Society daily 28.09.10

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Today's top Society Guardian stories

George Osborne says upbeat IMF backs his cuts

Sheffield warns 8,500 city council staff of job cuts

Former prisons chief attacks Jack Straw over penal reform stance

Reformed offenders charity Unlock and Barclays launch prisoner bank accounts scheme

Danger in Connexions cutbacks

An HIV vaccine is within sight but the field is threatened by funding cuts

All today's Society Guardian stories

Other news

Dementia patients and their carers will be able to hold councils and the NHS to account for their performance on dementia care as part of a shift away from top-down intervention, Community Care reports.

Meanwhile, the Daily Mail is incensed by the revelation that restrictions on EU migrants claiming benefits contravene European law. It claims the European Commission's ruling could spark a rise in "benefit tourists".

Highlights from tomorrow's Society Guardian supplement

• Can Suffolk county council really shed all its services and what other "inconceivable" ideas are cuts forcing town halls to pursue?

• Interview: Peter Carter, the angry general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, ahead of next week's Tory party conference

• Why Japan's policies for care of older people may not be such a great idea for the UK to follow

• Dawn Howley on the impact of cuts on kids in care

• Opinion: David Brindle on social care

• Crisis chief executive Leslie Morphy on what the politicians don't want you to know about housing benefit

• Inner-city kids being connected with nature

• Plus a new play about the impact on Coventry of the Sky Blues' 1987 FA Cup victory

• Public Manager - how we can better manage care homes so they don't become a victim of the credit crunch fall out

• The announcement of the five Public Servant of the Year runners that readers can vote for, plus the Public Services Awards shortlist.

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.

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.

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 Victor Adebowale, chief executive, Turning Point; Rod Schwartz, chief executive, Clearly So; Dai Powell, chief executive, HCT; Alastair Wilson, chief executive, School for Social Entrepreneurs.