tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189064357283855936.post8975394335492846516..comments2024-02-01T09:25:16.606+00:00Comments on Bubb's Blog: Surrey!Sir Stephen Bubbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575202213305419556noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189064357283855936.post-63078796869444626692012-01-19T00:38:26.375+00:002012-01-19T00:38:26.375+00:00The issue of outsourcing from central and local go...The issue of outsourcing from central and local government to the voluntary sector is an interesting one. Yes, it does increase the VS revenues and to some extent can mean overheads are spread across more projects. But it does render the VS very vulnerable to being squeezed for the last pip by the "client" in negotiations which can get very one-sided and also to having contracts removed without adequate wind-down time.<br /><br />As a general principle, in my humble opinion, the voluntary sector should not act as a proxy for local or national government, often intended as a way of saving costs, but should be innovators in providing something new or different, or gap-filling where what the national or local state provides is so structured as to be not sensitive to personal needs.Dan Filsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08090743893438968769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189064357283855936.post-13140995114924929482012-01-18T10:22:47.633+00:002012-01-18T10:22:47.633+00:00Interesting. I'm working with both Surrey Cou...Interesting. I'm working with both Surrey County Council and The Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames on the transformation of social care services to social enterprise. I find the belief widespread that the voluntary sector does not have the capacity - or indeed the business and governance models - to take on public service transformation.Geof Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15917280133988809683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189064357283855936.post-75404234190549402722012-01-17T12:30:28.802+00:002012-01-17T12:30:28.802+00:00Did you ask these senior officers of Surrey County...Did you ask these senior officers of Surrey County Council why they were meeting in a county hall outside their county when there are perfectly functional offices within Surrey, and indeed why County Hall has not been relocated, to Guildford for example. This must be the only county in the United Kingdom to have its county hall in exile outside its boundaries. Was it perhaps that back in 1965 the county councillors ducked a row and a difficult decision as to location, and still do so?<br /><br />By the way, it's the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-ThamesDan Filsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08090743893438968769noreply@blogger.com