Thursday 25 July 2013

Kazuri statement against G4S in social services




"Kazuri  will oppose and block every opportunity  sought by  G4s  to provide public services contracted out by the state, which affect vulnerable women and children. This includes access to legal services and the proposed privatization of probation services.  G4S are not fit to run public services until they receive a clean bill of health from the Serious Fraud Office, the National Accounting Office, the Public Accounts Committee  who are all currently investigating G4S. 

The social services market is ripe for exploitation and profiteering  but we will prevent this  through  determined and committed community action and legal challenges  upon every  last contract  G4S attempts to secure which affects vulnerable people.  Kazuri along with many others,  do not sanction child killers running children's homes, funded through the public purse. 

Perhaps the government might look to their own recently appointed Social Value Ambassador Chris White MP, for more equitable solutions on procurement which don't damage our community and traumatise the most vulnerable people in our society. We need a  global movement to shift into gear a system which does not reward murder and the state sanctioned corporate rape of the sector. We need to redefine our economy so that it adds social value, cooperation and resilient business models in which we can live cooperatively. 

This existing destruction vulture capitalism only  benefits G4S shareholders,  greedy Whitehall mandarins  who want directors' seats on the boards of global behemoths to satisfy raging egos and hungry and disappointing politicians like Lord Reed and Lord Condon who have desecrated  the public trust placed in them by accepting directorships on G4S board."

Kazuri
Sanctioned 23rd July 2013 at a general meeting of the board, London.

Implementing the Public Service (Social Value) Act 2012

 View Chris White MP's talk at the Justice Academy last month here




Chris White MP first introduced the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 as a private member's bill in June 2010, it came into effect in April 2013 and for the first time  all public bodies in England and Wales  are requited to consider  howthe services they commission might improve the economic, environmental and social well being of the area.

In this talk, Chris discusses how the Act is being implemented and how it seeks to change the way that public bodies design contracts. Chris also discusses  how the Act is aimed at benefiting social enterprises, charities and community organisations, as he believes these organisations can provide maximum public  benefit to the local community.

Thursday 4 July 2013

Resilience training Cardiff. Be the best YOU!

Resilience and trauma in the criminal justice system
Venue: Ocean Academy, Central  Cardiff, 24 July 13 00 – 17 00 hrs
In conjunction with Diverse Cymru, challenging discrimination in all its forms to create a more equitable future.
By invitation only, free to third sector organisations and public service employees,  providing services to people affected by the criminal justice system.“I know that I need to deal with it to heal,” says a woman we’ll call Ramona. “But sometimes I just have to take a step away from it too. I have experienced very painful flashbacks. The memories get so vivid; I literally, physically feel the pain again.”
Many people working in third sector organisations think of trauma as something that will affect others. Prisoners, survivors of domestic violence, asylum seekers and  recovering addicts all display signs of post traumatic stress disorder. The increase in direct exposure to violence or through the coverage of 24/7 events across the world by the media and the impact of hearing the experiences of  traumatised people are resulting in creating traumatised communities.  This is  already having significant social, economic and infrastructural impacts. The predicament of the  War Child  refugee and the direct correlation in the increase in violent gang crime is but one example.
This simple 4 hours training will introduce you to the concept of secondary trauma or compassion fatigue and provide you with a tool kit to overcome mixed emotions. We explore incorporating resilience into your core day. It is led by Flo Krause and Farah Damji.
Flo Krause a leading human rights barrister is on the frontline of changes in the criminal justice system. She represented prisoner John Hirst ,  Hirst v UK in which the actions of the UK government in denying the vote to serving prisoners were deemed to be illegal. Flo deals with parole boards and is in prisons almost on a daily basis and practices transactional analysis.

Farah Damji is a former offender whose life was shattered as a result of early life trauma and whose self destructiveness, mental illness, depression and substance dependency precluded living an authentic life. This came to a halt in 2005 when she was sent to prison. She set up a company in 2010, Kazuri which works with former offenders and other traumatised women to house them and provide safe pathways to employment and resilience training.

The topic of resilience, it seems, provides a solid platform for identification and for the education of the public on what constitutes good psychological health. As a result, individuals can put together their own strategies for building resilience, depending upon their individual strengths, styles and cultural differences. Resilience can even apply to organisations faced with significant pressures and challenges. After all, turning adversity into opportunity--a potential by product of resilience--is critical for organizations to thrive. Without question, building resilience is currently an important strategy as we deal with significant budget pressures and staffing shortages . But if we can draw on our strengths and build our resilience, we will most certainly "bounce back" from present difficulties.
 For more information please contact Kazuri on 020 7 377 5791. Places are limited and if you would like to attend please email info@kazuri.org.uk
Third sector and public sector: FREE, private  sector organisations £110


"Be like water."