Description
'This important book sets out vital steps for government, civil society and key stakeholders to create integrated care for our young people.' Sir Tony Blair A Manifesto for Hope sets out ten tried-and-tested practical principles for how to develop joined-up, cost-effective, community-empowering work, gleaned from the hard-won experience that has sat at the heart of Steve Chalke's mission over the past four decades. It's time to reimagine. Our social care systems are failing us, struggling for funding, and failing to speak to one another. At the same time, we are side-lining our greatest national asset: its people - mums, dads, families, and other community members. Steve demonstrates the stark choice facing us: keep pouring money into a faltering system, or reform and invest to improve people's lives. We need a new social covenant that empowers local charities, grassroots movements and faith groups - creating a more imaginative, more collaborative and less bureaucratic approach to community development - if we are going to transform the life chances of countless young people and families. Steve Chalke calls for a radical reset. It's time for A Manifesto for Hope! This is a book for anyone working with young people and the communities they belong to, and for those interested in social reform and transformation. Challenging and informing, A Manifesto for Hope comes from a heart dedicated to the service of that local community, written to support those that act every day to see something that has true life-changing impact in the places where it's most needed.
This book shares the ten simple, straight-forward principles that undergird Oasis' holistic approach to community work and that have the power to protect the lives of our young people for good.
About the Author
Steve Chalke (Author) The Revd Steve Chalke, MBE is the founder of the Oasis Charitable Trust. He is also a former United Nations' Special Adviser on Human Trafficking, a British Baptist minister, a regular contributor and commentator on television, radio and other media, and the author of several bestselling books.
Reviews
'This important book sets out vital steps for government, civil society and key stakeholders to create integrated care for our young people. As Steve rightly pinpoints, this strategy must be long-term, cross-party, properly funded and be drawn from the full capabilities of society. Nothing is more important for the future of our country than the present for our young people.' -- Sir Tony Blair, Executive Chairman, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007)
'This book will not disappoint anyone looking for new inspiration, ambition and hope that we can solve some of the most intractable social problems facing young people today.' -- Anne Longfield CBE, Chair of the Commission on Young Lives
'Steve has dedicated his life to changing young people's lives and transforming our world for the better, and he has distilled a lifetime of experience into this remarkable book. It's everything I love about Steve - bold, brave, compelling, inspirational and earthed in wisdom and experience. Steve is right: we need a revolution to build a society for all children and his manifesto for hope is a radical clarion call for change.' -- Mark Russell, Chief Executive, The Children's Society
'Never have I read a book that has so much love, wisdom and common sense in every chapter! This book resonated with me in a way no book ever has before. Steve's decades of real-life experience shine through in the compassion and wisdom on every page. His manifesto for hope is just what we need right now.' -- Julie Siddiqi MBE, mentor, consultant, social activist and former Executive Director of the Islamic Society of Britain.
"WOW! Everyone should read and then reread this book. It was born out of total frustration with our broken systems and a lifetime of experience, which I have watched, of swimming against the tide to create hope." -- Anthea Turner, television presenter
"Steve Chalke has made a lifestyle out of making good things happen in a challenging world. He has brought people together to understand what is right and just, make clear commitments to it and agree what we must do to deliver it. Our children need hope. This book helps us understand that need and how we can work together to shape policy and society to make that possible." -- Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol
"A brilliant and practical resource, this book will help you to reimagine: communities where every child is nurtured; where families thrive; and where local charities, grassroots movements and faith groups are empowered to work in a more collaborative, less bureaucratic and far more productive relationship with both local and national government." -- Professor Kevin Fenton CBE, statutory public health advisor to the Mayor of London and the Greater London Authority and Regional Director of Public Health for NHS London
Book Information
ISBN 9780281087792
Author Steve Chalke
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint SPCK Publishing
Publisher SPCK Publishing
This book shares the ten simple, straight-forward principles that undergird Oasis' holistic approach to community work and that have the power to protect the lives of our young people for good.
About the Author
Steve Chalke (Author) The Revd Steve Chalke, MBE is the founder of the Oasis Charitable Trust. He is also a former United Nations' Special Adviser on Human Trafficking, a British Baptist minister, a regular contributor and commentator on television, radio and other media, and the author of several bestselling books.
Reviews
'This important book sets out vital steps for government, civil society and key stakeholders to create integrated care for our young people. As Steve rightly pinpoints, this strategy must be long-term, cross-party, properly funded and be drawn from the full capabilities of society. Nothing is more important for the future of our country than the present for our young people.' -- Sir Tony Blair, Executive Chairman, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007)
'This book will not disappoint anyone looking for new inspiration, ambition and hope that we can solve some of the most intractable social problems facing young people today.' -- Anne Longfield CBE, Chair of the Commission on Young Lives
'Steve has dedicated his life to changing young people's lives and transforming our world for the better, and he has distilled a lifetime of experience into this remarkable book. It's everything I love about Steve - bold, brave, compelling, inspirational and earthed in wisdom and experience. Steve is right: we need a revolution to build a society for all children and his manifesto for hope is a radical clarion call for change.' -- Mark Russell, Chief Executive, The Children's Society
'Never have I read a book that has so much love, wisdom and common sense in every chapter! This book resonated with me in a way no book ever has before. Steve's decades of real-life experience shine through in the compassion and wisdom on every page. His manifesto for hope is just what we need right now.' -- Julie Siddiqi MBE, mentor, consultant, social activist and former Executive Director of the Islamic Society of Britain.
"WOW! Everyone should read and then reread this book. It was born out of total frustration with our broken systems and a lifetime of experience, which I have watched, of swimming against the tide to create hope." -- Anthea Turner, television presenter
"Steve Chalke has made a lifestyle out of making good things happen in a challenging world. He has brought people together to understand what is right and just, make clear commitments to it and agree what we must do to deliver it. Our children need hope. This book helps us understand that need and how we can work together to shape policy and society to make that possible." -- Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol
"A brilliant and practical resource, this book will help you to reimagine: communities where every child is nurtured; where families thrive; and where local charities, grassroots movements and faith groups are empowered to work in a more collaborative, less bureaucratic and far more productive relationship with both local and national government." -- Professor Kevin Fenton CBE, statutory public health advisor to the Mayor of London and the Greater London Authority and Regional Director of Public Health for NHS London
Book Information
ISBN 9780281087792
Author Steve Chalke
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint SPCK Publishing
Publisher SPCK Publishing
