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What we’re doing

Leading experts in the field will address hate crime at the national conference, No place for hate, on Friday 26 March 2010 in London. OPM principal, Dr Chih Hoong Sin, will present evidence on hate crime against disabled people. Learn more.
We are delighted to announce the appointment of two new non-executive directors to our board
We have published our latest Public Service Futures report, Places of the Future. Download it here [PDF 6MB: please note large file size]
Read our report for the Equality and Human Rights Commission on the experiences of disabled people in relation to violence [PDF, 560KB].
Watch the disability hate crime animated video of real-life accounts of disabled people, part of OPM's research in this area.
We’re part of a consortium supporting children’s services through the national Commissioning Support Programme (CSP). Visit the CSP website.

Articles

Our report, 'Creative influence: Research led by young people, presents findings from our work on the influence of research led by young people.
'Efficiency: buy, do and change': Catherine Staite argues that opportunities for great savings lie in changing the way in which partners work together.
A secret revealed ... new comic book for young HIV+ people
Tackling dementia in East England: our research for East of England NHS
Giving people control: personal social care budgets

Our services

Community safety: four one-day workshops

ILM Certificate programme

Find out about the ILM Level 7 accredited programme in Leadership Mentoring and Executive Coaching. Our programme is for senior leaders and managers or those working in a training and development role, who already have some experience of coaching or mentoring.

Future Leadership programme

Find out about the OPM/Ashridge programme for leaders of local services. Future Leadership addresses the role of leadership in changing organisational cultures. The programme aims to ensure that you can lead effectively and become a strategic commissioner of public service provision and work in partnership.

‘OPM were fantastically flexible. They worked collaboratively to help us meet our aims...’