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Category Archives: Poverty
12 days of Christmas, Social Issue-style
TweetSeason’s greetings from The Social Issue – to mark the jollities, here’s a snapshot of some of the upbeat posts and pictures about people, projects and places featured over the last 12 months. This festive pick is by no means … Continue reading
Posted in Big society, Blogging, Education, Employment, Health, Housing, Learning disability, Local government, Music & arts, Older people, Poverty, Social care, Social enterprise, Social exclusion, Third sector, Uncategorized, Volunteering, Wellbeing, Women, Young people, Youth crime
Tagged antisocial behaviour, big society, blogging, charity, cuts, education, employment, happiness, health, housing, learning disability, music & arts, older people, service users, social enterprise, third sector, young people, youth crime
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Is Paddington the “big society” in action?
TweetBig society in action is how civil society minister Nick Hurd described the award-winning Paddington Development Trust (PDT) which he chose for his first ministerial visit in May 2010. “Residents have real sense of ownership and power,” he enthused on … Continue reading
No voice for the vulnerable
TweetCan you imagine being so desperate for affordable legal advice that you go on an eight-hour, 300-mile bus trip just to get help? I came across such a case seven years ago; a Welsh man facing eviction from his council-owned … Continue reading
The cuts: the worst is yet to come
TweetAn authoritative analysis in today’s Society Guardian of the deepest spending cuts in a generation, which start from Friday. The special issue inludes some sector by sector breakdowns of savings and job losses, including pieces I contributed to the in-depth … Continue reading
Posted in Big society, Cuts, Employment, Health, Housing, Learning disability, Local government, Mental health, Older people, Poverty, Social care, Social exclusion, Substance misuse, Third sector, Women, Young people, Youth crime
Tagged charity, cuts, employment, housing, learning disability, local government, older people, service users, tenants, third sector, women, young people, youth crime
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The cuts – an alternative
TweetFor those who’ve not already seen it, this powerful film presents an alternative to the government’s devastating cuts agenda. It features community groups and anti-cuts campaigners along with Bill Nighy, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien and Zac Goldsmith MP. Worth watching ahead … Continue reading
Posted in Big society, Cuts, Domestic violence, Education, Employment, Health, Housing, Learning disability, Local government, Mental health, Music & arts, Older people, Poverty, Race, Social care, Social enterprise, Social exclusion, Substance misuse, Third sector, Wellbeing, Women, Young people, Youth crime
Tagged big society, charity, cuts, education, employment, happiness, housing, learning disability, local government, service users, third sector, young people, youth
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The tale of Lion Face: how businesses could help society
TweetThe story of Lion Face puts the big into big society. Seven years ago, the 20-year-old gang member from the barrios of Aragua, Venezuela, mugged a security guard from the nearby Santa Teresa rum distillery and stole his gun. When … Continue reading
Posted in Big society, Education, Poverty, Social enterprise, Social exclusion, Uncategorized
Tagged big society, business, cities, employment, international, young people
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Who knows how to set up a peer mentoring project?
TweetKicking off a regular interview slot, 18-year-old Moktar Alatas explains how he’s launching a local peer mentoring project, aspire2inspire (a2i) to encourage disaffected teens into work and training. He is driven by the experience of his brother, who is currently … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Employment, Poverty, Social exclusion, Third sector, Uncategorized, Young people
Tagged education, employment, young people, youth
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