National Evaluation of Flying Start: Impact Report
The Flying Start programme aims to improve outcomes for children in some of the most disadvantaged areas across Wales. This is done through providing four key Flying Start entitlements to
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Tag: Poverty / Austerity
Reports reveal the poorest pay the price for austerity
The number of public sector workers on low wages doubles to more than one million, with women and part-time staff disproportionately affected by squeeze on incomes. The biggest drop in
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Aid charity calls for change of priorities over ‘materialistic’ Christmas
More than four-fifths of people in Scotland believe Christmas has become too materialistic, according to new research. A survey of 1,200 people for Scottish aid charity SCIAF found that 82%
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CRFR Briefing 68: Legally binding agreements: property division and child care when relationships break down
In Scotland, couples are able to enter into a written agreement regulating the division of their property and any ongoing support for each other, or for their children, when they
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Latest stats on child poverty “a sorry state of affairs”
As Alan Milburn and Baroness Shephard, chairman and deputy chairman of a new Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission call on Government to do more to meet the global 2020 target on child poverty, Nushra Mansuri has described the latest statistics on the number of children defined as being impoverished “a sorry state of affairs for one of the richest economies in the world”.
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Literacy ‘key to lifting children out of poverty’
SCOTLAND’S chief medical officer is calling for more to be done to drive up literacy standards and help lift more children out of poverty.
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24,000 families in Scotland ‘face severe disadvantage’
A think-tank report said that 24,000 families in Scotland – 4 per cent of the total population of families with children – faced severe disadvantage (defined as having four or
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Disadvantaged young people looking for work
A study examined the challenges faced by young unemployed people looking for work, focusing on those with limited education and skills and from disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Even in the stronger local
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Impact of public spending cuts on vulnerable children/families
A report examined the impact of public spending decisions on vulnerable children and families. It said that 2 out of 3 of the most vulnerable families were struggling with more
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Child Poverty in Perspective: An Overview of Child Well-Being in Rich Countries
This Report Card provides a comprehensive assessment of the lives and well-being of children and young people in 21 nations of the industrialized world. Its purpose is to encourage monitoring,
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