UnitedFuture has been advocating for children and families to be at the heart of policy making for all of its 14 years as a Government support partner. Our achievements in that time include the establishment of the Families Commission, now Superu, whose purpose is to “increase the use of evidence by people across the social sector, so…
Brussels Attacked, UNAOIL Corruption, Panama Papers, Brexit Referendum, Refugees Returned to Turkey, Da’esh selling Middle Eastern antiquities online, all these and more are negative news in a world slowly going mad. But what about the positive stuff? Here are some: The recent Intelligence Review has produced good recommendations including merging the three main Intelligence agencies, GCSB, SIS and the Prime Minister’s…
Although I am not a catholic, I have always been attracted to the catholic social principle of subsidiarity when it comes to how we organise and govern ourselves as a society. Subsidiarity is the principle of devolving decisions to the lowest practical level and the intention is to have better services, better democracy and better…
“The government’s new-found (and I think genuine) interest in the plight of vulnerable children and dysfunctional families is welcome. Putting children and families at the centre of policy making has been key UnitedFuture policy for years. It was one of the main reasons why we established the Families Commission (now known as Superu) in 2004…