Society daily: 17.09.10

Follow Society Guardian on Twitter Follow Patrick Butler on Twitter Sign up to Society Daily email briefing Today's top Society Guardian stories Coalition reviews "Right to buy" housing policy to appease Lib Dems Disabled or abused children get "mediocre" NHS service, says report Scale of council cuts may mean axing of elected mayor plans Datablog: Carbon emmissions in every UK authority Melanie McFadyean: detention of immigrant children is state cruelty All today's Society Guardian stories Other news • The government's payment-by-results welfare to work programme may have to be scaled back because private providers say they can't raise the capital finance, reports the Financial Times • The FT also reports that councils and housing associations are declining to enter into agreements with companies that have taken on contracts from collapsed maintenace firm Connaught , over fears that they will be in breach of EU procurement law. • Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes is to oppose Coalition plans to remove security of tenure for council tenants , reports Inside Housing Guardian and Observer Christmas Appeal 2010: help us decide which youth charities to support This year our Christmas appeal will support charities working with vulnerable teenagers and young adults . That bit we've decided on. What we don't know yet is which ones to support. And that's where you come in. There are around 8,000 UK charities out there who operate in this area. We are looking for 10 projects which do innovative, effective work with young people at risk aged 13-24. So if you work for a charity, and you fit the bill, please apply ( you can find the link to the pdf download on this page ). If you know of a charity which you think we ought to support, then encourage them to apply or nominate them on this blog , and we'll contact them on your behalf. Applications close on 8 October, the appeal will kick off in December. On my radar... • A new blog, The Social Issue , by regular Society Guardian contributor Saba Salman - "a platform for stories, projects and ideas that inform and spark discussion." A guest post already from Shaks Ghosh . And I love the quote from Groucho Marx: "It isn't so much that hard times are coming; the change observed is mostly soft times going." • Reflections on the strangeness of losing your job , from blogger Redundant Public Servant • Blogger Fighting Monsters, who nearly fell off her tube seat while reading about former children's minister Ed Balls • Trade union opposition to social enterprise - as illustrated by this story , and this letter . An ongoing problem for the Labour movement, I reckon ( thanks @TheSocBiz ) • Blogger Bendy Girl, on the government's agenda to restrict eligibility for the disability living allowance (thanks @wheresbenefit ) • Important scientific research on the the physiological, mental and social health benefits of playing football into middle age and beyond. • Guerrilla Mum, who reflects on the implications for this week's Ofsted report on Special Educational Needs provision: "They [statements] do cost money to set up, they do cost money to fund, and yes, we also know that they can be expensive to maintain. However, we also know that life only changed for our children in school when statements were obtained and implemented. Prior to obtaining their statements, their lives were beset by failure, social exclusion, and, dare I say it, an overbearing feeling of sadness." Events Driving efficiencies in public sector ICT , 30 September, London: a one-day conference for senior IT professionals to re-examine the way they work, cut costs and deliver vital efficiency savings. Public sector online , 4 October, London: a one-day conference examining how public sector professionals can engage with their audience to deliver services more effectively and strategically online. Society Guardian blogs 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 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 Society Guardian editor: Alison Benjamin Email the SocietyGuardian editor: [email protected]