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Working alongside: Community Links and ATD Fourth World's 'Need not greed' discussion groups on the benefits system
- Author:
- MCGOLDRICK Maeve
- Publisher:
- Community Links
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper reports on the findings of three workshops organised to better understand the experiences local residents of London living in poverty and to develop appropriate solutions and recommendations to improve the current social welfare system. The workshops explored participants views and experiences in five main areas: their experiences of the benefits system, how easy it is to fall into the benefit trap, barriers to formal employment, government welfare reforms and media and government portrayals of people on benefit. The main findings are summarised and recommendations provided. Recommendations include suggestions that participants would help them move out of poverty, off benefit and into secure employment.
Ground up: Community Links ideas annual; featuring good ideas for tackling poverty, from the ground up
- Editor:
- MCKEEVER Richard
- Publisher:
- Community Links
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 58p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes a range of projects helping to tackle poverty amongst children and young people. Presents case studies of projects involving: domestic violence counselling; self-help for arthritis sufferers; support for families with disabled children; arts/drama/theatre/music projects; pottery therapy; support for teenage lone parents; after-school clubs; educational family outings; single parents health support; equipment for disabled people; recycling furniture; family literacy; health promotion; children's credit union; community radio; drop-in centres; computers for children; young people's involvement in local services; jobsfair; outdoor activities; community playbus; etc. Includes contact details of the groups listed and describes the experiences of the children involved and the benefits.
Creating magic: a celebration of innovative projects tackling child poverty from the gound up
- Author:
- COMMUNITY LINKS
- Publisher:
- Community Links
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 82p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Creating Magic’ is a partnership between the Government’s Children and Young People’s Unit, Community Foundation Network, who administer the Local Network Fund, and Community Links. It marks a celebration of the first year of partnerships between Government and thousands of people throughout England in the voluntary and community sectors working through the Local Network Fund to combat