national work
People of Influence
CoSA Report No.9
In “Side by Side” (CoSA report No.2) we set a challenge to imagine a society in which we might all have someone to turn to throughout our childhood and thereafter in times of crisis or transition. The report included 44 recommendations about how projects at the voluntary end of the spectrum might be helped to grow and be replicated. We also recognised the close connection with government’s ongoing work on the reform of public services. In a companion paper CoSA No.3 "Side by Side and the Implications for Public Services" we made the case for “humanisation” focusing on the quality of the one-to-one relationship at the point where public resources are used by those who need them. This paper updates progress and should be read in conjunction with the first two.