Speaking at the Confederation of Heads of Young People’s Services annual conference, Marion Davis, ADCS president, said that it was seeking answers from government about how services currently delivered by local authorities would be replaced by other organisations and local communities under the big society agenda.
"A lot of people are struggling with what we really mean by a big society," she said. "We understand some of the intentions behind it, but how is it going to work? It certainly won’t come about spontaneously. I for one don’t yet have a clear picture about how communities will take the place of some of the arrangements we have at the moment."
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