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| In this bulletin we highlight the growing interest in the role of co-operatives and mutuals in delivering pubilc serices and engageing staff and citizens. |
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| Building an Ethic of Engagement in public services
Supermarket-style approaches have taken public services so far, but the next phase of improvement relies on their ability to engage citizens and staff. This week, Innovation Unit published a think-piece suggesting that co-operatives and mutuals could play an important role in putting the public back in public services. While some public service leaders are looking to the likes of Easyjet for inspiration, the paper suggests that the mutualism of John Lewis may also have something to teach public services. The paper has been cited by Tessa Jowell, who has announced a Commission on Ownership to look at the role of mutualism within public services. Read the paper and the coverage it has generated. |
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| Co-operative schools: the future of schooling?
Schools have quietly made a start on the mutualism agenda through the creation of Co-operative Schools. With politicians on all sides now pushing to accelerate the this agenda, these schools may tell us more than we thought about the education providers of the future. But with more change possible, the question is not only how quickly their numbers will grow but how policy-makers may look to deepen and extend the co-operative principles at their heart. For schools themselves, the onus is shifting from ‘why engage the community?’ to ‘why not?’ For the full article click here.
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| Get the Shout Out! – The Power of Student Voice
Get the Shout Out! Is a collaboration between The English Secondary Students’ Association (ESSA) and Phoenix Education Trust. The project enables disengaged young people to get their voices heard and create positive changes about issues which affect their lives at school or college. At the moment they are in the process of writing a manifesto with students’ views from across England on what they want to change about education. Click here to read more.
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