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Decent homes for the homeless
Tweet“Homelessness doesn’t have a face,” says Janet Marsh, “it can happen to anyone, anywhere.” Marsh, 65, from east London, lost her privately rented home in her 50s after her marriage ended, then became ill with epilepsy and arthritis. “People think … Continue reading
Posted in Cuts, Education, Health, Housing, Local government, Social exclusion, Volunteering
Tagged communities, cuts, education, health, housing, local government, tenants
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Why beans are more efficient than potatoes, and other eco-wonders
Tweet Some of us count the calories when it comes to food, but how many of us count the kilowatts too? Watch the quirky video above – there’s animation and a jolly opening piano melody too – and check out … 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
What no big society?
TweetAmid the vibrations of doom and whiff of ennui surrounding anything stamped with the politicised big society seal, a new campaign tagged in plain terms as a grassroots effort to improve a neighbourhood is a bit of an attention-grabber. Shockingly, … Continue reading
Posted in Big society, Cuts, Education, Employment, Health, Housing, Local government, Social exclusion, Third sector, Volunteering
Tagged big society, charity, cuts, education, employment, health, housing, local government, tenants, third sector, young people
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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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Self-help housing solutions
TweetSelf-help housing can help solve employment as well as housing problems – so here’s a belated nudge to a piece by Kate Murray, regular Social Issue blogger, which explores the below-the-radar world of community housing projects in Society Guardian.
Posted in Big society, Cuts, Employment, Housing, Local government, Third sector
Tagged big society, communities, cuts, employment, housing, local government, tenants, third sector
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Housing’s X factor is tenancy support
TweetJane Forster is a realist. ‘Homeless people with chaotic lifestyles aren’t the most attractive tenants to private landlords,’ she says. It’s a realism that sometimes seems to be lacking among the policy-makers planning a bigger role for the private rented … Continue reading
Posted in Cuts, Housing, Local government, Private sector, Uncategorized
Tagged cuts, housing, tenants
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Sandi – the networking nan
TweetBy Sandi Hughes Sandi Hughes, 67, describes herself as “a nan with a kick” who not only DJs in her hometown of Liverpool, but is on a mission to get more older people online. Here she describes being what she … Continue reading
Posted in media & communication, Music & arts, Older people, Uncategorized
Tagged BME, music & arts, older people, tenants
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Today’s new Society Guardian housing pullout
TweetIf you want a bite-sized glimpse of social housing setting out its stall ahead of the spending review, scroll down to the end of this post to see the Society Guardian pullout that I commissioned and which is published today. … Continue reading
Posted in Employment, Housing, Social exclusion, Third sector, Uncategorized
Tagged communities, employment, housing, tenants
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