CSJ Email News 17 May 2011
More than a Game
Harnessing the power of sport to transform the lives of disadvantaged young people
The CSJ is delighted to announce the launch of "More than a Game: Harnessing the power of sport to transform the lives of disadvantaged young people" on Tuesday 24 May 2011. Since January 2010, the CSJ Sport Working Group have been examining the contribution which sport can make to transforming the lives of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Working Group is chaired by Michael de Giorgio, the founder of the Greenhouse Schools project, and contains some of Britain's leading sport academics and practitioners.
Date
Tuesday 24 May 2011, 10.30am - 12noon
Speakers:
Kate Hoey MP (Lab), Mayor of London's Commissioner for Sport
Gavin Poole, CSJ Executive Director
Michael de Giorgio, Chairman of CSJ Sport Working Group and CEO of Greenhouse
Matthew Patten, Chief Executive of the Lord's Taverners
Spokesperson, Chelsea FC Foundation
Supported by:
Format:
10.30am Registration and Refreshments
11am Presentations
11.40am Q and A
12noon Close
Who should attend:
This event will be of particular interest to those working in sport, including the voluntary sector, as well as researchers, local and national policy makers, the media, MPs and their staff
RSVP:
Places are allocated on a first come first served basis, subject to availability. To reserve a place please email your name and organisation to sport@centreforsocialjustice.org.uk.
Directions and ticket required for entry will be sent by email to you.
Building a Social Recovery?
A first year report card on the coalition government
The CSJ last week published a one year report card on the coalition government. Building a Social Recovery? A first year report card on the Coalition Government attacked the governments record on supporting marriage and the family, giving Ministers just 2/10 for their efforts to reverse high and damaging levels of family breakdown.
The report scored the government on the five key areas identified by the CSJ as the pathways to poverty: family breakdown, economic dependency, serious personal debt, drug and alcohol addiction, and educational failure. Overall, Ministers scored 29/50 with policy on personal debt (6/10) and educational failure (6/10) other areas of concern.
The CSJ praised government plans to tackle economic dependency (8/10) and incentivise work by introducing universal credit and to involve charities and private firms in retraining the unemployed.
Click here to read Building a Social Recovery? A first year report card on the Coalition Government [10/05/2011]
Click here to read the Press Release [10/05/2011]
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