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What we’re doing

The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has reported on two major pieces of work we have done. These can be found on their website. Understanding the relationship between NHS and Chairs and Chief Executives
and the National Improvement and Innovation Survey.
Community Care magazine has reported on OPM's work on personal budgets for Essex County Council. Read the article in Community Care (online) or download the report from our website.
Professor Lord Kamlesh Patel OBE hosted an event at the House of Lords for OPM’s research for a UK Drugs Policy Commission (UKDPC) report on the impact of drugs on minority groups. Read the press release.
How can local authorities shape and grow the Big Society in their areas? At the Local Government Association conference in July, OPM co-hosted a Big Society-themed 'world café' event where senior leaders from local authorities discussed how to make the Big Society initiative a reality in their own local areas.

Personalisation - beyond social care masterclass: Thursday 16 September. We invite you to take part in a national masterclass event on how the personalisation of services outside of social care can benefit people with social care support needs. We feel that public services will only secure the necessary savings and improvements in light of slashed budgets and reduced management capacity by personalising all services, not just social care.
Read the latest briefing in our Public Service Futures series - the Government of the Future [PDF 393KB}. The five articles in this briefing by leading visionary thinkers and decision-makers look at the future of government, and the challenges that our leaders could face – regardless of their political hue.
points4Life is a loyalty programme that Manchester City Council and NHS Manchester have set up to encourage people to eat healthily and exercise. OPM is part of a team involved in evaluating the success of points4life. You can read the reports here [opens an external website].
Our report, 'Creative influence: Research led by young people' [PDF 1MB], presents findings from our work on the importance of research led by young people and its influence on policy and practice.
Read our report for the Equality and Human Rights Commission on the experiences of disabled people in relation to violence [PDF, 560KB].
Watch the disability hate crime animated video of real-life accounts of disabled people, part of OPM's research in this area.

Articles

In A conversation with Sue Goss, OPM principal [PDF 32KB}. Sue shares a bit about herself and what she's working on.
Researching worklessness in Lewisham [PDF 98KB}. The London Borough of Lewisham has prioritised worklessness for several years. Through their Total Place pilot and additional ethnographic research, the borough recently examined the support their unemployed residents receive from local and national welfare-to-work services.
Building cohesive and resilient communities: Integrating the Prevent and cohesion agendas [PDF 36KB}. In the wake of a new cabinet and criticism of the government’s Prevent programme, the authors argue that rather than dismantle the programme, it needs revision so that it can operate alongside other policies and programmes to promote cohesion.
Improving services for people with autism [PDF 66KB}. Until recently autism has remained overlooked in the national policy agenda. This is because it has tended to fall between mental health and learning disability services. This article describes research we did for Essex County Council to help them decide what kind of services they should commission for adults with autism.

OPM speaking engagements

Ewan King, Director at OPM, spoke at about building cohesive and resilient communities at the conference Community Cohesion 2010 in London on the 15 July. View his conference presentation [PDF 156KB}.
Joe Bonnell, Associate Fellow at OPM, spoke about 'preventing violent extremism in schools' at the Public Policy Exchange conference, 'Promoting cohesion and safeguarding against extremism in schools, colleges and universities' on 21 May. View his conference presentation [PDF 316KB}.
Ewan King, Director at OPM, is speaking at the conference "Exchanges on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue", a conference organised by the Council of Europe and held in Ohrid, in the Republic of Macedonia, on 13 and 14 of September
Kai Rudat, OPM Director and Phil Copestake, Head of Analytical Studies at OPM, will also be presenting to Lambeth Council’s Citizens Commission in September, which is in the process of developing options for a ‘Co-operative Council’.
Antonia Bunnin, Fellow at OPM, will be speaking at the conference, Caring for Older People: new approaches to provision, funding and support, organised by Westminster Briefing on 8 September.
Dr Chih Hoong Sin, Principal at OPM, is speaking about Hate Crime at the Citizens Advice Annual Conference on 14-16 September in York
Ayesha Janjua, Fellow at OPM, is speaking about personalisation and personal budgets at the conference Creating a Health and Social Care Service Fit for an Ageing Population organised by Inside Government on Thursday 28 October 2010 in Central London
Kai Rudat will be chairing the conference Safer and Stronger Communities by Inside Government on 7 December.

Our services

Employee and user ownership in public services

As part of our current public interest research programme, OPM has published a practical guide to commissioning, policy and practice for public services considering moving services to employee ownership.
OPM will also be providing mentoring support to the government’s public sector employee-owned pathfinders, as announced by Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude.

Read a briefing paper examining the relevence employee and user ownership has for the future of public services.

download a brochure about our 'lower carbon future' workshop

Find out about the half-day workshop in September, 'Employee and user ownership in public services', where senior managers in public services can develop their knowledge of potential opportunities, explore possible obstacles and make a judgement about whether employee and user ownership might be worth pursuing in their locality.

Commissioning for a lower carbon future

Find out about the one-day workshop, 'Commissioning for a lower carbon future', designed to help local authorities and partnerships bring about the changes needed to safeguard the future.

ILM Certificate in leadership mentoring and executive coaching

Find out about the ILM Level 7 accredited programme in Leadership Mentoring and Executive Coaching.

Aspiring Women Leaders

Find out about our development programme for women managers in local government and other public service agencies. Aspiring Women Leaders 2010.

Future Leadership programme

Find out about the OPM/Ashridge programme for leaders of local services. Future Leadership addresses the role of leadership in changing organisational cultures.