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Prosperity without poverty: a framework for action in Wales
- Authors:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION, BEVAN FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 36
- Place of publication:
- York
Drawing evidence and recommendations developed for a UK wide report, this document sets out a framework for action to be taken to tackle poverty in Wales. It takes a broad view of poverty, which covers more than relative-income measures or area-based deprivation approaches, and recognises that everyone has a role to play in combating poverty. The framework covers five key areas: economic growth and employment; improving the education and skills of the population; strengthening families and communities; reducing costs of essential goods and services to help those on low incomes; and also outlines five key principles to help support people and families with complex needs. The final section looks at how organisations and individuals should work together to take action. It outlines measures that government, employers, charities, communities and individuals themselves can do to take to reduce the risk of poverty. It also recommends that the UK Government to play its part, through an effective social security system, better regulation, fostering a favourable economic climate and a fair financial and fiscal framework for Wales. (Edited publisher abstract)
UK poverty: causes, costs and solutions
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 369
- Place of publication:
- York
A comprehensive report on UK poverty, examining causes, costs and solutions. To be in poverty is to have resources that are well below minimum needs, as a result of a lack of resources – most obviously, income – but also of steep prices for minimum needs. Low resources and high costs cause poverty, separately or together. It is estimated that 13.5 million people live in poverty in the UK. This report explains what poverty is and what causes it, highlights trends and projections in UK poverty, and makes recommendations for tackling: the high costs driving poverty, including housing; poverty in childhood; poverty in working age; poverty in later life; poverty for people with complex needs. The report argues that the problem of poverty can be solved by strengthening family life, ensuring all citizens have the skills they need to operate, fixing flaws in the benefits system, taking practical action to contain rising costs, and moving to more progressive employment and business practices. Solving poverty relies on economic growth, but the proceeds need to be distributed more fairly, and the underlying causes, such as low pay, low skills and high costs, need to be reduced. Where possible, the report has costed the policy recommendations and shown where there could be savings in the long term. The report calls on national and local governments, businesses, employers, providers of essential goods and services, housing providers, public service providers, investors and philanthropists, community, faith and voluntary sector groups and citizens to work together, to reduce the risk of people falling into poverty, mitigate their experiences when they are in poverty and make it easier for them to escape from it. (Edited publisher abstract)
The relationship between poverty, child abuse and neglect: an evidence review
- Authors:
- BYWATERS Paul, et al
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 74
- Place of publication:
- York
This rapid review examines UK and international evidence on how poverty affects a child’s chance of being abused or neglected, and the impact abuse or neglect in childhood has on poverty in adult life. It also explores the economic costs of child abuse and neglect, identifies strengths and weaknesses in the evidence base, and outlines broad policy implications, with a particular focus on the UK. The review found a strong association between family poverty and a child’s chance of suffering child abuse or neglect, despite limited evidence in a number of areas. Adverse events in childhood, including abuse and neglect, are also associated with a negative effect on adult economic circumstances. It also identified a lack of joined up thinking and action about poverty and child abuse and neglect in the UK; a limited UK evidence base; and the need to develop anti-poverty policies which are likely to reduce the extent and severity of child abuse and neglect in childhood, the socio-economic consequences of child abuse and neglect in adult life and the wider economic costs. (Edited publisher abstract)
Building better outcomes for children through evidence based practice: an evaluation of the Evidence2Success project in Perth and Kinross
- Author:
- UTTING David
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 9
- Place of publication:
- York
Sets out the findings of an evaluation of the international Evidence2Success (E2S) project during its first two and a half years, highlighting the main learning points for local councils, the NHS and others. The project, piloted by a cross-agency partnership in Perth and Kinross, seeks to improve children’s outcomes by moving resources towards evidence-based services, in a context of increased pressure to provide families with cost-effective support. The researchers found that: bespoke E2S survey tools enabled the partnership to assess the developmental needs of local children and young people and identify priorities; a survey of over 8,500 school pupils aged 9 to 15 and over 800 parents of younger children yielded rich information - when linked to council records, this provided striking evidence of unmet needs and the scope for preventive services; innovative financial mapping tools helped the local authority and its partners to produce ‘high-level’ estimates of overall spending on services; local leaders welcomed a culture-shift towards evidence-based service planning and were confident the E2S model could be replicated. (Edited publisher abstract)
International lessons on tackling extreme housing exclusion
- Authors:
- NETTO Gina, et al
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 50
- Place of publication:
- York
Drawing a literature and case studies from eleven countries, this research aims to identify solutions to the problem of extreme housing exclusion, including homelessness, severe overcrowding, very poor or insecure housing. The report reviews the international literature on the causes of extreme housing exclusion; identifies innovative approaches to tackling the problem based on empirical evidence; and assesses the transferability of the approaches to the UK, and what would need to change in order for them to work. Factors contributing to extreme housing included: the lack of affordable housing, high house prices and low income. Other factors relate to people's circumstances, such people with complex needs such as substance abuse not being able to link with services; undocumented migrants and asylum-seekers lacking eligibility for social housing; experience of domestic violence; and people's lack of social networks due to stigma, mental health problems. The report identifies multiple factors, often interacting with each other, that contribute to extreme housing exclusion and calls for a multi-faceted approach to tackling the problem. Solutions focus on: tackling the lack of affordable housing through maximising the use of empty buildings, co-operative housing, and new low-cost housing; using community resources to develop local solutions, such as community self-build; and provision of housing for people with complex needs. Other innovations provided social value in enhancing employability, health and community cohesion as well as accommodating people on low incomes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Dementia without Walls: reflections on the programme from people with dementia
