Sentences with phrase «with voluntary sector»

Over the summer I want to work with the voluntary sector, experts on special educational needs and disability, and parents, to make sure that we get the questions to address right.

So we are working with the voluntary sector to try out new ideas and funding innovative projects to see what best helps parents - from all walks of life - to put their differences aside for the sake of the children.

We need councils and care organisations that understand the value of these sorts of services, and are able to work with the voluntary sector to create packages of care that really work for people.

One potential for good could be greater engagement with the voluntary sector and civil society groups.

The Department of Health, working with the voluntary sector, launched a one year # 2.4 million programe

He pressed that prime contractors had been told: «You will not get any further if your contracts do not include absolutely clear links with the voluntary sector and subcontracts that... don't pass the risk on, but allow them to take an element share of the rewards that come».

To succeed, ministers in the Home Office and the Department of Communities and Local Government must work with the voluntary sector and businesses in three areas.

Not exact matches

New York state became the latest state to officially endorse a voluntary retirement savings program for private - sector workers with the passage of the state budget over the weekend.

They range from having a voluntary standard associated with a common organic logo managed by the sector umbrella organizations (e.g. East African Community), to having a regulation compulsory for export only (e.g. India) or having a full compulsory organic regulation (e.g. China).

The two supermarket chains have spent six months negotiating a voluntary code of conduct with the grocery sector and hope to reach an agreement in the next few weeks, avoiding a mandatory code and the appointment of an industry ombudsman.

This voluntary food, flavors and fragrances industries program engages with vanilla exporters, producers, sector organizations and public authorities worldwide to progress issues of governance, traceability, labor rights and technical assistance to grower groups.

In September, the parties, along with the National Farmers Federation (NFF) began talks to agree the voluntary code as a means of addressing growing concern about unconscionable conduct in the supermarkets, which are alleged to be misusing market power in the sector.

Our role as a trusted partner to the voluntary sector is really important to the charities and community groups we work with and we are excited to launch this new service with Tesco's support.»

The Trust for the Study of Adolescence is running free, government - funded «evaluation champions» training courses across the UK, for anyone working with children, young people or families, in the voluntary or statutory sectors.

Whilst it is highly commendable and reassuring that the UK healthcare system has made such progress with implementing the Baby Friendly standards, recent staff shortages in maternity services, cuts to health visiting services and de-commissioning of voluntary sector support undermine this success.

First, over the next year, each Labour spending team will prepare a report on Public Service Reform and Re-Design setting out how we deliver better public services with less money, involving employees, charities, and the voluntary sector in our deliberations, as well as business and public providers.

Its research found English charities with annual incomes of under # 100,000 now receive 3.5 % of total voluntary sector income, down from 5.4 % in 2006.

She added: «Because Eric Pickles and the government have chosen to hit councils with frontloaded cuts in the first year, far from liberating community groups, the voluntary sector and charities to do more, as the government promises, they may be so hampered they end up doing less.»

Democratic problems have no problem with the private sector or voluntary sector being sub-contracted to deliver public services, but are strongly against individual vouchers / budgets in almost every area of welfare, except for areas of luxury or where the individual is in control of the demand factors for the services (adult education, luxurious top - ups for social care for the elderly).

While populist campaigners will inevitably emerge, the majority of PCCs will recognise that long - term success will require more harmonious relationships with other public and voluntary sector partners and that evidence - based, preventative policing is the key to re-election.

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed HMRC's announcement today of # 2 million a year of grants to be given over the next four years to voluntary sector bodies, so that they may provide support and advice to HMRC customers who need most help in complying with their tax obligations and claiming their correct entitlements

With a maximum cut of 8.8 %, there is no reason for any council disproportionately to cut the voluntary sector.

Later, in reply to a complaint from Labour MP Mary Glindon about cuts to the voluntary sector in her local council, the minister Greg Clark delivered a roll call of Tory councils that are dealing with the situation without such cuts:

She is an experienced campaigner with the Labour Party, Unite the Union as well as the charity and voluntary sector.

