http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/outsourcing-library/transfers-and-externalisation/ Studies examining the case against and evidence of the impact of transferring services and functions to arms length companies, trusts and quangos. en Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit 2005-04-26T12:13:09Z European Services Strategy Unit, Duagh, Camp, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. Dexter Whitfield arms length companies, leisure trusts, externalisation, quangos, 4th option, Excelcare, social care, job losses, staffing cuts, TUPE, economic impact, care strategies, PPP, PFI, affordability, refinancing, democratic accountability, risk, public sector, reconfiguring services, public services, best value, privatisation, value for money, public investment, procurement, facilities management, in-house services, two-tier workforce, public assets, corporate welfare, public goods, transaction costs, public private partnerships, private finance, private finance initiative, daily 1 2001-04-13T12:00Z http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/outsourcing-library/transfers-and-externalisation/leisure-trusts-briefing/ A summary of the case against the formation of Leisure Trusts. It examines the performance of leisure trusts, access to capital and savings, social enterprise and community ownership, service integration, the effect on jobs, service improvement, community participation, democratic accountability and increased risks. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2008-07-14T14:51:48Z leisure trust, leisure services, job losses, trust failures, Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/outsourcing-library/transfers-and-externalisation/leisure-and-library-trusts/ The past decade has seen an increasing presence of independent trusts established to take over public services from local authorities. This report is a detailed analysis of all aspects of leisure and library trusts and includes economic statistical analysis of the trust option, and a set of guidelines for trade unions in dealing with the trust debate. Commissioned by UNISON (1998). Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2008-03-29T13:11:16Z leisure trust, leisure management, leisure services, cuts, terms and conditions, savings, TUPE, contractor failure, financial analysis, library services, Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/outsourcing-library/transfers-and-externalisation/from-sports-and-leisure-provision-to-neighbour/ Newcastle City UNISON commissioned this report from the Centre for Public Services which successfully made the case not to establish a Leisure Trust and to develop leisure services as an integral part of neighbourhood management (2003). Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2008-03-29T13:07:57Z leisure trust, east herts, leisure management, leisure services, cuts, terms and conditions, savings, TUPE, contractor failure, financial analysis, sports development, options appraisal, Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/outsourcing-library/transfers-and-externalisation/leisure-trust-failure-alternative-option-for-e/ East Hertfordshire’s Leisure Services contract with Enfield Leisure Centres Ltd (Aspire Trust) has a major financial crisis. It is £500,000 in the red in the first year of a five-year contract. Resignations of senior staff and the possible liquidation of the Enfield Trust add to the scale of the crisis – a crisis in the making during the evaluation of the market testing bids in 2005. An in-house bid ‘disappeared’ at the evaluation stage and despite the Enfield Trust bid being based on an 8% increase in leisure income and a 10% cut in staffing costs, they were awarded the contract. But the contract was not signed until five months after staff were transferred and large sections on monitoring and staffing issues were removed. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2008-03-29T13:02:44Z leisure trust, east herts, leisure management, leisure services, cuts, terms and conditions, savings, TUPE, contractor failure, financial analysis, Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/outsourcing-library/transfers-and-externalisation/city-design-the-new-agenda/ City Design, Newcastle City Council's architectural department, was facing decline and possible closure in 2003/04. This report, commissioned by Newcastle City UNISON from the Centre for Public Services, examines the future demands for high quality design of public buildings, public spaces and the public realm. It examines the options for the service and includes a risk matrix of the options. The service was retained in-house. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2008-03-29T12:58:12Z privatisation, outsourcing, architectural design, in-house provision, public buildings, options appraisal, public realm, urban design, sustainable development, Building Schools for the Future, BSF, design, construction, design codes, social and health facilities, Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/outsourcing-library/transfers-and-externalisation/the-future-of-tameside-care-group/ After years of pay cuts and diminishing working conditions 200 mainly female, low paid, part-time workers were sacked in early 1998 for taking a stand against their treatment. Commissioned by Unison North West Region, this report examines the mismanagement which underlies the workers’ treatment through the establishment of the Tameside Community Care Trust. The report places the analysis of the issues surrounding the Tameside trust within a broader debate on the fundamentally problematic nature of the trust option.Commissioned by UNISON North West Region (1999). Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2008-03-29T12:50:32Z residential care, home care, Tameside, in-house service, quality of care, savings, value for money, local economy, service users, options appraisal, care packages, strategic vision, elderly, care market, resource centres, council provision, home closures Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/outsourcing-library/transfers-and-externalisation/care-services-for-the-elderly-social-and-econo/ This report is the culmination of the centre’s research, commissioned by RAGE and Birmingham UNISON, into the issues surrounding the privatisation of care services for the elderly in Birmingham. The report contains a comprehensive analysis of the wide-ranging social and economic implications of the transfer of care services to the private sector, and demonstrates the inherently financial nature of council proposals. commissioned by Residents Action Group for the Elderly (RAGE) and Birmingham UNISON (July 2001). Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2008-03-29T12:47:13Z residential care, home care, Birmingham, in-house service, quality of care, savings, value for money, local economy, service users, options appraisal, care packages, strategic vision, elderly, care market, resource centres, council provision, home closures Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/outsourcing-library/transfers-and-externalisation/alternative-option-care-services-for-the-elder/ This report is written in the context of a critique of Birmingham Social Services Department’s Best Value review of care services for the elderly. It documents the findings and recommendations of the RAGE consultation of service users, families, local community organisations and staff directly working in the residential care service in October/November 2000 and presents a realistic, alternative solution. Commissioned by Birmingham UNISON and Residents Action Group for the Elderly (RAGE) November 2000. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2008-03-29T12:42:23Z residential care, home care, Birmingham, in-house service, quality of care, savings, value for money, local economy, service users, options appraisal, care packages, strategic vision, elderly, care market, resource centres, council provision, home closures Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit