SPECIAL EVENT – TAUNTON, 20TH APRIL
Institute Celebrates 25 Years with Seminar on "Strong and Prosperous
Communities"
As part of the Institute of Public Sector Management's 25th year
celebrations, everyone involved in delivering public services in the South
West was invited to get together and find out more about the
government's proposals for "Strong and Prosperous Communities".
The Institute of Public Sector Management hosted the seminar on the
Government's latest White Paper on Friday 20th April in Taunton. All 51
local authorities in South-West England, as well as the region's largest
housing associations and other not-for-profit bodies, plus all primary care
trusts, were invited to the seminar to look at ways in which all of them can
work together in partnership, for the benefit of the communities they have
been established to serve.
The seminar explored the implications of the impending Government bill for
public sector organisations, as well as those operating in the "third
sector" (voluntary and not-for-profit bodies). The presentation was led by
experienced local government practitioner Simon Pomfret, backed up by his
public sector consultancy, Spirals Ltd.
Institute President Derek Wolfe, who is (Chief) Executive Officer of Barry
Town Council, as well as being a resident of Devon, said: "This event will
give an excellent opportunity for the very organisations that will be most
involved with implementing the legislation to get together and find out how
they will be affected. The South West tends to be poorly served by events
of this sort, so we thought it important to hold the seminar in the region.
The event also marks a number of firsts for us: it is our first to mark 25
years existence; first president from the region; first we have held this
far south!"
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