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Home
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Our Story – 2006-2011
• focus on strengths - 2005
• new strategy for the
future – 2006
• targeted and outcomesbased service delivery –
2006 onwards
• growth and diversification
- 2007
• becoming a “true” social
enterprise - 2009
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Achievements
• top five fastest growing social enterprises in
North-West England (SE100 Index)
• operating in New Deal for Communities area
to operating City-wide (2006-2009)
• moving from health focus to a diversity of
customers
• 100% grants to 100% trading (2007-2010)
• 217% increase in turnover (2005-2010)
• 500% increase in staff (2005-2010)
• national leader table for impact measurement
(SE100 Index)
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Learning – critical factors
• resilience
• systems and procedures
• strong and appropriate
leadership
• understand the context,
use who you know
• strengths and impact
• thinking and doing things
differently
• customers willing to learn
and take risks
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Our approach
• social innovation for
happiness
• start with strengths (not
needs)
• focus on outcomes (not
outputs)
• prove added value (“triple
bottom line”)
• make and reinvest
surpluses
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Our pitch
• mission, values and
ethics
• listen – what’s your
problem?
• solutions – how we
can help you
• bring new resources
• offer more than asked
• see assets – offer
things for free
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Our pitch
• Mrs. Buggins is most
important
• innovation or creativity
• start small – share risk
• work together – trust
• give added value
• deliver!
• evaluate – proof of
impact
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What’s their problem?
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What’s their problem?
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What’s their perception?
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Your epoch?
•Excellence
•People
•Outcomes
•Customers
•How much
Jacqueline Reed
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Thank you
Any
questions?
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