27 Apr2016Cutting to the chase – how are Birmingham community groups coping with the after-shock of public spending cuts?Equalities charity brap published recently their ‘Making the Cut’ report about the challenges facing Birmingham community groups… Read More
10 Feb2015Accentuating the positive – responding creatively to austerityAdrian Bua, Social Policy researcher at NEF blogs about NEF’s new report on creative responses to austerity… Read More
8 Sep2014Bringing social value back to the tableAlun Severn is the co-ordinator of the Birmingham and Solihull Social and Economic Community Council with a… Read More
22 Jul2014Gingerbread report finds that work is no ‘golden ticket’ out of poverty for single parentsWork is failing to provide the majority of working single parent families with the income they need,… Read More
22 Jul2014‘It is hellish, I have no life’ – single parents’ struggle to work and support their familySumi Rabindrakumar, Gingerbread’s research officer, says that the upturn in employment may be good news for some, but few… Read More
2 Apr2014Rethinking SuburbiaPaul Hunter, Head of Research at the Smith Institute, discusses the changing face of suburbia and the… Read More
2 Apr2014Report finds increasing suburban povertyA new report by independent think tank the Smith Institute, Poverty in Suburbia, finds that there are approximately 7… Read More
17 Dec2013Gingerbread report finds austerity is taking its toll on single parent familiesLaunched today, Gingerbread’s latest report finds that most single parent families are financially fragile, and despite frugality,… Read More
17 Dec2013Single parents – paying the price of austerityToday Gingerbread released the report Paying the Price, which explores the effect of austerity on single parent… Read More
9 Dec2013Big Society Audit finds charities are being “left out in the cold”The report released today proposes that a radical review of Big Society thinking is needed in light… Read More