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Documentary on my time in rehab: Drink, Drugs and Democracy


I recently took the Centre for Social Justice Inner City Challenge, spending three days in drug and alcohol rehabilitation with ex-offenders at Acorn Treatment. My article on the experience is here: My placement with Acorn was emotionally exhausting. To share a few days full-time with people who have experienced life’s very worst aspects would be a challenge. To layer on top the drama of active rehabilitation was searing. There must be justice but, after that, mercy, forgiveness and transformation. That is what Acorn […]

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CSJ placement with Acorn Treatment in progress


With thanks to the Centre for Social Justice, I’ll be with Acorn Treatment in Manchester for a few days, learning about their treatment and housing programme for drug and alcohol users. From their site: Acorn Treatment and Housing (formally ADAS) has been a successful treatment provider for over 13 years. Oak House, our first project, opened in Stockport in 1997 as a day centre offering treatment to individuals and their families affected by addiction. Since opening, we have treated hundreds […]

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Breakthrough Britain


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Last night, we had the church hustings in High Wycombe at which I stated that I accept that all the candidates want to achieve the best possible outcomes for everyone. I was glad that this was the message with which the chairman ended the meeting. Conservatives are committed to a Big Society which works for everyone. Key to reaching this position has been the work of Iain Duncan Smith’s non-partisan Centre for Social Justice. Consider this from Breakdown Britain, which […]

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Protected: The bureaucratisation of elder care


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Street Dreams


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Today, I visited Jade and Jay, co-founders of Street Dreams to discuss their work in Wycombe’s deprived communities. Too many people wrongly assume that Buckinghamshire is a utopia without social problems, but, as I have reported before, there is every reason to support good quality social action here. Jay and Jade explained how they help “disadvantaged, disengaged and disruptive young people to help them achieve a sustainable positive life”. We discussed a wide range of issues from drug dealing and […]

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Social policy in the noughties


In areas such as welfare reform, criminal justice and the voluntary sector, this government has got it badly wrong time and again As the millennium dawned, record economic growth and stability gave Labour an unparalleled platform for social reform. Its intentions were commendable. Who could oppose “cutting the bills of social failure”; the unequivocal pledge on education; a commitment to be tough on crime and its causes; and early intervention to ensure every child mattered? Yet, many of us look […]

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CSJ: Dying to Belong


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We are losing a generation of young people to gang violence. An incoming Tory government will have to start from scratch if it is going to make a difference. As Gavin Knight notes in “How to really hug a hoodie”, gang culture is increasingly plaguing deprived inner-city communities, and for too long we have seen policies implemented to tackle a problem neither measured nor understood. If the Conservatives win the next election, they will have an opportunity to transform our approach […]

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Campaigning with myconservatives.com


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Thanks to myconservatives.com, it is now simple to set up a campaign and collect donations online. Mine is just going through, but in the meantime, please support Philippa Stroud, Executive Director of The Centre for Social Justice, in her campaign and, of course, DC in his:

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Child stabbings almost double in five years – Telegraph


Via Child stabbings almost double in five years – Telegraph: Youngsters aged under 18 needing hospital treatment for wounds from a knife or sharp object have leapt up by 83 per cent since 2003, NHS figures show. There has also been a sharp rise in the number of children needing hospital treatment for any form of assault, signalling a growing trend in violence against youngsters. But via The Centre for Social Justice: We are thrashing around looking for a strategy […]

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IDS: “Broken Britain can be fixed by its army of social entrepreneurs”


Broken Britain cannot be rebuilt by the state, but can be fixed by an army of social entrepreneurs, grass-root charities and focus on voluntary organisation As this deep-rooted recession hits Britain’s families, businesses and you, our charities, I am more certain than ever that it is the voluntary sector, not government alone, which can rebuild not just our broken economy, but also our broken communities. via The Centre for Social Justice – Feature.

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