A Manifesto for Hope

Ten Principles for Transforming the Lives of Children and Young People

By: Steve Chalke

Narrated by: Steve Chalke

Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins

Publisher's summary

'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.

©2023 Steve Chalke (P)2023 SPCK Publishing

Critic reviews

'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, Executive Chairman, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, and former Prime Ministe)

'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, Chair of the Commission on Young Lives)

'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, Chief Executive, The Children’s Society)