Reducing Reoffending Change Fund Evaluation of Year 1 - Public Social Partnership Development

Footnotes

1. Reducing Reoffending Change Fund Year 1 Guidance

2. 'Public Social Partnership in Scotland Lessons Learnt (Forth Sector Development, 2007)

3. HMP Barlinnie, Theatre Nemo, Falkirk CVS, Falkirk Council, and Aberdeen Council.

4. A consortium of Ready for Business Procurement LLP (Social Firms Scotland, Community Enterprise in Strathclyde, and Senscot), KPMG, Social Value Lab, and MacRoberts LLP

5. Ready for Business presentation to the Reducing Reoffending Change Fund bidders in November 2012.

6. The Scottish Government Community Justice, Third Sector Division and Analytical Services Divisions, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, Scottish Prison Service (SPS), Community Justice Authorities, Association of Directors of Social Work (ADSW), the Criminal Justice Voluntary Sector Forum, The Robertson Trust, Inspiring Scotland and the Centre for Justice Innovation.

7. 'Redesigning the Community Justice System. A Consultation on Proposals' (Scottish Government, 2012).

8. The Group consisted of Scottish Government Community Justice Division, Third Sector Unit and Justice Analytical Services, The Robertson Trust, SPS, and ADSW.

9. Small is defined for the purposes of this report as 5 or less paid staff or income of £100,000 or less. Medium lead partners are organisations which have more paid staff or higher income than this, but only operate within a limited number of local authority areas (usually one area). Large lead partners are organisations that operate nationally.

10. Partners identified in the Memorandum of Understandings (MoU). Includes one PSP that submitted six MoUs, and for the purposes of this analysis the six MoUs are counted as one overarching MoU and individuals named in more than one MoU are counted only once. The 150 total contains both individuals and organisations depending on the information contained in the MoUs.

11. All the MoUs contained an acceptance clause which read 'we the undersigned, as authorised signatories of the Parties to the PSP, have read and accepted the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding between the identified Provider(s) and the Public Sector Partners and accept these'.

12. See for example, 'Co-Production in Health and Social Care' (Joint Improvement Team Scotland,2012) or 'Evaluation of Local Housing Strategies Co-Production Pilots with Disabled People' (Scottish Government, 2011)

13. 'Public Social Partnerships A Guide for Public Sector Procurement Agencies' (Ready for Business, 2012)

14. Formal written commitment to underwrite services provided in the MoU or accompanying letters of support. Signing the MoU or providing a letter of support without a written commitments to underwrite services is not recorded for these purposes.

15. 'Prisoner Survey 2011' (Scottish Prison Service, 2011)