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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.
The road ahead – charting a course towards gender equality
How far we have come on gender equality and what is still left to do? In Barrow Cadbury Trust’s centenary…
Marriage Equality and LGBTI Rights in Ireland
As LGBT History Month, with the theme 'What have we learned?', draws to a close, this blog comes from Denise…
What can foundations do about climate change?
For our centenary year, the Barrow Cadbury Trust is asking some of our colleagues and partners to write blogs for…
Cultivating Local Inclusive Growth In Practice
This blog by Charlotte Morgan was originally posted on the New Local Government (NLG) website. Is a growing economy something…
100 years of the Barrow Cadbury Trust
This year is our centenary. For the last hundred years our work has reflected the social and political challenges of…
Out of sight, out of mind: where are the invisible girls?
Jessica Southgate, Policy Manager at Agenda for Women and Girls at Risk, blogs about its new campaign. This blog was…
High Pay Day 2020: Scope for fairer pay and lower inequality remains considerable
Pay for the typical FTSE 100 CEO in 2020 has already surpassed the amount the average UK worker earns in…
Becoming a Living Wage Funder and why we are proud supporters of the Living Wage campaign
The ‘real Living Wage’ is set each year by the Living Wage Foundation which calls for every worker in the…
Lessons from the Connect Fund: Building a better social investment market
The following blog was written by Plum Lomax, Principal, Impact Investing at NPC, and posted on its website. NPC’s work with…
Media Movers and undocumented migrants
Ade Lamuye and Kate Llewellyn blog about Media Movers – a project bringing together young people from migrant backgrounds with…
You are what you read – how the media influences a reader
The following blog by Criminal Justice Alliance's Director, Nina Champion, is cross-posted from CJA's website. For those of you looking…
Criminal defence in an age of austerity: Zealous advocate or cog in a machine?
Jonathan Black – Criminal defence lawyer and President of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association In libel-proofing their book, The…
Are we ready for LGBT+ impact?!
A blog by Paul Roberts OBE Impact, impact, impact…. It’s a bit like the “location, location, location” of the voluntary…
Inclusive growth in practice
Inclusive growth has gained a firm foothold within the policy lexicon over recent years. Yet, despite much valuable discussion on…
Solidarity through diversity
The blog below is based on the acceptance speech of Sara Llewellin, Barrow Cadbury Trust’s CEO, for the prestigious Compass…
