Design for life: laying the foundations for 'Think Local, Act Personal'

NAAPS says:

The care and support sector is committed to delivering on the Government's strategy Think Local, Act Personal. In order to achieve these commendable objectives quickly and effectively, there is a need for a reconfiguration of the sector's architecture, including the role of national government and infrastructure organisations. The current government has removed and merged a number of quangos. This report, co-authored by leaders from across the sector, sets out the functions which its authors believe will remain needed at a national level, even as we move into an age of localism.

Alex Fox, Chief Executive of NAAPS, says:

"Sector leaders have come together to give the government a clear message about what architecture of support the sector will need to rise to the challenges of Think Local, Act Personal."

Martin Green, Chief Executive of ECCA, adds:

"The infrastructure and support available to the sector will be a critical factor in the successful transformation of social care. The sector is ready, willing and enthusiastic about moving forward and if we get the support networks right the pace of change can be accelerated."

The report was also co-authored by Anne Roberts and Carole Cochrane, Chief Executives of two leading national carers' charities, Professor Peter Beresford of Brunel University and Chair of user voice organisation, Shaping our Lives, and Jo Cleary, Director of Adult Services for Lambeth, giving her personal views as Chair of the ADASS Workforce Development Network.

The report endorses the Think Local, Act Personal partnership and invites the government to engage in a dialogue about its continuing and developing role.