Society daily 20.10.2010

Follow Society Guardian on Twitter Follow Patrick Butler on Twitter Sign up to Society Daily email briefing Vote for Guardian Public Servant of the Year Full coverage: the comprehensive spending review Follow Andy Sparrow's Guardian live blog of the 2010 spending review announcement and its aftermath here Spending review 'has Lib Dem footprints all over it' Spending review: a challenge to caring for elderly and vulnerable Q&A: the 2010 spending review Datablog: the 10 things you need to know Six departments to watch Q&A: What to do if redundancy looms Edinburgh budget cuts: Your reaction open thread Cardiff budget cuts: Your reaction open thread All spending review 2010 stories Spending review 2010: Guardian commentary Patrick Butler: cuts - what could possibly go wrong? David Brindle: Cuts needn't mean wholesale butchery Jonathan Freedland: Osborne can escape public wrath Public services experts: what the spending review means for us Jane Dudman: cuts and the public sector's 'back office' Joseph Stiglitz: Osborne is wrong to choose austerity Larry Elliott: Osborne cuts - and crosses his fingers Today's top SocietyGuardian stories Probiotic health claims ruled unproven Chance of developing allergies linked to month of conception Manchester United football scheme helps men back on their feet Wrong organs taken from 25 donors, review reveals Cost worries prompt Britons to opt out of medical treatments Community cohesion slips off Ofsted's agenda All today's SocietyGuardian stories Other news • The life expectancy gap between England and Scotland is increasing year by year , figures from the Office for National Statistics show, the Daily Mail reports. Guardian and Observer Christmas Charity Appeal 2010 Nominations are now closed for our Christmas appeal 2010, which will support charities working with vulnerable teenagers and young adults. Many thanks to everyone who applied. Our Christmas charity 2010 partners New Philanthropy Capital are now sifting through the 300 applications we received. A shortlist of projects will be submitted to a selection panel comprising Guardian/Observer and NPC staff at the end of October. Ten projects will be chosen. We will contact successful and unsuccessful applicants once the panel has reached it decision in early November. The appeal will launch towards the end of November and run until mid-January. Events Information Security and Identity Management in the Public Sector , Keeping pace with new threats. 3 November 2010, London. Hear from Christopher Graham, information commissioner and Belinda Lewis, Ministry of Justice. Capital Ambition , Delivering services for London in an age of austerity. 15 November 2010, London. Join leading practitioners across London to rethink, redesign and reassess the way services are delivered. Guardian Social Enterprise 2010 , 16 November, London. An interactive conference for anyone delivering public services or supporting social enterprises. Speakers include: minister for civil society Nick Hurd; Peter Holbrook, chief executive of the Social Enterprise Coalition; Allison Ogden-Newton, chief executive, Social Enterprise London; Lord Adebowale, chief executive, Turning Point; Rod Schwartz, chief executive, Clearly So; Dai Powell, chief executive, HCT; Alastair Wilson, chief executive, School for Social Entrepreneurs. Transforming Blue Light Services , Innovating ICT for the emergency services. 24 November 2010, London. Discover how the innovative use of technology will improve performance and response in difficult financial times. Society Guardian blogs Patrick Butler's cuts blog Joe Public Sarah Boseley's global health blog Guardian awards Guardian Public Services Awards 2010 Guardian Charity Awards 2010 Society Daily blog Society Daily blog editor: Patrick Butler Email the editor: [email protected] Society Guardian links SocietyGuardian.co.uk Guardian Cutswatch - tell us about the cuts in your area Public - the Guardian's website for senior public sector executives The Guardian's public and voluntary sector careers page Hundreds of public and voluntary sector jobs SocietyGuardian editor: Alison Benjamin Email the SocietyGuardian editor: [email protected]