Publications, correspondence and consultation responses:
Hardest to Reach? – The politics of multiple needs and exclusions looks at the political challenges for left and right of tackling multiple needs and exclusions and makes the case for a multiple needs and exclusions Green Paper early in this Parliament. Produced by the Fabian Society in association with Making Every Adult Matter and with funding from the Gulbenkian Foundation, the book includes cross-party contributions from Hilary Armstong MP, Iain Duncan Smith MP (Centre for Social Justice), Alasdair Murray (CentreForum), David Halpern and Akash Paun (Institute for Government) and exciting new public attitudes work from Peter Kellner (YouGov). You can also read the joint letter that accompanied the book’s launch.
MEAM launched its four-point manifesto for the next Parliament at party conferences in 2009.
- Read the MEAM Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) sheet
- MEAM has made a submission to the Spending Review 2010 asking the government to include a clear statement on the importance of cooperation between local services in achieving coordinated, cost effective delivery for people facing multiple needs and exclusions
- MEAM has responded to the Law Commission’s consultation on Adult Social Care law
- MEAM’s response to the New Horizons consultation
- MEAM has responded to the St Mungos Call 4 Evidence on Mental Health and Homelessness
- MEAM has commissioned a report about service users’ perspectives of multiple needs and exclusions from Revolving Doors Agency and its National Service User Forum
- MEAM has written to Sir Gus O’Donnell, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service, about multiple needs and exclusions in the next spending review
- In From the Margins: Making Every Adult Matter was published at the coalition’s first conference in November 2008
