Transcript Reach Into Deprived Areas

The Coalition Government and The
Prince’s Trust
Emma Langbridge, Emma Nicholson & Peter Lister
To champion young people and be a credible
leader in youth policy
Policy and Research
➔ What are the issues facing our young people?
➔ What are the Gvt policies that will impact their lives and our
delivery?
Public Affairs
➔ Taking these issues to the heart of Government
➔ To position The Trust for funding, delivering solutions for
disadvantaged young people
Partnerships
➔ Endorse our credibility with Gvt, gain insight
➔ Commissioning
➔ Multiple targets
Big Society & role of Prince’s
Trust
Rebalance between civic society and state
➔ More for less climate
➔ Voluntary sector partnership with public
sector in delivery of public services
➔ Localism – but issues (e.g.LAs have
commissioning and procurement rules)
➔ Policies not yet worked out in detail
➔ Social Return on Investment
Big Society - challenges
faced by our young people
Young people told us:
➔ Key issue is a lack of confidence
– Mental health and relationship breakdown with family
– Awareness of lack of skills, qualifications,
opportunity
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No money, housing problems
Lack of qualifications
Lack of entry level jobs, work experience
Need support to navigate the system (advice,
guidance)
Big Society – policies
that will affect our
young people
➔ Welfare reform
– 22% say need more entry level jobs to get off
benefit dependency
➔ National Citizen Service
– 42.3% of young people in favour
➔ Staying in education, training until 18
– 66.3% of young people in favour
➔ Apprenticeships
– 48.5% of young people in favour
Overview of lobbying the Gvt
Pre-election Cameron & Clegg visited The Trust.
➔ IDS – close links with Centre for Social Justice prior to
election
➔ Francis Maude - Cabinet Office Minister - Team in
Horsham.
➔ Nick Hurd, the new Minister for Civil Society - ex PT
mentor & shadowed by a YA. (Responsible for NCS)
➔ Department of Education junior Minister Tim Loughton –
Team in Streatham.
➔ Vince Cable Secretary of BIS - Q&A in Birmingham with
Trust. Mark Prisk, Business Minister - ex PT Business
mentor, visited PSE with Cameron
➔ Theresa May, Home Office Secretary - Get Into in
Birmingham - Women’s Leadership event. Nick Herbert is
Minister for Policing across HO and MoJ
➔ Ken Clarke, Justice Secretary (former Home Sec). Crispin
Blunt, Junior Justice Minister met Trust young people at
knife crime Select Committee hearing.
➔ Eric Pickles – Communities Secretary. Fire Service
influence
➔ Jeremy Hunt - Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
Secretary
➔ Andrew Lansley, Health Secretary
Eric Pickles – Communities Secretary
➔ The coalition “will promote the radical devolution of
power and greater financial autonomy to local
government and community groups. This will include
a full review of local government finance.”
➔ Big Society - empowering communities, giving new
power and rights to neighbourhood groups,
encouraging volunteering. The Big Society Bank
(unclaimed assets). Cross-departmental
responsibility
➔ We will:
– Review and influence, where appropriate, on
changes to local government structures (RDAs,
Gov Offices for regions) and finance
– Identify opportunities to influence Local
Authorities via CLG and maintain contact with
LGA
– Review Tory comments which questioned ability
of local authorities to deliver youth services and
desire to have more run by voluntary sector –
position PT to deliver
Other areas of policy
BIS: ‘Work for Yourself’, business mentoring. Funding
potential for Enterprise
HO: Benefits of partnership with Police, Funding related
to tackling guns, gangs, knives (persistent & prolific
offenders)
MoJ :Prevent re-offending - Trust programmes as
diversionary activities. Mentoring for offenders –121
programme GateMate, positioning for funding
DCOMS: Maintain funding for Opportunity 2012, identify
any new funding opportunities e.g. for Get Started
Health: Maintain contact with Department of Health on
Get Into Social Care & Hospital Services funding
opportunities - secondment from DH
The partnership message to
Government - working smarter
Partnership helps innovation
Local presence through partnerships
Private sector partnerships
Gift in kind through partnership
Partnerships addressing local need
More for less through partnership
Partnerships 2009/10
➔ Over 1100 partners across the UK
➔ 162 seconded leaders - £1.23m
➔ 20 new social work placements
➔ 148 other staff placements
➔ 2 new Get Into’s with uniformed partners
➔ Revised protocols – Jobcentre Plus,
MoD, Employed Participants
➔ National initiatives – Youth Justice
Board, Centrepoint, National Youth
Agency, Youth United, Fairbridge