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We are recruiting for a new post – Programme Manager, Economic Justice, Birmingham. Through its Economic Justice programme, we are supporting a growing movement for economic systems change in…
Striking a Brexit deal on migration
In a new report, The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), the progressive policy think tank, makes the case for…
Fawcett Society interim report finds little progress for women in local government
Discrimination is commonplace in local government with almost four in ten women councillors having experienced sexist comments from within their own party,…
Launch of Equileap toolkit gives a boost to gender equality at work
Equileap, an organisation set up to accelerate progress towards gender equality at work, is issuing the first cross-sector ranking showing…
Shortlist announced for Charity Governance Awards 2017
The shortlist for the Charity Governance Awards 2017 was announced today (7 April 2017). Twenty-one charities from across the UK…
Lessons from Youth in Focus – supporting young people leaving custody
Beyond Youth Custody (BYC) has released a report that highlights key lessons from the Youth in Focus (YIF) programme, a…
Using social media in community groups – opportunity or silver bullet?
Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC) has recently published its research on 'community action and social media: trouble in utopia?' The research found…
How can a better asylum system be built?
Women for Refugee Women (WRW) launched its Set Her Free campaign against the detention of women seeking asylum in 2014. Their new…
Refugees and migrants recognised at Women on the Move Awards
The 2017 Women on the Move Awards, presented by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and Migrants Organise, recognised two exceptional refugees…
Operations and Communications Officer vacancy at Barrow Cadbury Trust
Barrow Cadbury Trust has a vacancy for an Operations and Communications Officer. Below are details of the job including a…
Corston Report commemorates its 10 year anniversary
This year is the ten-year anniversary of The Corston Report, a landmark review from Baroness Jean Corston into women in…
Women’s Budget Group says Budget gives us “Little to celebrate on International Women’s Day”
The Women’s Budget Group (WBG) is an independent, not-for-profit think tank that has scrutinised the gender impact of social and…
New research suggests widespread use of face-down restraint against vulnerable women and girls
Vulnerable women and girls are being repeatedly restrained in the face-down position in mental health units, according to new…
'Save As You Borrow’ schemes prove successful in turning borrowers into savers
A new report from Fairbanking Foundation finds overwhelming evidence that Save As You Borrow (SAYB) schemes by credit unions can…
Restorative Justice and BAME children in the youth justice system
The Restorative Justice Council (RJC) has published a new research report – Restorative justice and black, Asian and minority ethnic children…
Pioneering brain injury Linkworker service launched for women prisoners at HMP Drake Hall
About 60% of adult prisoners and 30% of young offenders have a history of traumatic brain injury. The specialist Disability…
