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Evaluating the Newham youth to adulthood (Y2A) probation Hub – making the case for specialist services for young adults
The process evaluation of the Newham youth to adulthood hub recommends this model, based on T2A evidence of what works for young adults.
Shining a light on sex behind bars
Lorraine Atkinson, senior policy officer at the Howard League for Penal Reform, reflects on the work of the Commission on…
Life costs more if you are disabled
Robin Hindle Fisher, Chair of the independent Extra Costs Commission, blogs about the Commission's interim report and its blueprint for reducing…
Towards a new social settlement
Anna Coote, Head of Social Policy at NEF blogs about NEF's new report 'People, planet, power' and how we might…
Accentuating the positive – responding creatively to austerity
Adrian Bua, Social Policy researcher at NEF blogs about NEF's new report on creative responses to austerity measures. This blog…
Vulnerable women are the victims of changes to the benefits system
Fawcett Society’s Ava Lee blogs about how vulnerable women are disproportionately affected by recent benefit changes and what can be…
Change for good – the change agenda report for infrastructure organisations
Sara Llewellin, Chair of the Independent Commission on the Future of Local Infrastructure , and Chief Executive of the Barrow…
Turning pain into power, Campaign Bootcamp 2014
Ruth Muigai, a campaigns intern, interviewed Raga Gibreel, a Sudanese refugee, to find out how she had benefitted from Campaign…
All change in suburbia? What's behind the decline in suburban well-being?
Paul Hunter, Head of Research at the Smith Institute, blogs about the Institute’s research on economic and social downturn in…
Why don’t we know how many migrants are entering and leaving the UK?
Independent fact-checking organisation Full Fact blog about whether the idea of counting migrants in and counting them out is workable…
Judicial review stopped the prison book ban but it could soon be lost forever
Laura Janes, acting legal director at the Howard League for Penal Reform, wrote this blog about judicial review and the prison book…
Keeping business out of politics
Deborah Hargreaves, Director of the High Pay Centre, blogs about how big business impacts on politics. “We should keep…
What can banking transparency tell us about financial exclusion?
Jennifer Tankard blogs about the Community Investment Coalition’s new report on what bank lending data tells us about financially excluded…
Is localising prosperity the key to social change?
Karen Leach of Localise West Midlands blogs about progress so far on establishing local economic models in the region …
Learning lessons from the US Dreamers movement
Zrinka Bralo, Executive Director of Migrant Forum, blogs about the lessons the UK can learn from the US Dreamers movement…
The preferred bidders for TR have been announced – what does that mean for the voluntary sector?
Nathan Dick, Head of Policy and Communication at Clinks, asks how the third sector will be affected by the fact…
