Towards a Sustainable Society

Socially responsible, resource sensitive and flourishing

We have had a successful day with inspiring presentations and lively discussions. About 50 delegates attended from a wide range of Third Sector groups and some statutory sector officers. Sadly, Peter Davies could not attend due to a bereavement. The presentations are available below - scroll down to the programme. You can see photographs here and short films of the presentations will be available soon. A write-up of the workshops and a report of actions resulting from the discussion will follow shortly.

Thursday 11 November 2010, 10 am – 4 pm

Nant-y-Ffin Hotel, Llandissilio, Pembrokeshire

The 21st century will be one of dramatic change which will require the resilience and empowerment of individuals and communities, and collaborative arrangements with public bodies as service providers, commissioners and policy makers. The purpose of this conference is to bring together individuals from the community, voluntary, public and private sectors to discuss these changes focussing on how to make a transition to a sustainable society locally in West Wales.

The conference offers a unique opportunity to hear national and international experts and to discuss issues and share ideas in workshops on ‘local action’ and ‘empowerment and partnerships’.

The conference is organised jointly by PAVS (The Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services), TENP (The Environmental Network for Pembrokeshire) and PLANED (Pembrokeshire Local Action Network for Enterprise & Development).

Speakers:

David Boyle – nef (New Economics Foundation)

David Boyle is a fellow of the new economics foundation, the pioneering think-tank in London, and has co-authored the three recent papers on the co-production of services. He has been at the heart of the effort to introduce time banks to Britain as a critical element of public service reform - since when the movement has grown to more than 100 projects in the UK.  He is also the founder of the London Time Bank network and co-founder of Time Banks UK. He writes about the future of volunteering, cities and business.

“Co-production means delivering public services in an equal and reciprocal relationship between professionals, people using services, their families and their neighbours. Where activities are co-produced in this way, both services and neighbourhoods become far more effective agents of change.”

Lis Burnett – NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts)

Lis Burnett is NESTA's person in Wales and is very familiar with NESTA's work on mass localism. In addition she heads up Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Glamorgan.

Marc Mordey - National Development Team for Inclusion

Marc Mordey is a Development Consultant for the Older People & Ageing Programme at NDTi, with a varied background in public service management, delivery and development consultancy including the design and application of audit and evaluation programmes. He has a particular interest and expertise in whole system working, housing issues (he is NDTi’s lead on housing for an ageing population), and diversity and equality issues. Prior to joining NDTi Marc was a self employed consultant, including working as an Associate Consultant for NDTi. From 2008-10 he worked as co-ordinator for The Environmental Network for Pembrokeshire.

Peter Davies - UK Sustainable Development Commission

Peter Davies (Chair Wales) began his career in the education sector, initially as a teacher before being appointed Southern Area Director of the CBI Education Foundation. He was subsequently appointed by the DTI to set up the National Teacher Placement Service. It was here that he received an OBE in recognition of his work.
In 1995 Peter joined Business in the Community UK as a Managing Director and latterly has been its Deputy Chief Executive. He led the organisation's campaigning role in improving the social and environmental impacts of business and established an international reputation for his work on corporate social responsibility.

Peter returned home to Wales in 2005 and established the Project Development Partnership, a consultancy that provides project consultancy to business, government and the voluntary sector. Peter also coordinates the work of The Prince's Charities in Wales and is chair of the West Wales branch of The Institute of Welsh Affairs.

Collectively our speakers provide a vast range of experience in:

This conference will be of interest to you if you are a user, commissioner or provider of public services, have an interest in a specific policy area or public service, or have a general concern about current social, environmental and economic trends.

Programme

9.30 Coffee and registration

10.00 Welcome and opening

10.10 Peter Davies: Sustainable development

10.30 Lis Burnett: Mass localism presentation

10.50 Coffee break

11.00 Two minutes of silence

11.20 David Boyle: Co-production of services presentation

11.40 Marc Mordey: Service user involvement presentation

12.00 Workshop 1: Local Action (facilitated by Lis Burnett and Peter Davies); Workshop 2: Empowerment and Partnerships (facilitated by David Boyle and Marc Mordey)

1.00 Lunch

2.00 Repeat of workshops (same details as morning)

3.00 Plenary session: feedback from the workshops, questions and answers