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What is Social Value, and how do we create it?

19 November 2012 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

What is Social Value, and how do we create it?Social Value is all the rage these days. Public Value Theory has for several years now gained increasing prominence among policy makers as well as thinkers-and-doers with an interest in building good society. In March this year the UK Parliament passed the Public Services (Social Value) Act. It comes into force in January 2013. Edinburgh’s […]

You heard the story about the stories?

9 November 2012 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

You heard the story about the stories?It wuz the Stories wot won it! After a very expensive, and often pretty nasty, election campaign the U.S. decided to trust President Obama for four more years. At the end of the day, what was it that tipped the balance towards the incumbent? Was it Romney’s strange approach to taking the family pet on […]

Our job at EVOC

29 October 2012 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

Our job at EVOCI sit in an open plan office and I have learned the art of zoning in and out of conversations as they happen around me. This morning’s topics have ranged from the impact of personalisation and integration of adult health and social care on the sector, the ‘joy’ of a new phone, managing change training courses, and how to fight colds and sniffles. But the one topic we keep coming back to is “how long can we keep doing more with less?”

Let’s talk about Depression – Today is #WMHD

10 October 2012 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

Let’s talk about Depression – Today is #WMHDTODAY is World Mental Health Day (#WMHD on Twitter.) The World Health Organisation has named this year’s theme as: Depression – A Global Crisis. An estimated 350 million people worldwide suffer from depression. In some countries fewer than 10 per cent of those who need it have access to treatment for depression. NHS Lothian delivers […]

Love me Tender – Consultation on Procurement Reform Bill

8 October 2012 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

Love me Tender – Consultation on Procurement Reform BillThe Scottish Government is currently consulting on a Procurement Reform Bill. The Bill follows proposals at the European Commission to address issues of growth for member states through procurement reform, which identified three priorities: Developing an economy based on knowledge and innovation Promoting a low carbon, resource efficient and competitive economy Fostering a high employment […]

Citizen or Spectator?

27 September 2012 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

Citizen or Spectator?DEMOCRACY – as the saying goes – is not a spectator sport. A disengaged and disempowered citizenry does not serve society well. If we take our right to participate in the social economic and political life of our communities seriously, then we should take the exercise of that right seriously, too. On behalf of Edinburgh’s […]

When it rains it pours

27 August 2012 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

When it rains it poursIsn't that always the way? You stand at a bus stop waiting for ages and then along come three of them, one after the other. That's a bit what it feels like these days, with the number of important things underway which carry far-ranging impact upon the work of the Third Sector....

Could I interest you in some training?

23 August 2012 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

Could I interest you in some training?Nina and I have been busy over the summer organising our Autumn/Winter2012 training programme....

Is Legislation the Solution? #ScotCERB #ThinkSpace

17 August 2012 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

Is Legislation the Solution? #ScotCERB #ThinkSpaceSUPPOSE for a moment that you wanted to ‘Make Good Society,’ you wanted to ‘Deepen Democracy’ and you wanted to ‘Enable Citizen Engagement.’ How – generally – would you go about creating that change? And – specifically – would you make laws to make change. In other words, When is Legislation the Solution to Society’s […]

Have you got any ideas?

9 August 2012 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

Have you got any ideas?Community Empowerment & Renewal Bill Do you have a say in the way in which public services are delivered?  Does the voluntary sector get a fair hearing, and participate in planning for the future?  Can all this be improved?! The Scottish Government is currently consulting on a Community Empowerment and Renewal Bill under three themes: […]
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