TRANSFORMING SERVICES

#CHYPS2013

Fiona Blacke,

National Youth Agency

(Chief Executive)

#CHYPS2013

Fiona BlackeChief Executive

CHYPS Convention 2013

“Youth Policy?”

The Macro Policy Context

• Reducing • Reforming• Remodelling• Reprioritising

“and for Youth Work ……”

NO:• More grand narratives• Strong levers or guidance• Uniformity of delivery or budgets• Financial certainty• Room for programmes that don’t work

Three ways to respond

• Shut your eyes!• Tilt at windmills!• Claim the territory!

The NYA approach – an allegory?

• Youth work is the only sacred cow• “Youth Workers can do that! and that! and that….”• Money for us and money for you• Using our profits wisely• "Told you youth workers could do that!"

And to conclude.........

. Days of significant investment in public services are over

. Youth work will have to prove its value beyond intrinsic good

. Social enterprise rather than service or voluntarism

. Unambiguous leadership for ambiguous times