DEMOS

• After the Gold Rush A sustainable Olympics for London After the Gold Rush
  Hosting 'the greatest show on earth' is seen by some as a once in a lifetime opportunity to provide new infrastructure and deliver benefits to local residents and communities and this is why London is bidding. Anthony Vigor Charlie Tims October 2004 | from Demos Projects on the 2012 London Olympics
• Survival Skills Using life skills to tackle social exclusion Most homeless people lack the everyday life skills such as dealing with bureaucracy, networking and negotiating that we all take for granted. This report argues that we need a new approach to developing life skills as a way to tackle social exclusion. Attempts to help people develop life skills should start from the actual experiences of their lives, rather than attempting to teach life skills in a formal setting. Gillian Thomas Hannah Lownsbrough October 2004
• The Dead Generalist Reforming the civil service and public services Reforming the civil service is a precondition for any government attempting to implement its policies. Ed Straw sets out principles for creating a civil service capable of delivering modern public services. Ed Straw September 2004
• Schools Out Can teachers, social workers and health staff learn to live together? This report argues that to succeed extended schools must not only forge new structures but also new cultures. They must root their work in the needs of their pupils and their community, and learn to exist within open systems of children's services. John Craig Perri 6 September 2004
• See-through Science Why public engagement needs to move upstream This pamphlet explores the ways in which we can expose to public scrutiny the assumptions, values and visions that drive science James Wilsdon Rebecca Willis September 2004
• The Self-Esteem Society Public policy must address the importance of nurturing high self-esteem in solving many social problems. Helen McCarthy Perri 6 July 2004
• Eternal Youths Our ideas of 'old age' will be redefined as the baby boomers reach retirement. James Harkin Julia Huber July 2004
• The Right to Art Transforming the 'Right to Art' enshrined in the UN Declaration of Human Rights from an aspiration to a reality will have many benefits, both tangible and intangible, for the UK. John Holden Perri 6 June 2004
• Home Alone The same factors which give us unprecedented freedom when we are young can put us at risk of isolation when we are older. Gillian Thomas Helen McCarthy June 2004
• The Risk Management of Everything Professionals, companies and governments are attempting to protect their reputations by avoiding risks they would traditionally absorb on behalf of the public. Michael Power June 2004

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