Georgia Gould MP, the Minister for Public Service Reform, has visited Liverpool City Region to learn more about the innovative work taking place to improve public services across the region.
During the visit (Thursday 22 May), hosted by local social enterprises Capacity CIC and Kindred, the Minister met with Mayor of Liverpool City Region Steve Rotheram, Liverpool Council Leader Liam Robinson, Liverpool Riverside MP Kim Johnson, Birkenhead MP and Minister for Work and Pensions Alison McGovern, Plus Dane Housing CEO, Ian Read, and other organisations transforming public services and places in Liverpool City Region.
The visit included roundtable discussions highlighting the region’s role in pioneering new ways to put local communities at the heart of designing and delivering public services.
The Minister met local organisations at Jobs Plus in Toxteth and Open Door Charity in Birkenhead to discuss how they are putting new ideas into action to improve the lives of people across Liverpool City Region.
Georgia Gould MP, the Minister for Public Service Reform, said: “My recent visit to Liverpool City Region was a powerful reminder that when the ideas of local social entrepreneurs are combined with leaders from public services, who trust, support and invest, we can deliver the type of outcomes our communities need and show where our system needs to change.
Capacity, Kindred, the teams working in local government and all the social entrepreneurs I met are blending social investment, public service reform, and local regeneration to collectively build the future we all want to see.”
Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, said: “Welcoming the Minister to the Liverpool City Region was a fantastic opportunity to showcase the pioneering work we’re doing to reimagine public services - and to make the case for why it deserves national backing.
Across our region, we’re putting innovation into practice - shifting power to communities, building trust with service users, and delivering support that’s designed around real lives. It’s already helping to improve outcomes in areas like children’s care, mental health and employment.
We’re leading the way nationally on public service innovation - and we were proud to show the Minister how our region is using that approach to tackle complex challenges in a way that’s more human, more effective and more sustainable. With the right support, we can go even further helping to shape a model of public service that works for the future and for everyone.”
During her visit, the Minister met a range of organisations including;
Transform Lives; Plus Dane; Open Door; Office for Public Service Innovation (OPSI); Juno; and Koala;