- Authors:
- AVEYARD Marlene, et al
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 6
- Place of publication:
- York
This document brings together the reflections of ten people with dementia who were involved in different aspects of the Dementia without Walls programme. As well as strengthening the collective voice of people with dementia through the Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project (DEEP) the programme had two main strands of work in which people with dementia were involved: supporting dementia friendly communities in different locations including York, Bradford, Derry-Londonderry and Sutherland; and projects to encourage people to think differently about dementia, including truth telling with people with advanced dementia, positive risk-taking, rights and disability, and women’s experiences of dementia. (Edited publisher abstract)
Building a dementia friendly community in Northern Ireland: learning from the deed project in Derry
- Authors:
- SEYDAK Eamonn, et al
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 15
- Place of publication:
- York
An evaluation of the DEED project (Derry Engages & Empowers Dementia), an 18-month initiative which provided workshops, programmes and toolkits to support businesses, individuals and community organisations to become more dementia friendly and to challenge misconceptions about dementia. The overall aim of the project was to create the conditions to enhance and improve the experience of people living with dementia and their carers in Derry. The paper suggests that the engagement of almost 3,000 individuals across 47 organisations and more than 100 workshops has made a significant positive contribution to increased awareness, understanding, skills and confidence in supporting people living with dementia in Derry. In addition, the project has explored a new approach through its work in schools, providing awareness raising workshops to increase understanding of dementia among future carers and key individuals. Despite its success, the DEED project has established that involvement of people living with dementia in a traditional steering group setting can be difficult and organisations should be creative about how they secure this participation, considering home visits and video diaries or Dictaphones. The paper includes recommendations and ways forward. (Edited publisher abstract)
Supporting ethnic minority young people from education into work
- Author:
- MORRIS Marley
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- York
This paper puts forward a set of recommendations for local authorities designed to support education-to-work transitions for ethnic minority youth, drawing on examples of best practice in Bristol, Nottingham and Tower Hamlets. There are three main advantages of local initiatives over national ones: they tend to be more accountable, more targeted to local demographics, and more sensitive to local employers. The recommendations comprise three areas: encouraging employers to recruit a more diverse workforce (demand side); working with employers and young people to broker opportunities (co-ordination); and providing tailored support to ethnic minority young people (supply side). They include proposals to increase transparency about the ethnic composition of the local authority workforce and to encourage local contractors to do the same; to set up employer/ apprenticeship hubs with ethnic minority targets; and to support targeted provision for ethnic minority graduates looking to find work. (Edited publisher abstract)
Ethnicity, poverty and youth employment: improving outcomes for young people
- Author:
- HUGHES Ceri
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 12
- Place of publication:
- York
This solution paper focuses on a selection of mainstream initiatives that have played an important role in supporting young people’s transitions into work and may help address the disparities in labour market outcomes that young people from ethnic minorities experience. It sets out a series of recommendations for improving support, offering a more effective route out of poverty and preventing later labour market disadvantage. The paper makes the case for strategies tailored to local priorities and needs, backed up by clearer accountability, further resources, and monitoring at national level. It suggests that Youth Transition Partnerships should be established, bringing together key local actors, with a remit to tackle ethnic and socio-economic disparities. As there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of targeted employment initiatives for ethnic minority groups the paper recommends that the government commit to funding robust evaluations of such initiatives over the longer term. In addition, it argues that there should be an independent review of careers guidance policy accompanied by a commitment from government to provide dedicated funding so that schools can deliver quality careers services. The paper concludes that the National Apprenticeship Service should continue to take the lead in raising awareness of apprenticeships, with initiatives targeting ethnic minority young people and their parents. (Edited publisher abstract)
How can we make our cities dementia friendly? Sharing the learning from Bradford and York
- Authors:
- HARE Philly, DEAN Janet
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- York
This paper contributes to the emerging evidence base by drawing out the key messages from independent evaluations of York and Bradford dementia friendly communities (DFCs). DFCs aim to be accessible, inclusive, welcoming and supportive to those affected by dementia, enabling them to contribute to, and participate in, mainstream society. The report shows that: the active, meaningful engagement of people with dementia and their families is fundamental; DFCs must engage with, and achieve equity for, all people with dementia, whatever their circumstances; practical barriers to inclusion must be addressed if normal lives are to be continued; the human rights of people with dementia and carers must be recognised and promoted; DFCs must be underpinned by ongoing awareness raising, training and positive media coverage; connections and networks, within and beyond the community, are at the heart of DFCs; local grassroots community activity is the bedrock of DFCs and must be supported by strong strategic planning, commissioning and leadership; both primary and secondary health providers have a vital role to play in supporting social inclusion. The report concludes that there is no template and each community must develop its own approach. (Edited publisher abstract)