24 March 2010

CSJ Roadshows
The Centre for Social Justice is coming to a city near you

The CSJ is visiting several cities in the coming weeks in order to encourage voluntary sector organisations across the UK in their mission to transform Britain's broken society.

The events will provide an update on the nature of poverty and social breakdown in the UK today, an opportunity to hear from key CSJ Alliance partners tackling the root causes of poverty, and time for frontline poverty fighting organisations to build relationships with others who are transforming their city and communities.

This Thursday the CSJ will be travelling to Manchester in the morning and then on to Liverpool for an early evening event.

CSJ Roadshow events, upcoming dates:

Manchester, 25 March, 12 noon - 2pm
Liverpool, 25 March, 5.30pm - 7.15pm
Newcastle, 15 April, 11.15am - 1.30pm
Leeds, 16 April, 11.45am - 2pm

Details available at www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/roadshows

Photo: Charlie Pickles, CSJ Policy Director, chairs the CSJ Roadshow in Birmingham

Breakthrough Northern Ireland update

Last November we announced the release of a regional report 'Breakthrough Northern Ireland' due to be published in July 2010. The Centre for Social Justice has since been holding regular events in Northern Ireland to hear first hand from those tackling poverty.

Through project visits, roundtables, presentations and meetings we are continuing to meet with the voluntary sector, statutory bodies, local businesses and politicians to discuss how social breakdown in Northern Ireland can be reversed, and how the most effective solutions can be identified and implemented.

Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, CSJ Chairman, and Philippa Stroud, CSJ Executive Director, have been joined by the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Owen Paterson MP, in visiting some of the pioneering grassroot organisations in the greater Belfast area. Ian Parsley has been leading the research into how best to take this regional work forward, assisted by Bethany Wales, CSJ Researcher.

Details of the CSJ event in Belfast on 30 March 2010
Photos from CSJ events in Northern Ireland

CSJ Gangs Event 22 February 2010

The CSJ Gangs event in Westminster on 22 February 2010 proved popular last month. Speakers included Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, CSJ Chairman; Philippa Stroud, CSJ Executive Director; Charlotte Pickles, CSJ Policy Director; Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the RSA; Karyn McClusky, Metropolitan Police and Scottish Crime Reduction; Jason Sylvester, Young Disciples; Nims Obunge, Peace Alliance and Adele Eastman of the Tom ap Rhys Pryce Memorial Trust.

The event brought together voluntary sector groups tackling gang crime and policy experts to present the need for short, medium and long term policies designed to end a growing gang culture in Britian.

Photo: Philippa Stroud, CSJ Executive Director, chairs the CSJ Gangs event

	CSJ ELDER CARE EVENT AT NIGHTINGALE CARE HOME 4 MARCH 2010 The CSJ Elder Care Working Group met with over 60 professionals, elder care practitioners and interested parties at a call for evidence launch at Nightingale Care Home in Clapham, south London. Iain Duncan Smith MP, CSJ Chairman; Sara McKee, Chairman of the Elder Care Working Group; and Stephen Burke, CEO of Counsel and Care gave presentations on the scope of the Working Group.
	CSJ REPRESENTED AT DRUG AND ALCHOHOL TREATMENT FOR YOUTH CONFERENCE Christian Guy, CSJ Senior Policy Specialist, spoke at a Drugscope event on 24 February 2010. The event considered the progress made within the treatment sector over the last five years. Christian joined a panel of officials from the Department for Children Schools and Families and the National Treatment Agency.
	CSJ FAMILY POLICY WORK Dr Samanthan Callan, CSJ Chairman in Residence, was a discussant at the Centre for Policy Studies research seminar series delivered by Professor Geoff Dench on 'The value of a male partner'. She also spoke at the Election Debate on Family Policy 'What are politicians really saying when they talk about families?' and was the opening speaker at the launch of Legatum Institute's 'EACH Child Deserves a Family' campaign.

Poverty Debate

The CSJ publishes a daily Poverty Bulletin on our social networking website www.povertydebate.com The Poverty Bulletin is a round up of the daily national headlines on welfare reform, family breakdown, educational failure, addiction and more.

Our social networking site www.povertydebate.com allows you to create your own profile, meet other supporters of the CSJ, frontline poverty fighters and those interested in social justice. Join now!

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IN THE NEWS
The CSJ was mentioned in the following articles since our last email news letter on 17 February 2010:

Health Service Journal, 18 March 2010
Michael White: NHS policy pronouncements
Read here

New Statesman, 15 March 2010
Bulger killers were damaged, not evil
Read here

The Daily Telegraph, 8 March 2010
Mr Cooper glad to give his brass to the Tories
Read here

Government Gazette, February 2010
A think-tank that breaks the mould
Read here

Civil Service World, 24 February 2010
Justice of the peace
Read here

Leicester Mercury, 22 February 2010
Caring charities up for award
Read here

Regeneration and Renewal, 22 February 2010
Work that pays
Read here

News of the World, 21 February 2010
War on gangs
Read here

Community Care, 18 February 2010
Letters

The Daily Telegraph, 18 February 2010
Cameron will transform Britain, if he can win the political game
Read here

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