Remaking the State commission

Acevo has launched a new commission on the role that civil society should play in future public service delivery, and warned of a care deficit in public services.

The Remaking the State commission is co-chaired by Rob Owen, chief executive of the offender rehabilitation charity St Giles Trust, and Will Hutton, chair of the Big Innovation Centre. It will look at how the voluntary sector can make a difference in the provision of a wide range of public services across the country.

The commission is co-sponsored by Social Investment Business, and will offer practical tools to help charities and social enterprises work better in future partnerships with the public sector and aim to outline a direction of travel for the sector for the next ten years.

The Remaking the State commission follows Acevo’s 2003 report Replacing the State, which encouraged subsequent governments to work with charities to deliver public services.

The Remaking the State commissioners are:

• Dan Corry – Chief Executive, New Philanthropy Capital
• Jonathan Davies – Chief Executive, Wikimedia Foundation
• Lord Glasman – Labour peer
• Will Hutton – Principal of Hertford College Oxford, Observer columnist and chair of the Big Innovation Centre
• Steve James – Chief Executive, Avenues Group
• Michael O’Toole – Chief Executive, Mentor
• Rob Owen, Chief Executive, St Giles Trust
• Ben Rick – Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Social and Sustainable Capital
• Baroness Stedman-Scott – Conservative peer and Chief Executive, Tomorrow’s People
• Fiona Weir – Chief Executive, Gingerbread
• Chris Wright – Chief Executive, Catch 22.