Joining the Dots…

o The operating environment

o Facing change

o The journey

o The howGraham Whalley, CEO, Young Lancashire, (registered as a charity and company limited by guarantee) www.younglancashire.org.uk

Operating Environment• Big state to small state – Cuts & Debt;

• Localism;

• Young People and Volunteering;

• Future of Infrastructure;

• Source of Income spectrum;

Let’s take a closer look…

Cuts

• Context for all Govt policy

• Did Transition Fund achieve anything?

• Severe impact in many NW areas

• ‘Accepted Truth’

Debt• Cut government debt but increase:– Personal debt• Student loans in Fe & HE• Removal of EMA

– Private Sector debt• Payments by results will lead to huge borrowing

– Voluntary sector debt• Loans, Loans, Loans• Social Impact Bonds

Localism, Localism, Localism• What is true impact of the bill?• Localisation of blame and centralisation of

power?• Policy contradictions: The Bins! Council Tax!• Whitehall vs Town Hall• Right to Challenge or Right to privatise?• Right to Buy or Right to Liability?

Young People and Volunteering• Forgotten generation?• To blame for everything?• Lack of youth focused services• Lack of engagement• Lack of jobs – 1,000,000+ unemployed!• Bring back the Future Jobs Fund• When is a volunteer not a volunteer?• Good volunteering Vs bad volunteering• Volunteers delivering public service

Youth Unemployment• Youth Contract– Apprenticeships– Workfare– ‘Job Subsidy’

• What’s your verdict?• What is role of sector– As advocate– As an employer

Future of Infrastructure

• TLI – Transforming Local Infrastructure• ‘Not BASIS 3’• Focused on ‘Business Support’: what about

voice?• Who can afford to pay?

What’s the BLF reported view?

BLF perspective: What Should LIOs Look Like?

“New model of holistic support;Specialist and mainstream available from one

source;Streamlined organisational structures;More mergers across geographically adjacent

areas;Far more partnership working;Continual assessment of need and outcomes”

BLF perspective - How should LIOs be funded?

“New models of funding required;Loosen reliance on grant funding;Charging for services;Grant funding for transformation;Income generation from selling expertise”

Link

‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has’ (Margaret Mead)

Hands Up for Change?“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference”

The Journey

• Informal consortium• Independent Evaluation• Ofsted Report• Close working with LA• Formation of working group

Links:Riding the Wave - Evaluation of a Lancashire informal consortiumRiding the Wave - Case StudyRiding the Wave - Recommendations and ResponseAn evaluation of approaches to commissioning young people’s services

The Model – Formal Consortium

“Hub and spokes – SPV operating model”

New consortium – business planVision ‘We believe that together we can learn more, progress faster and deliver better than we can apart and therefore have a duty to collaborate for the benefit of those we serve. The result will be a thriving local community in which all children, young people and families, including the most disadvantaged and vulnerable, are able to achieve their full potential’

Mission To win significant resources to sustain and grow high quality, children, young people and family-related provision within the local voluntary, community and faith sector, in response to identified needs

LINK: Consortium Membership Prospectus and FAQs

New consortium – structured market

Full MembersPQQ Met

Contract ReadyUniversal Criteria met

DiversityVCFS CYP&F providers (come in all shapes and sizes!

Offering CommissionersSolutionsCo-designCollaborative workingStructured MarketSupply chain

micro providers

Associate MembersUniversal Criteria met – commitment

to meeting full PQQ and becoming contract ready

Dot to Dot• More for less - reduce transaction costs, scale,

size and reach;• Contracting – tender ready, contestable; • Loan Finance (PBR) – new entity, fit for purpose;• Localism – open and inclusive, capacity building• Values - open and inclusive, democratic;

collaborative working, capacity building

Navigating the change…

Navigational Leadership A simple acrostic (John C. Maxwell):

PLAN AHEAD

Predetermine a course of actionLay out your goalsAdjust your prioritiesNotify key peopleAllow time for acceptanceHead into actionExpect problemsAlways point to the successesDaily review the plan

John C. Maxwell’s book The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You (2007),