(166) launch of the centre (westminster, march 2011)

The Launch of The Centre for Welfare Reform 24th March 2011 with thanks to Bircham Dyson Bell

Phillip Collins:The Prospects for Radical Welfare

Reform?Reform?Aren’t things bad enoughalready?

The Poverty Net

From a ‘professional gift’ to Citizenship

and some solutions are• Integrated tax-beneﬁt system - with guaranteed minimum family incomes• Personalisation in health, care and education• Effective system of constitutional rights to support and control• Restoration of local communities and meaningful local autonomy

But resistance is• Public confused and suspicious• Producers threatened by accountability• Politicians enjoy their patronage of the welfare system• Civil servants are experts in protecting the status quo

So howfor change still needs to be made will change happen• The case• People need to be engaged and involved• More thought, research and debate is required• Further action, experiment and innovation is neededCreate a community ofpassionate, thoughtfuland practical people -committed to equality &diversity

The Centre forWelfare Reform is:A growingcommunityof Fellows workingindependently andtogether...

to implementpracticalinnovations withinthe current system...

to share what welearn...

quietly, withoutfuss or competition. • Values - human equality, and the value of diversity • R&D - focused research, practical development and publication • Network - partners, Fellows, subscribers • Tiny hub - low cost, small, private, social enterprise Do good work and lie low - Lao Tzu

Clare Hyde MBELocal Justice: family-focused• 72% of male and 70% of female sentenced prisoners suffer from 2 or more mental health disorders. 20% of prisoners have 4 of the 5 major mental health disorders.• 71% of children in custody have been involved with, or in the care of, social services before entering custody.• 74% of children released from custody in 2008 reoffended within a year.• 83,000 in prison: 47% of adults are re-convicted within 1 year of being released (for those serving sentences of less than 1 year this increases to 60%). For those who have served more than 10 previous custodial sentences the rate of reoffending rises to 76%• Over half the women in prison report having suffered

to the power of 41. Women and Children First - Start with a focus on women, children and families.2. Local Justice Reinvestment - Create a new ﬁnancial system where local areas have an incentive to invest in their own communities.3. Total Place - Change the way funding is used locally.4. Personalisation - Use personalisation as the key to unlock family problems.

Family Justice...

Vidhya AlakesonActive Patient: the real power shift in the• Effective chronic disease management depends more on people than doctors• Individual preferences matter to the outcomes of healthcare• Healthcare should be about improving people’s lives not just providing a service• Current evidence for more individual control in health is limited but positive

Craig Dearden-Phillips MBEOutside the State: the civil societyMy ﬁrst socialbusiness was abouthelping people repairthe damage done tothem by publicservices

My second social business is abouthelping to liberate people inside publicservices...to ‘step out’ into the needs-marketplace

We have reached peak state: The era of ever- more politicallydirected spend is over

This is whatpublicservices feellike to agreat manypeople whodepend onthem

QuestionSo how do weprovidepersonalisedservices forall thesepeople?

Answerplurality ofprovisionANDrobust protectionfor diverse,inclusive publicservice markets

Coalition’s Dilemma Big Society = Small Scale Local Diverse Co-produced, InnovativeEntrepreneurial

Coalition’s DilemmaReality could =Efficiency agendaPrivate MonopolyLow innovationLow levelsof social capital

Which will Prevail? Right toAny WillingProviderPublic Services Vs. Challenge and Right to Run (in the LocalismWhite Paper Bill) Social Value Bill

• Support the emergence of genuine - social enterprise providers• Provide a bulwark against private monopolies• Create for mutual ownership to show its beneﬁts• Demand higher levels of social capital and co- production

Dr Pippa MurrayA Fair Start: a personalised pathway fordisabled children and their families

Personalised Pathway

I am excited about personalisation as I think it can really changethings for disabled people. Personal budgets have allowed me to have more control over my own support and

But, what do we need to consider• What do we mean by fairness?• What are our core values?• How do keep our values at the centre of our innovations?

Simon DuffyFamily Security: reforming tax and The Current tax-beneﬁt system:• Poor incentives - undermines citizenship, earning, saving, personal development and risk- taking• Wrong focus - undermines family life, women and children• No rights - does not establish clear and transparent securities that are essential for citizenship

The current system panders to criticalvoters and abandons any universal

We need a new deal - one we understand1. Focus on family security - remove stigma and complexity2. Integrate tax and benefits - remove stigma and complexity3. Take means-testing out of benefits - we’ve already paid our taxes4. Define minimum level of eligibility for all - transparently define a level sufficient for citizenship5. Constitutional rights to support and control - clear law that can be tested and protected6. Robust organisational framework - escape the era of ‘organisational fixes’ and the on-going fiddling

We will do the right thing-eventually -after we’ve tried everyfeasible alternative Honour can exist anywhere, love can exist anywhere, but justice can exist only among people who found their relationships upon it.

Emails for Fellows: A Big Thank You to everyonepippa@ibkinitiatives.com at BDB forclare@foundationforfamilies.org.uk supporting this event -craig@stepping-out.biz especially Liz, Alexandra,vidhya.alakeson@resolutionfoundatio Angela, David &n.org Nigel The Centre for Welfare Reform The Quadrant, 99 Parkway Avenue, Parkway Business Park Sheffield, S9 4WG T +44 114 251 1790 | M +44 7729 7729 41 admin@centreforwelfarereform.org Get a free subscription at: www.centreforwelfarereform.org © 2011 Rights Reserved. Full copyright details at www.centreforwelfarereform.org

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