The Coalition Government and The Prince’s Trust Emma Langbridge, Emma Nicholson & Peter Lister

To champion young people and be a credible leader in youth policy Policy and Research ➔ What are the issues facing our young people? ➔ What are the Gvt policies that will impact their lives and our delivery? Public Affairs ➔ Taking these issues to the heart of Government ➔ To position The Trust for funding, delivering solutions for disadvantaged young people Partnerships ➔ Endorse our credibility with Gvt, gain insight ➔ Commissioning ➔ Multiple targets

Big Society & role of Prince’s Trust Rebalance between civic society and state ➔ More for less climate ➔ Voluntary sector partnership with public sector in delivery of public services ➔ Localism – but issues (e.g.LAs have commissioning and procurement rules) ➔ Policies not yet worked out in detail ➔ Social Return on Investment

Big Society - challenges faced by our young people Young people told us: ➔ Key issue is a lack of confidence –Mental health and relationship breakdown with family –Awareness of lack of skills, qualifications, opportunity ➔ No money, housing problems ➔ Lack of qualifications ➔ Lack of entry level jobs, work experience ➔ Need support to navigate the system (advice, guidance)

Big Society – policies that will affect our young people ➔ Welfare reform –22% say need more entry level jobs to get off benefit dependency ➔ National Citizen Service –42.3% of young people in favour ➔ Staying in education, training until 18 –66.3% of young people in favour ➔ Apprenticeships –48.5% of young people in favour

Overview of lobbying the Gvt Pre-election Cameron & Clegg visited The Trust. ➔ IDS – close links with Centre for Social Justice prior to election ➔ Francis Maude - Cabinet Office Minister - Team in Horsham. ➔ Nick Hurd, the new Minister for Civil Society - ex PT mentor & shadowed by a YA. (Responsible for NCS) ➔ Department of Education junior Minister Tim Loughton – Team in Streatham. ➔ Vince Cable Secretary of BIS - Q&A in Birmingham with Trust. Mark Prisk, Business Minister - ex PT Business mentor, visited PSE with Cameron ➔ Theresa May, Home Office Secretary - Get Into in Birmingham - Women’s Leadership event. Nick Herbert is Minister for Policing across HO and MoJ ➔ Ken Clarke, Justice Secretary (former Home Sec). Crispin Blunt, Junior Justice Minister met Trust young people at knife crime Select Committee hearing. ➔ Eric Pickles – Communities Secretary. Fire Service influence ➔ Jeremy Hunt - Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Secretary ➔ Andrew Lansley, Health Secretary

Eric Pickles – Communities Secretary ➔ The coalition “will promote the radical devolution of power and greater financial autonomy to local government and community groups. This will include a full review of local government finance.” ➔ Big Society - empowering communities, giving new power and rights to neighbourhood groups, encouraging volunteering. The Big Society Bank (unclaimed assets). Cross-departmental responsibility ➔ We will: –Review and influence, where appropriate, on changes to local government structures (RDAs, Gov Offices for regions) and finance –Identify opportunities to influence Local Authorities via CLG and maintain contact with LGA –Review Tory comments which questioned ability of local authorities to deliver youth services and desire to have more run by voluntary sector – position PT to deliver

Other areas of policy BIS: ‘Work for Yourself’, business mentoring. Funding potential for Enterprise HO: Benefits of partnership with Police, Funding related to tackling guns, gangs, knives (persistent & prolific offenders) MoJ :Prevent re-offending - Trust programmes as diversionary activities. Mentoring for offenders –121 programme GateMate, positioning for funding DCOMS: Maintain funding for Opportunity 2012, identify any new funding opportunities e.g. for Get Started Health: Maintain contact with Department of Health on Get Into Social Care & Hospital Services funding opportunities - secondment from DH

The partnership message to Government - working smarter  Partnership helps innovation  Local presence through partnerships  Private sector partnerships  Gift in kind through partnership  Partnerships addressing local need  More for less through partnership

Partnerships 2009/10 ➔ Over 1100 partners across the UK ➔ 162 seconded leaders - £1.23m ➔ 20 new social work placements ➔ 148 other staff placements ➔ 2 new Get Into’s with uniformed partners ➔ Revised protocols – Jobcentre Plus, MoD, Employed Participants ➔ National initiatives – Youth Justice Board, Centrepoint, National Youth Agency, Youth United, Fairbridge