A Manifesto For Hope: Ten Principles for Transforming the Lives of Children, Young People and their Families

by Steve Chalke

Overview

'This important book sets out vital steps for government, civil society and key stakeholders to create integrated care for our young people.'

Sir Tony Blair

A Manifesto for Hope sets out ten tried-and-tested practical principles for how to develop joined-up, cost-effective, community-empowering work, gleaned from the hard-won experience that has sat at the heart of Steve Chalke's mission over the past four decades.

It's time to reimagine.

Our social care systems are failing us, struggling for funding, and failing to speak to one another. At the same time, we are side-lining our greatest national asset: its people - mums, dads, families, and other community members.

Steve demonstrates the stark choice facing us: keep pouring money into a faltering system, or reform and invest to improve people's lives. We need a new social covenant that empowers local charities, grassroots movements and faith groups - creating a more imaginative, more collaborative and less bureaucratic approach to community development - if we are going to transform the life chances of countless young people and families.

Steve Chalke calls for a radical reset. It's time for A Manifesto for Hope!

This is a book for anyone working with young people and the communities they belong to, and for those interested in social reform and transformation. Challenging and informing, A Manifesto for Hope comes from a heart dedicated to the service of that local community, written to support those that act every day to see something that has true life-changing impact in the places where it's most needed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780281087808
Publisher:	SPCK Publishing
Publication date:	08/17/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	340 KB

About the Author

The Revd Steve Chalke, MBE is the founder of the Oasis Charitable Trust. He is also a former United Nations' Special Adviser on Human Trafficking, a British Baptist minister, a regular contributor and commentator on television, radio and other media, and the author of several bestselling books.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vi
An Introduction vii
Principle one: An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory 1
Principle two: Where there's ruin, there’s hope 12
Principle three: You go faster alone, but you can go further together 24
Principle four: Without a vision the people perish 37
Principle five: You can judge the wisdom of any society by the investment it makes in its children 49
Principle six: Individually we are one drop; together we are an ocean 66
Principle seven: Do things 'with' people, not 'to' them or 'for' them 82
Principle eight: Trust is the glue of life 99
Principle nine: People follow people, not disembodied ideas 114
Principle ten: People become what they believe 128
Afterword: We shape our systems, then they shape us! 144
The Manifesto for Hope: A new social covenant 149

Editorial Reviews

"WOW! Everyone should read and then reread this book. It was born out of total frustration with our broken systems and a lifetime of experience, which I have watched, of swimming against the tide to create hope."

Anthea Turner

'This book will not disappoint anyone looking for new inspiration, ambition and hope that we can solve some of the most intractable social problems facing young people today.'

Anne Longfield CBE

'This important book sets out vital steps for government, civil society and key stakeholders to create integrated care for our young people. As Steve rightly pinpoints, this strategy must be long-term, cross-party, properly funded and be drawn from the full capabilities of society. Nothing is more important for the future of our country than the present for our young people.'

Sir Tony Blair

'Never have I read a book that has so much love, wisdom and common sense in every chapter! This book resonated with me in a way no book ever has before. Steve's decades of real-life experience shine through in the compassion and wisdom on every page. His manifesto for hope is just what we need right now.'

Julie Siddiqi MBE

'Steve has dedicated his life to changing young people's lives and transforming our world for the better, and he has distilled a lifetime of experience into this remarkable book. It's everything I love about Steve - bold, brave, compelling, inspirational and earthed in wisdom and experience. Steve is right: we need a revolution to build a society for all children and his manifesto for hope is a radical clarion call for change.'

Mark Russell