Society daily 20.10.2010

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.