Lucie Stephens's Blog – July 2012 Archive (4)

You might be interested in this forthcoming Community Catalysts event...............

Innovate, Stimulate, Activate

Exploring partnerships and supporting new enterprise to flourish



Middlesbrough Wednesday 19th September 12.30-4.15



Everybody has skills, talents and aspirations and older people and people with an illness or disability are no different. Many older and disabled people use social care services…

The Social Enterprise Investment Fund (SEIF) aims to support social enterprises deliver innovative health and social care services and products as well as to invest to help social enterprises to become sustainable in the longer term.

The Department of Health’s Social Enterprise Investment Fund (SEIF) is now open till 24 August 2012 and has a further £19 million to invest in health and social care social enterprises, which are delivering exceptional care and driving innovation through…

quite a few new members from a housing background in recent weeks. Which reminded me that there is a interesting group being convened by sitra for DCLG looking at personalisation in housing. Unsurprisingly co-production is a major theme.

To find out more, and make a contribution go here

Also, is there any merit in convening an online network for housing

nef fellow David Boyle has been asked by the government to lead an independent review into barriers to choice in public services. This is fascinating topic, one closely related to the work we’re all doing on co-production.

Davids priority is both to look through the research (and rhetoric) about choice theory or service competition and try to find out what is actually…