how local authorities can work with the third sector: socitm 25
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I was grateful for an opportunity to speak to ICT professionals from the public sector at the 25th SOCITM conference in Birmingham on 30 November. SOCITM is the Society of IT Managers and represents a network of over 300 local authorities and more than 30 charities and not for profit organisations. I am a member of the SOCITM Third Sector Groups and shared the stage with Martyn Croft, CIO of The Salvation Army. Between us we represent either end of the third sector spectrum. I have spent the past 15 years working with very small local charities, social enterprises, community groups and other not for profit organisations in Brighton, many of which have no staff and hence have very low level of investment in IT. Martyn is Chief Information Officer for an organisation with a turnover of £210m, putting it in the top ten charities in the UK. We took the chance to show the many positive opportunities for collaboration and partnership working between public sector and the third sector, focusing on three specific options: 1. Volunteering 2. Intelligent Commissioning 3. PartnershipsTRANSCRIPT
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Because everybody needs good neighbours
Three ways local authorities can help the third sector
Mark Walker, SCIPMartyn Ferguson, Salvation Army
SOCITM Third Sector Group
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Three ways you can help
SOCITM Third Sector Group
1. Volunteeringwww.it4communities.org.uk
2. Intelligent commissioningwww.databridge.org.uk
3. Supporting partnershipswww.salvationarmy.org.uk
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200,000 Charities in the UK
< £10k £10k - £100k £100k - £1m > £1m0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60% 56%
29%
12%
3%
Income per annum in 2009/10
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ConstitutedRegistered Charities
Community Interest Company
Not For Profit Ltd Co.
Cooperatives
Social Enterprise
Consortia
UnconstitutedCommunity Associations
Neighbourhoods
Residents Associations
Friends Of…
Campaigns
Alliances/Partnerships
It’s not just charities…
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Get to know your neighbours
Differences
Scale
Resources
Culture
Similarities
Geography
Values
Outcomes
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The issues they face
Fundraising/Income generation
Service delivery
Efficiency, effectiveness
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Their ICT needs
Reliable admin systems
Manageable communications
The right solution at
the best price
Trustworthy support
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1. Volunteering
Troubleshooting
Websites and databases
Recycling/upgrades
Planning/Procurement
Implementation
Training
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1. Volunteering
Personal contacts
Your local Volunteer Centre
www.it4communities.org.uk
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2. Intelligent commissioning
A vision for the community
Aligning strategic outcomes
Understanding local needs
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2. Intelligent commissioning
Open Data
Data-sharing
Data visualisation
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Information is beautiful
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Information is beautiful
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2. Intelligent commissioning
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2. Intelligent commissioning
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2. Intelligent commissioning
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2. Intelligent commissioning
www.databridge.org.uk
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3. Supporting Partnerships
A private social network
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3. Supporting Partnerships
Over 120 centres More than 2500 staff
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3. Supporting Partnerships
More than numbers• 650,000 cups of tea per year served to homeless people and emergency services teams ...
• 58,000 meals per week at our community and residential centres.
• Over 3,350 homeless people are given a bed each night in our LifeHouses.
• More than 600 older people accommodated every night in our residential centres.
• A network of over 700 church and community centres throughout the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
• On average, 208 families are reunited per month by our Family Tracing Service.
• Just 1 Salvation Army
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3. Supporting Partnerships
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3. Supporting Partnerships
Good morning Martyn...I'm not sure if it is you I need to send this to - if not I would be grateful if you could forward it to the appropriate person in the SI department. One of the clients in our centre, Gavin, approached me with the idea for a 'Residents' Forum' on the internet for residents of Army hostels. I asked him to elaborate and his suggestion is outlined below.
Given the number of our clients who now have access to internet facilities a moderated forum may be of benefit to the Army in terms of client involvement and empowerment, and give our clients a louder voice. I would welcome your views as to the practicality of such a project. Many thanks, George.Project ManagerThe Salvation Army
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3. Supporting Partnerships
Dear Sir/MadamI've been speaking to our house manager ......... about having a residents forum. My proposal is to have a forum for residents for the other residents of other centres across the uk or further. Where we can get together to chat about each others centres, there experiences of there centre, life, and there trips away that they had through there centre “I.e. trips away to skern lodge like our centre has just came back from” Also to have communication with each other and build up friendships.
As said before this could help bringing others together and help each others out from other centres , with each others experience's. If theres any other questions you would like to ask me please contact me at ....... @aol.commobile 075........
Dear Sir/MadamI've been speaking to our house manager ......... about having a residents forum. My proposal is to have a forum for residents for the other residents of other centres across the uk or further. Where we can get together to chat about each others centres, there experiences of there centre, life, and there trips away that they had through there centre “I.e. trips away to skern lodge like our centre has just came back from” Also to have communication with each other and build up friendships.
As said before this could help bringing others together and help each others out from other centres , with each others experience's. If theres any other questions you would like to ask me please contact me at ....... @aol.commobile 075........
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3. Supporting Partnerships
Can we help you Gavin?
I think so.
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3. Supporting Partnerships
The challenge
Keep it safe
Make it robust
Ensure it's simple
Easy to manage
And secure
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Three ways you can help
SOCITM Third Sector Group
1. Volunteeringwww.it4communities.org.uk
2. Intelligent commissioningwww.databridge.org.uk
3. Supporting partnershipswww.salvationarmy.org.uk