Connecting Public Services with People and Places Using Cooperative Principles

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About the event

A tendency towards bureaucracy that elevates process above people, individual services operating in siloes, and business models driven by scale, all mitigate against high quality services and distance them from the communities they are there to serve. We see this in areas ranging from adult social care to children’s residential care to primary care.

Cooperative principles offer a guide to help reform public services – by fostering social partnership, engaging in democratic decision-making, enabling co-production with citizens, embracing innovation and maximising social value.

In this webinar we will explore the way cooperative principles can shape services that are more connected to communities.

Join John Copps, Managing Consultant at Mutual Ventures, and a panel of experts to consider what cooperative principles could mean and what areas might be ripe for reform.

John will be joined by:

– Scott Darraugh, Chief Executive, Social adVentures (Salford-based public-health social enterprise) and Chair, Bevan Healthcare (Bradford-based primary care provider)

– Sam Pluckrose-Oliver, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Locality

– Gemma Murphy, Operations Director, PossAbilities CIC (Rochdale-based adult social care provider)

Key questions the panel will explore include:

– What does it mean for services to be rooted in the community and shaped around people’s lives?

– What existing best practices can we learn from?

– What opportunities lie ahead to ‘change the conversation’ on public services?

Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of the conversation on reshaping public services. Secure your place today.