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Blog Archive for 27 July 2012
Good Luck to Team GB
Written by evocadmin on 27 July 2012
It’s Friday here at EVOC and as we were getting in the Olympic mood at EVOC ahead of the opening ceremony tonight, we wanted to take the opportunity to wish the best of luck to Team GB. We’ve been getting in the Olympic Spirits at EVOC with a custom viewing area complete with 60″ screen and surround
Power to the Community
Written by Milind Kolhatkar on 13 July 2012
Power inequalities hurt us most THE evidence shows clearly that social inequalities damage people and communities. Academics, political leaders, service managers and front-line staff – all agree that inequalities hurt our society as a whole. A persuasive case can be made that income inequality ‘drives’ unequal outcomes – in the jargon ‘upstream income inequality makes
Beyond Old Dogs, More Than New Tricks
Written by Colin Murray on 13 July 2012
EVOC ThinkSpace Consultation Event Integrating Health and Social Care: Beyond Old Dogs, More Than New Tricks Thursday 16 August 9.00am – 12.30pm Scottish Government is currently running a consultation on its proposals to integrate adult health and social care. As the largest provider of adult care services in the city local voluntary agencies are
There’s Lives behind these Numbers – JRF publishes #MIS2012
Written by Milind Kolhatkar on 10 July 2012
THREE, four and 8.42 – these are the numbers that define the state of poverty in the UK today. Three million more people fail to meet the Minimum Income Standard than did in 2008 before the Lehmans-driven financial crisis (the first year the Loughborough University research funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation was released.) One
Upcoming change in EVOT’s funding arrangements
Written by Janette Scappaticcio on 5 July 2012
I’m really sad to share the news that from September we will no longer be administering the BBC Children in Need small grants scheme. EVOT has been working with BBC Children in Need for nearly 25 years, and we’ve helped around 60,000 families in Edinburgh during that time. Over those years I’ve worked with many
Public Social Partnerships – People at the Heart
Written by Milind Kolhatkar on 5 July 2012
A Public Social Partnership is a strategic arrangement which embeds the Third Sector – and thereby the needs and assets of people and communities – in all stages of the design and delivery of public services. The Third Sector has known for a long time that it makes sense to include people in the design
The Pursuit of Happiness a ‘fundamental human goal,’ says UN
Written by Milind Kolhatkar on 2 July 2012
ACTIONS have consequences. Our choices (whether explicit or not) limit our futures. Every time we choose to do something, we are also choosing not to do something else. When we decide what we value most highly, we are deciding that we value everything else less. The debate about the limits of financial indicators of progress
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