operation talents sept 10th presentation
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Enterprising Places Network
“Operation Talents”
10th Sept 2009
Empowerment“The effect of passing authority
from superior to subordinate”
“Enabling people to
take responsibilit
y for
themselves and helping
them to make decisions
about their o
wn lives”
Not an add on or a “nice to”, but essential for a dynamic approach to the challenges of a modern public sector body
Innovation
Characterised by the creation of new ideas or
things; Forward looking;
ahead of current thinking
Generation of new or
improved products,
processes, and services
Fast moving, unpredictable times require innovation, at all levels
The Need for an empowered workforce
Key Elements
Acknowledgement
Innovation Empowerment
PolicingEntrepreneurism
Op Talents Stages•Identify funding source
•decide allocation per person/team (£500 works)
•Identify & Brief staff to be involved
•Arrange early presentation of project proposals (month 1)
•Power-up event (month 2/3)
•Completion event and presentation (month 6)
•Award reward funding
1
Operation Talents
•Police Investment £5.5k
•Projects 11
•Return on investment £50k +
Operation Talents
2•Police Investment £4k
•Projects 8
•Return on investment £45k +
“The difference is amazing. I HaveA huge amount of sympathy and empathy for the kids now. I know them all by name and they know meas ‘The Boxing Lady’.I don’t get anything like the troublethat I used too”
Val Newman – Store Manager(With her award for ‘Pride of Plymouth’
- Community Hero)
Operation Talents
3•Police Investment £15k
•Projects 6
•Return on investment Staff Survey & Performance
Operation Talents
4•Police Investment £0
•Home Office Investment £55K
•Projects 36
•Return on investment?
Firm Foundations
Families Count Too
Strike It Out
Break the Silence Campaign
Activities for Freedom
BME Football
Kurdish Activity
African House Community
Operation Talents
5•Torbay Police & Coop
Operation Talents
6•Youth Intervention Managers across Force
Operation Talents
7•S27 Fund
News
Where Next?
•Keep finding funding sources
•Bid to Home Office “Participative Budgeting”
•Inspectors community fund - Talents 2009
•From operations to franchise
•City College Social Entrepreneurial Course
www.partnership-talents.co.uk
“From little acorns mighty oaks do grow”