I'd also like to see the parliamentary Conservative Party have more people from the voluntary sector and with backgrounds in maths and science.

Implementation of the tests is scheduled for 2009/10; the government will work until then with medical professionals and voluntary sector workers to draw up how the system will work.

Cameron has also nominated the lobbyist Kevin Shinkwin for a peerage, with the official documents describing him as a «longstanding voluntary sector professional».

Catholic adoption agencies make up one third of the voluntary sector, dealing with about 200 children a year, although often these are the most difficult ones to place.

In 2016 NLGN published All Together Now: Whole systems commissioning for councils and the voluntary sector, which concludes that raising the scoring for social value in the commissioning process could have a profound effect on how local government work with its partners and on the outcomes it is able to deliver for citizens.

We have also held round tables with green groups, business groups and others who have sectoral interests (including the voluntary sector).

The commissioner also lauded some landlords and companies in the state on the level of their compliance with the land use charge, said: «Comrade Oshiomhole has asked me to convey his appreciation and gratitude to the good people of Edo State as well as members of the private sector for their voluntary compliance with the Land Use Charge.

Funding should also be made available for the voluntary sector to support people with these difficult choices.»

Mr Reid attacked the Conservatives» stance after the vote, claiming that it conflicted with their commitment to the voluntary sector.

However, in December 2011, because no European agreement had been reached on enforcing the ban on battery cages, the British government announced that it had instead been working closely with the domestic egg industry, processors, food manufacturers, the food service sector and retailers to reach «a voluntary consensus» not to sell or use battery - farmed eggs and help British consumers to avoid buying them unwittingly.

Ms Flint said: «Over the next 12 months we will be rolling out a series of other initiatives linking in with partner organisations across the public sector, the food manufacturing and retail sector and with voluntary organisations to support families live a healthy life based on a healthy diet and increased physically activity.

Women do bring special perspectives but so do people with northern upbringings or experience of the voluntary sector.

Only a long - term programme of talenting spotting and mentoring will build a Conservative parliamentary party with more experience of the public and voluntary sectors, that is more northern and that is a little less white.

During this period, Ganesh co-authored a Policy Exchange report with Jesse Norman, later a Tory MP, which stressed, «the pressing need for a huge devolution of power away from Whitehall, towards independent institutions, towards the private and voluntary sectors, and towards local government».

Not that I am doubting the good intent behind social justice, but the voluntary sector's job would be so much easier if we had an education system that worked and did nt neglect students with practical talents.

If the Conservative Party is to really look more like Britain it must also include many more people with northern backgrounds, for example, and with experience of the public and voluntary sectors.»

With categories such as «Career Achievement» and «Outstanding Research Contribution,» the CPRAs are open to individuals in public, private, voluntary, academic, nonprofit, and other nongovernmental sectors.

But they caution: «While a voluntary target based approach works to encourage industry reductions, the targets need to be coupled with the forceful government or quasi-government agency to ensure that all sectors of the food industry are aware of the targets and reducing salt in their products to meet [them].»

To test the theory, the researchers worked with charity the Workers» Educational Association (WEA), the UK's largest voluntary sector provider of adult education.

We believe that high quality e-learning provides the much - needed investment injection to equip individual teachers, nurses, GPs, care workers and voluntary sector staff with the knowledge, skills and confidence to identify and support young girls at risk.

With these lines we intend to show the prevailing need to establish a required voluntary service that facilitates from the humanistic education to a professional sector included in the social and human sciences, but that unfortunately most of their training is based on conglomerations of theoretical contents within the four walls of a classroom, isolated from the real and away context from the real goal of education.

The organisation works with over 60,000 frontline professionals across the education, healthcare & third / voluntary sectors.

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He brings 25 years of experience in the voluntary and education sector working extensively with businesses, funders, schools, charities, and government.

She also revealed a funding boost of # 4.9 m through the government's voluntary and community sector funding programme for voluntary organisations to increase support on offer for young people struggling with mental health issues.

Lower compensation and new restrictions on unions could also encourage increased voluntary turnover, with private - sector employment or retirement becoming relatively more preferable for teachers and public servants.