Martyn Evans of Carnegie UK Trust at WCVA's Annual Conference, November 2013.

2. Andrew Carnegie
‘Richest man in the world!’

3. 100 years
Focus on “Wellbeing”.

4. Assets model
not deficit model

5. 600+ libraries in
the UK and Ireland

6. Foundations and society

7. Our policy cycle

8. Attitude of the Trust

9. Bold experimentation
Aberfoyle in Scotland

10. Partnership
Better journalism

11. Not seeking impact
Playing fields

12. Three propositions
on the Enabling State

13. We found small governments
taking a range of different
approaches…
Retrenching:
reducing
services
Restructuring:
organising
services in a
different way
Reforming:
where the focus
is on improving
delivery
Rethinking:
where a
fundamental
change in
approach is
adopted
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14. Inverting the pyramid...
State
Families and
individuals
Community
and
voluntary
sector
Community
and
voluntary
sector
Families and
individuals
State
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15. Making the case !
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16. VIOLENCE REDUCTION UNIT and HAWKHILL
COMMUNITY CENTRE
Jurisdiction: Scotland
Health improvement and crime reduction
‘. . . There is a huge [amount] of trust that needs to be
built . . . there are big challenges
around previous criminal histories and big challenges
around health experiences.
Case Study Interviewee
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17. CASE STUDY: GENIO
Jurisdiction: Republic of Ireland
Test, and scale, cost-effective ways of supporting people who are disadvantaged to live full lives in their
communities.

18. CASE STUDY: BRON AFON YOUTH FORUM
Jurisdiction: Wales
Supporting young people to play an active role in their community
It’s like a snowball of
positivity that the more we do, the more
people ask about it. The more credit people
get for it, the more people want to be part
of it. The more successful it is, the more
people want to be part of the success.’
Case Study Interviewee

19. Trends towards
the enabling state
• Services built around
empowered citizens
and communities
• A holistic approach to
public services.
• Co-produced public
services
• A level playing field
• Success where the state
has failed
• Shared responsibilities
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